Patent ID: 6955354
Filing Date: 2005-10-18
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method for playing a modified game of chess comprising: a) establishing a bank of pieces for each player, each said bank including the full complement of pieces required for the player to play a traditional game of chess and any pieces captured by the player in at least one earlier chess game, said pieces captured including the pieces of the player's opponent remaining on the chess board in said earlier at least one chess game at the time the player checkmated the opponent in said at least one chess game, with the exception that the king, b) setting up the chess board for a chess game using said full complement of pieces required for the players to play a traditional game of chess, c) playing said game of chess by conventional rules plus replacement rules that allow each player to use pieces remaining in said player's bank as replacements for pieces captured by the other player during said game.