Patent ID: 6481716
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a variant of chess comprising the steps of:providing a rectangular chessboard having 80 contiguous playing squares disposed thereon, wherein the rectangular board includes two player edges being opposite each other and two non-player edges being adjacent to the two player edges, wherein a-j contiguous columns are aligned along each of the player edges and 1-8 contiguous rows are aligned along each of the two non-player edges; providing a plurality of conventional chess pieces that include two rooks, two bishops, two knights, a king, a queen, and eight pawns for each player; providing a plurality of non-conventional pieces that include a chancellor, an archbishop, and two additional pawns for each player; initially locating the conventional and non-conventional pieces on two rows of the rectangular chess board that are disposed most proximate to each of the two player edges, wherein the rooks are located at column and row positions a1, j1, a8, and j8 respectively, the knights are located at positions b1, i1, b8, and i8 respectively, the bishops are located at positions c1, h1, c8, and h8 respectively, the queens are located at positions d1, d8 respectively, the chancellors are located at e1, e8 respectively, the kings are located at positions f1, f8 respectively, the archbishops are located at positions g1, g8 respectively, and the pawns are located at positions (a-j)2, (a-j)7 respectively; wherein, after the initially locating step, each chancellor may be moved, at an option of a player, as either a conventional knight, or a conventional rook; and wherein, after the initially locating step, each archbishop may be moved, at an option of a player, as a conventional knight or a conventional bishop.