Patent ID: 7434806
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a variant chess game by a first player against a second player, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a game board comprised of at least eight horizontal rows and at least eight vertical columns of squares having alternating light and dark squares forming a checkerboard pattern; (b) providing a first set and a second set of conventional pieces for the first and second player, respectively, wherein each set of conventional pieces includes one King, one Queen, a first and second Rook, a first and second Bishop, a first and second Knight, and eight Pawns; (c) positioning the first and second set of conventional pieces on the squares of the board in spaced-apart mirrored relation with respect to each other; (d) providing a first set and a second set of non-conventional pieces for the first and second player, respectively, wherein each set of non-conventional pieces includes at least: an Angel, a Cardinal, a Minister, and a first and second Guard; (e) positioning the Angel off the board; (f) positioning the first Guard off the board and adjacent to a square occupied by the King of the first player; (g) positioning the second Guard off the board and adjacent to a square occupied by the Queen of the first player; (h) positioning the Cardinal off the board and adjacent to a square occupied by the first Bishop of the first player; (i) positioning the Minister off the board and adjacent to a square occupied by the second Bishop of the first player; (j) formatting rules of movement for play, wherein: (k) moving one of the conventional or non-conventional pieces of the first player through a square occupied by one of the Guards of the first player; and (l) preventing movement of one of the conventional or non-conventional pieces of the second player through a square occupied by one of the Guards of the first player.