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Chess game

OwnerLarry A. Rackliffinventor

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A chess game including a game board having a grid pattern of game spaces thereon which includes non-movement spaces and movement spaces. The non-movement spaces form a pair of V-shaped open areas positioned adjacent to one of the ends and opening toward each. A plurality of chess pieces includes a plurality of kings, knights, and pawns. A first player has chess pieces that include one king, six knights and ten pawns. A second player has chess pieces that include one king, six knights and ten pawns. The players position their chess pieces on opposite ends of the chess board. Players may not move their chess pieces onto or over the non-movement spaces. The game is won by the player who first removes the other players king from the board.

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A method of playing a chess game comprising the steps of:

a game board having a grid pattern of game spaces thereon, said game spaces including non-movement spaces and movement spaces, said game board including;
a grid including 24 columns and 11 rows wherein column 1 and column 24 define opposite ends of the grid and row 1 and row 11 define opposite edges of the grid, said grid including a first portion and a second portion, said first portion extending from column 1 to column 9;
said non-movement spaces forming a peripheral wall around a generally open area of movement spaces in said second portion, an opening defined by a plurality of movement spaces extending into said second portion from said first portion;
providing a plurality of chess pieces including a plurality of kings, queen, bishops, rooks, knights, and pawns, said chess pieces being divided into two sets of differently colored chess pieces such that a first set and a second set are defined, each of said chess pieces being movable only on said movement spaces, only one chess piece may be positioned in any one movement space;
providing a pair of players;
selecting one of said first and second sets of chess pieces;
positioning of said chess pieces selected by said first player, said first player having chess pieces including one king, one queen, two bishops, two rooks, six knights, and eighteen pawns, said first player positioning said queen in said first portion and said king in said second portion, a remainder of first player chess pieces being divided and positioned adjacent to the king and queen;
positioning of said chess pieces selected by said second player, said second player having chess pieces including one king, two bishops, two rooks, six knights, and nineteen pawns, said second player's chess pieces being positioned generally at a juncture of said first and second portions;
moving of said chess pieces in turn by each of said players such that chess pieces are removed from the game board when the game space occupied by that chess piece is occupied by an opposing player's chess piece;
and
wherein said first player wins the game by moving the king to a position adjacent to the queen, wherein said second player wins the game by capturing the king or queen of the first player.

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A method of playing a chess game comprising the steps of:

a game board having a grid pattern of game spaces thereon, said game spaces including non-movement spaces and movement spaces, said game board including;
a grid including 20 columns and 9 rows wherein column 1 and column 20 define opposite ends of the grid and row 1 and row 9 define opposite edges of the grid;
said non-movement spaces forming a pair of V-shaped open areas positioned adjacent to one of the ends and opening toward each;
providing a plurality of chess pieces including a plurality of kings, knights, and pawns, said chess pieces being divided into two sets of differently colored chess pieces such that a first set and a second set are defined, each of said chess pieces being movable only on said movement spaces, only one chess piece may be positioned in any one movement space;
providing a pair of players;
selecting one of said first and second sets of chess pieces;
positioning of said chess pieces selected by said first player, said first player having chess pieces including one king, six knights and ten pawns, said chess pieces of the first player being positioned in columns 1-5;
positioning of said chess pieces selected by said second player, said second player having chess pieces including one king, six knights and ten pawns, said chess pieces of the second player being positioned in columns 16-20;
moving of said chess pieces in turn by each of said players such that chess pieces are removed from the game board when the game space occupied by that chess piece is occupied by an opposing player's chess piece;
and
wherein the game is won by the player who first removes the other players king from the board.

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A method of playing a chess game comprising the steps of:

