Claims
- 1. A two or three player chess board made up of a grid of equilateral triangles, ordered front to back in rows called ranks, ordered left to right in columns called files, with ranks labeled numerically zero thru twelve and files labeled alphabetically “A” thru “Y”; and further consisting 253 spaces for continuous piece movement inside a six sides boarder edge of the playing surface with no gaps or voids inhibiting piece movement.
- 2. A two or three player chess board from claim 1 further comprising, conventional chess pieces of King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook and Pawn specifically constructed for the purpose of transferring pieces from conventional square board to a triangular grid, for two player serious one on one across the board chess, while maintaining the integrity and properties of conventional square board.
- 3. A two or three player chess board from claim 2 further comprising conventional chess pieces of King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook, Pawn together with added new pieces of Maiden, Jester, Falcon, Executioner, Witch, Dog, and Cat, with an army set up on ranks one and two, and a second army set up on ranks eleven and twelve, physically covering rank zero for two persons.
- 4. A three or six player chess board made up of a grid of equilateral triangles, ordered front to back in rows called ranks, ordered left to right in columns called files, with twenty two ranks and forty three files; and further consisting 726 spaces for continuous piece movement inside a six sides boarder edge of the playing surface with no gaps or voids inhibiting piece movement.
- 5. A three or six player chessboard from claim 4 further comprising conventional chess pieces of King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook, and Pawn together with added new pieces of Maiden, Jester, Falcon, Executioner, Witch, Dog, and Cat.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/114,448, filed Dec. 31, 1998.
US Referenced Citations (13)
Provisional Applications (1)
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