Patent ID: 8448946
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a modified chess game by a first player against a second player, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a game board consisting of ten horizontal rows and ten vertical columns of squares having alternating light and dark colors, squares having the same properties as the squares of orthodox chess; (b) providing a plurality of playing pieces, including one set of light-colored pieces for the first player and a set of dark-colored pieces for the second player, each set of pieces comprising of ten pawns, one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and two esquires; (c) initially positioning the set of light-colored pieces, at the start of the game, in the first row of ten squares at a first end of the game board from left to right in the sequence, rook, knight, bishop, esquire, king, queen, esquire, bishop, knight, and rook, with the light-colored pawns being initially positioned, one pawn in each square of the second row of ten squares; (d) initially positioning the set of dark-colored pieces in the tenth row of ten squares at the opposing end of the game board, from left to right in the sequence, rook, knight, bishop, esquire, king, queen, esquire, bishop, knight, and rook, with the dark-colored pawns being initially positioned, one pawn in each square of the ninth row of ten squares; (e) formatting rules of movement for play wherein each of the queens, the rooks, the bishops, the knights have the same rule of movement as the corresponding piece in orthodox chess; (f) formatting rules of movement for play wherein each of the kings have the same rule of movement as the corresponding piece in orthodox chess except that the kings move three squares towards the rook instead of two during castling; (g) formatting rules of movement for play wherein each of the pawns have the same rules of movement as the pawns of orthodox chess, except that each pawn, on its first move, may move forwardly one, two or three squares; (h) formatting rules of promotion movement of the pawns wherein each of the pawns have the same rules of promotion as the pawns of orthodox chess, except that they may now promote into one more piece, the esquire; (i) formatting rule of en-passant movement of the pawns wherein the rule stays the same as rule in orthodox chess, except that en-passant rule can now in addition to 3 (j) formatting rules of movement for play wherein each of the esquires moves to a square two squares in either horizontal, either vertical or either diagonal direction; and (k) formatting rules of movement for play wherein each of the esquires may move over other pieces.