providing a pair of games boards each having a grid pattern of game spaces thereon, said game spaces including non-movement spaces and movement spaces, said game boards including a first game board and a second game board each having a different number of columns and rows to form said grid pattern, wherein said non-movement spaces on said first board are positioned in a different location than said non-movement spaces on said second board, said first game board including;
a grid including 24 columns and 11 rows wherein column 1 and column 24 define opposite ends of the grid and row 1 and row 11 define opposite edges of the grid, said grid including a first portion and a second portion, said first portion extending from column 1 to column 9;
said non-movement spaces forming a peripheral wall around a generally open area of movement spaces in said second portion, an opening defined by a plurality of movement spaces extending into said second portion from said first portion, wherein no non-movement spaces are positioned in rows 5, 6 or 7 from columns 10 through 24, two spaced non-movement spaces being positioned in each of columns 3 and 7, three spaced non-movement spaces being positioned in column 5, two spaced non-movement spaces being positioned in the open area of columns 14, 16 and 18;
said second game board including;
a grid including 20 columns and 9 rows wherein column 1 and column 20 define opposite ends of the grid and row 1 and row 9 define opposite-edges of the grid, said grid including a first portion and a second portion, said first portion extending from column 1 to column 9;
said non-movement spaces forming a pair of V-shaped open areas positioned adjacent to one of the ends and opening toward each, wherein no non-movement spaces are positioned-in row 5 and no non-movement spaces are positioned in rows 1 and 9 from column 7 through 14, each of the columns 7 through 14 having one randomly positioned non-movement space therein;
providing a plurality of chess pieces including a plurality of kings, queens, bishops, rooks, knights, and pawns, said chess pieces being divided into two sets of differently colored chess pieces such that a first set and a second set are defined, each of said chess pieces being movable only on said movement spaces, only one chess piece may be positioned in any one movement space, said kings being movable one movement space in any direction, said queens being movable one movement space in any direction, said bishops being movable a selected number of movement spaces along a diagonal line, said rooks being movable any selected number of movement spaces along a straight line, said knights being selectively movable in a straight line either three movement spaces in one direction and one movement space in another or one movement space in one direction and three movement spaces in another, said pawns being selectively movable one or two movement spaces forward, diagonally or sideways;
providing a pair of players;
selecting one of said first and second sets of chess pieces;
selection one of said first and second game boards, wherein
selecting the first game board additionally comprises the steps of;
positioning of said chess pieces selected by said first player, said first player having chess pieces including one king, one queen, two bishops, two rooks, six knights, and eighteen pawns, said first player positioning said queen in said first portion and said king in said second portion, a remainder of first player chess pieces being divided and positioned adjacent to the king and queen, wherein positioning of said chess pieces is defined in a (row, column) format;
one queen positioned at (6,1);
two rooks positioned at (5, 1) and (8,1);
two bishops positioned at (4,1) and (7,1);
six pawns being positioned at (1-3,1) and (9-11,1);
three pawns being positioned at (5-7,2);
five pawns being positioned at (4-8,21);
one king positioned at (6,22);
two knights being positioned at (5,22) and 7,22);
two pawns positioned at (4,22) and (8,22)
one pawn positioned at (6,23);
one pawn positioned at (6,24);
one pair of knights positioned at (5,23) and (7,23);
and
one pair of knights positioned at (5,24) and (7,24);
positioning of said chess pieces selected by said second player, said second player having chess pieces including one king, two bishops, two rooks, six knights, and nineteen pawns, said second player's chess pieces being positioned generally at a juncture of said first and second portions, wherein positioning of said chess pieces is defined in a (row, column) format;
nine pawns positioned at (1-4, 9), (8-11, 9) and (6,9);
nine pawns positioned at (2-10,12);
one bishop positioned at (5,9);
one rook positioned at (7,9);
one rook positioned at (5,10);
one pawn positioned at (6,10);
one bishop positioned at (7,10);
one king positioned at (6,11);
and
six knights positioned at (3-5,11) and (7-9,11);
moving of said chess pieces in turn by each of said players such that chess pieces are removed from the game board when the game space occupied by that chess piece is occupied by an opposing player's chess piece;
wherein said first player wins the game by moving the king to a position adjacent to the queen, wherein said second player wins the game by capturing the king or queen of the first player;
wherein selecting the second game board additionally comprises the steps of;
positioning of said chess pieces selected by said first player, said first player having chess pieces including one king, six knights and ten pawns, said chess pieces of the first player being positioned in columns 1-5, wherein positioning of said chess pieces is defined in a (row, column) format;
pawns positioned at (1,5), (4-6,2), (5,3), (3,4), (5,4), (7,4), (3,5) and (7,5);
knights positioned at (4,3), (6,3), (4,4), (6,4), (4,5),and (6,5);
and
one king positioned at (5,5);
positioning of said chess pieces selected by said second player, said second player having chess pieces including one king, six knights and ten pawns, said chess pieces of the second player being positioned in columns 16-20, wherein positioning of said chess pieces is defined in a (row, column) format;
pawns positioned at (20,5), (4-6,19), (5,18), (3,17), (5,17), (7,17), (3,16) and (7,16);
knights positioned at (4,18), (6,18), (4,17), (6,17), (4,16) and (6,16);
and
one king positioned at (5,16);
moving of said chess pieces in turn by each of said players such that chess pieces are removed from the game board when the game space occupied by that chess piece is occupied by an opposing player's chess piece;
and
wherein the game is won by the player who first removes the other players king from the board.

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Abstract

A method of playing a chess game comprising the steps of:

a game board having a grid pattern of game spaces thereon, said game spaces including non-movement spaces and movement spaces, said game board including;
a grid including 24 columns and 11 rows wherein column 1 and column 24 define opposite ends of the grid and row 1 and row 11 define opposite edges of the grid, said grid including a first portion and a second portion, said first portion extending from column 1 to column 9;
said non-movement spaces forming a peripheral wall around a generally open area of movement spaces in said second portion, an opening defined by a plurality of movement spaces extending into said second portion from said first portion;
providing a plurality of chess pieces including a plurality of kings, queen, bishops, rooks, knights, and pawns, said chess pieces being divided into two sets of differently colored chess pieces such that a first set and a second set are defined, each of said chess pieces being movable only on said movement spaces, only one chess piece may be positioned in any one movement space;
providing a pair of players;
selecting one of said first and second sets of chess pieces;
positioning of said chess pieces selected by said first player, said first player having chess pieces including one king, one queen, two bishops, two rooks, six knights, and eighteen pawns, said first player positioning said queen in said first portion and said king in said second portion, a remainder of first player chess pieces being divided and positioned adjacent to the king and queen;
positioning of said chess pieces selected by said second player, said second player having chess pieces including one king, two bishops, two rooks, six knights, and nineteen pawns, said second player's chess pieces being positioned generally at a juncture of said first and second portions;
moving of said chess pieces in turn by each of said players such that chess pieces are removed from the game board when the game space occupied by that chess piece is occupied by an opposing player's chess piece;
and
wherein said first player wins the game by moving the king to a position adjacent to the queen, wherein said second player wins the game by capturing the king or queen of the first player.

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