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US 5,957,455 AGranted
Concealed chess game
OwnerChester P. Aldridgeinventor
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Abstract
A strategy game involving traditional chess skills, decision-making and memorization, comprising a playing surface of checkered squares and concealed game pieces. Each player moves the game pieces similar to the corresponding rules of the traditional chess games with the object to capture an opponent's concealed game pieces.
Claims20
A strategy game of memorization and skill comprising:
- a) a substantially horizontal playing surface containing a plurality of checkered squares;
- b) a plurality of game pieces, each game piece having two opposing sides and a base, wherein the first side comprises a chess figure, wherein the second side of the game piece is opaque such that the chess figure on the first side is not viewable from the second side, wherein the base firmly supports the game piece on the horizontal playing surface;
- wherein at least one player places the game pieces on the horizontal playing surface,
- wherein each player moves each game piece containing the chess figure on the first side according to chess game rules,
- such that the first player to capture or corner an opposing player's predetermined game piece wins the game.
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A strategy game combining elements of skill and memorization comprising:
- a) a substantially horizontal playing surface with a plurality of checkered squares in a plurality of rows and columns;
- b) a plurality of game pieces with different distinguishing features for each player, which comprises
- i) at least one king;
- ii) at least one queen;
- iii) a plurality of rooks;
- iv) a plurality of knights;
- v) a plurality of bishops;
- vi) a plurality of pawns;
- whereby each player across from each other places the game pieces in the first and second rows of the playing surface in any manner,
- whereby each player moves the pieces according to chess game rules,
- such that the first player to capture or corner an opposing player's king game piece wins the game.
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A two-player strategy game combining elements of skill and memorization comprising:
- a) a substantially horizontal playing surface with eight horizontal rows and eight verticals columns of sixty-four checkered squares;
- b) a plurality of game pieces with different distinguishing features for each player, the game pieces of each player comprise two opposing sides, the second side is opaque, and the first side comprises:
- i) one king,
- ii) one queen,
- iii) two rooks,
- iv) two knights,
- v) two bishops, and
- vi) eight pawns;
- c) at least one non-movable barrier game piece, whereby at least one player may place the barrier game piece on the playing surface to prevent landing or passage through the square on the playing surface;
- wherein the first side of the game pieces is concealed from an opposing player;
- whereby each player across from each other may place the game pieces belonging to the player in the first and second rows of the playing surface in any manner,
- whereby each player may move the pieces according to chess game rules,
- such that the first player to capture or corner an opposing player's king game piece wins the game.
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