Educational game and devices for playing it

Abstract

A game comprising a cross-shaped board comprising a center of 6×6 cells and four arms, each of which comprises 3×6 cells, disposed with the longer side adjacent to said center, the shorter side being perpendicular to it; two to four sets of pieces, each of said sets comprising first subset of six pieces, two of which are equal to one another while the other four are different from one another and from the aforesaid two, wherein one of said four pieces is designated as the main piece, a second subset of six pieces, equal to one another and different from the pieces of said first set, wherein said game is played according to a set of rules described in the specification. Also provided are a board for use in this game and a method for playing this game.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to a novel game, based, to a greater or smaller extent, on the classic game of chess, and which has social and educational values and to an educational method based on such a game. The novel game may reduce the tensions that exist in classic games, increase the satisfaction of winning (against three opponents), reduces the feeling of failure after a loss (their being a partner to the loss), and contributes to strengthen self-reliance and to develop the intelligence. This invention also relates to devices for playing the game and carrying out the method, including a board and, optionally, patterns that define the allowable motions of the pieces of the game. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The classic game of chess is played by two players (white and black) each using sixteen pieces, which can be moved over the board comprising eight squares on each side, viz. sixty-four squares, according to well-known rules. The game is now con...

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Benefits of technology

[0038] A significant advantage of the game of the invention, in its preferred embodiments, is that learning the rules of chess is a side benefit, and need not be the reason, of the actual playing, though the game of chess is learned through it even by those who had no prior knowledge at all. For many players, in particular children, the fact that the present game is derived from chess has no relevance. Thus in the present game the rules of chess governing the motions of the pieces are kept, but every other parameter can be changed: for instance,

Problems solved by technology

This variant, however, is somewhat cumbersome and for this reason has no significant value in promoting the players' skills.

However, none of the known variants have the educational values that would be desirable.

Further, either they are so di

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