Patent ID: 6460855
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of forming and solving an alphabetic chess puzzle, comprising the following steps:(a) providing a board having an eight by eight matrix of sixty four positions thereon; (b) further providing a series of chess pieces for placement and movement on the board according to the conventional rules of chess; (c) forming a list of object words for placement on the board; (d) selecting a single one of the chess pieces and determining a starting position on the board for the selected chess piece; (e) placing at least one object word of the list of object words on the board, with each letter of the at least one object word being placed in a separate position of the board; (f) providing the board with letters positioned thereon, chess piece, and starting position to a player; and (g) solving the puzzle by moving the single chess piece sequentially according to the conventional rules of chess to board positions where key letters have been removed from the at least one object word, and determining the letters to be placed at those positions to form the at least one object word of the puzzle.