Chess game apparatus

Abstract

A chess game apparatus provides a chess board in an unrolled condition and an octagonal storage device for chess pieces in a rolled up condition. The chess game apparatus includes a first end board/storage unit which includes a first outside surface which includes a set of eight alternating dark and light squares and which includes four interior storage compartments. A first end hinge is connected to a rear portion of the first end board/storage unit. A set of six intermediate board/storage units are connected to the first end hinge. Five intermediate hinges are provided between rear portions of the six intermediate board/storage units. Each of the intermediate board/storage units includes an outside surface which includes a set of eight alternating dark and light squares. Also each of the intermediate board/storage units includes four interior storage compartments. A second end hinge is connected to a rear portion of one of the intermediate board/storage units. A second end board/storage unit is connected to the second end hinge and includes a second outside surface which includes a set of eight alternating dark and light squares, and the second end board/storage unit includes four interior storage compartments. A set of thirty-two chess pieces can be stored in the thirty-two interior storage compartments of the board/storage units, and the alternating dark and light squares of the storage units provide a sixty-four square chess board when the apparatus is in an unrolled condition.

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