Instructional indicia carrying member for chess piece

Abstract

An indicia carrying member for use in combination with a chess piece is provided comprising an element having an indicia bearing surface. The element is removably mounted on the chess piece such that the surface extends outwardly beyond the peripheral confines of the piece to form a skirt-like appendage. After the member is mounted on the piece, substantially all of the indicia bearing surface is visible when the piece is viewed from above. The member may be mounted to the chess piece by means of an opening in the member adopted to engage a recess in the base of the chess piece or may be affixed to the underside of the chess piece by means of a pressure sensitive adhesive. The indicia on the element may include the name of the piece, a diagrammatical representation of the permissible moves of the piece, the symbol of the piece in chess notation and the comparative numerical value of the piece.

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