Chess game with archer pieces
OwnerPeter E. Leyva, Erik J. Konninventors
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Abstract
A chess game variation is provided generally played by the traditional rules of chess, except that each player initially has eight "archer" pieces initially disposed on each player's third and fourth ranks on squares having the same color. Each archer piece moves in a manner similar to that of a pawn, but with several notable exceptions, including the ability to always move one square or two squares forward, and the ability to capture along the same file. The game markedly changes the traditional strategies formulated for the game of chess, and therefore provides a game having new mystery and excitement.
Claims7
A game played between at least a first side and an opposing side, the game being governed by the rules of chess, except:
- (a) the game board comprises at least 12 rows of squares from the back rank of one side to the back rank of the directly opposite side;
- (b) prior to the first move being made, each side has 8 archer pieces disposed on its third and fourth ranks, each archer being initially disposed on squares having the same color;
- (c) each archer can be alternatively moved on a side's turn as follows:
- (1) to a new square one square forward, if such new square is not occupied except by an opponent's queen, rook, bishop, knight, archer or pawn;
- (2) to a new square two squares forward, if such new square is not occupied except by an opponent's queen, rook, bishop, knight, archer or pawn, and if the intervening square one square forward is unoccupied;
- (3) to a new square diagonally forward and to the left one square if such new square is occupied by an opponent's queen, rook, bishop, knight, archer or pawn, or if such new square is immediately behind an opponent's archer which, on the immediately preceding move by the opponent, moved forward two squares, or if such new square is immediately behind an opponent's pawn which, on the immediately preceding move by the opponent, moved from the opponent's second rank to the opponent's fourth rank;
- (4) to a new square diagonally forward and to the right one square if such new square is occupied by an opponent's queen, rook, bishop, knight, archer or pawn, or if such new square is immediately behind an opponent's archer which, on the immediately preceding move by the opponent, move forward two squares, or if such new square is immediately behind an opponent's pawn which, on the immediately preceding move by the opponent, move from the opponent's second rank to the opponent's fourth rank;
- (d) if an archer is moved to a new square occupied by an opponent's piece, that opponent's piece is removed from the board;
- (e) an archer is removed from the board if an opponent's piece is moved to the square on which the archer is then disposed;
- (f) an archer can also be captured en passant immediately after it has moved two squares forward, by moving an opponent's pawn or archer disposed immediately to the side of that archer to the square immediately behind that archer;
- (g) a side whose turn it is to move is in check if the opposing side then threatens on the opposing side's next move to occupy the square on which the king of the side whose turn it is to move is presently disposed with an archer of the opponent;
- (h) neither side can castle by moving its king through a square which, if the king were to occupy that square, would place the king in check;
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- (i) an archer which reaches the back rank of an opponent is promoted to a queen, rook, bishop or knight.
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