Abacus chess game
OwnerJames K. Shawinventor
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Abstract
A game is played by opposing players on an apparatus having a plurality of sets of movable playing pieces. The game board may have an abacus-like structure. The method of using the game board assigns hierarchical values to playing pieces on either side of a central divider, the playing pieces being movable from an open to an active position and vice versa. The board structure provides means for withdrawing a number of playing pieces from a set in an active position subsequent to a confrontation with an opposing set in accordance with the established hierarchy. At the conclusion of play the player having the largest number of remaining active playing pieces is determined to be the winner.
Claims11
A method for playing a game of skill on an apparatus having a frame, a central area enclosed by said frame, a plurality of guide means in said frame, said guide means divided into opposing portions associated with opposing players by said central area, a plurality of sets of playing pieces guided by said portions of said guide means, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) initially arranging the plural sets of playing pieces so that each player has a first predetermined non-zero number of sets in an active position adjacent the central area and a second predetermined non-zero number of sets in an open position having playing pieces thereof withdrawn from said central area;
- (b) each player, in turn, interchanging members of an open set and an active set by guiding the playing pieces associated therewith on portions of said guiding means associated with the player;
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- (c) removing at least one of an opposing player's playing pieces from an active position to an open position in accordance with indicia provided for said playing pieces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.