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Method and apparatus for playing a chess puzzle

a chess puzzle and apparatus technology, applied in the field of methods and apparatus for playing chess puzzles, can solve problems such as extreme complexity and difficulty in solving

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-03-26
VANDIVER BRIAN
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"The invention is a chess puzzle with a playing surface that has spaces where pieces can be placed. The puzzle can be played by moving the pieces around to create a game that satisfies certain rules. The technical effect of this invention is to provide a new and interesting way to play chess that can be easily solved."

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While chess puzzles of this type can be extremely complex and difficult to solve, expert chess players are always looking for chess puzzles which present a new or greater challenge.

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[0012]Referring now to the drawings, a chess puzzle includes a chess-type playing surface 12 having a plurality of spaces 14 arranged in a rectilinear fashion. The playing surface normally would be a flat board 13 having 8 rows and 8 perpendicular columns as shown in FIG. 1, but it could have other shapes, such as the Rubik's cube arrangement shown in FIG. 7.

[0013]The playing surface has a fixed playing piece 16 indicated on one or more of the spaces 14 and typically there would be multiple fixed playing pieces indicated on multiple spaces. With a flat board the fixed playing pieces could be printed on the board itself as shown in FIG. 1.

[0014]The puzzle also has a placement mechanism 18 which allows indicating insertable playing pieces 20 on one or more of a selected group of spaces 14. As will be more fully explained later, the purpose of the puzzle is for the player to manipulate the placement mechanism to place the insertable playing pieces 20 on the particular spaces 14 that in...

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A chess puzzle provides a chess-type playing surface which has a plurality of spaces located on it. A fixed playing piece is indicated on one or more of these spaces. A placement mechanism associated with the playing surface allows indicating insertable playing pieces on one or more of a selected group of these spaces. The puzzle is solved by manipulating the placement mechanism to indicate insertable playing pieces on the particular spaces where, combined with the fixed playing pieces, a partially-played chess game is presented which satisfies a predetermined criteria.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Not ApplicableBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]It is common to provide puzzles or problems that are based on the game of chess. One form of these puzzles is to provide the player with a drawing of a partially completed chess game and a predetermined criteria regarding the game. The player then determines how to satisfy that criteria. One such criteria is that one of the players is to move first and that player can check the opponent with a specific number of moves regardless of what moves the opposing player makes. In this case the object is to determine what these moves are.[0003]While chess puzzles of this type can be extremely complex and difficult to solve, expert chess players are always looking for chess puzzles which present a new or greater challenge.BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0004]The subject invention provides a chess puzzle having a chess type playing surface with a plurality of spaces. One or more of these spaces has fixed...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63F9/08
CPCA63F3/00634A63F3/022A63F9/0803A63F9/24A63F9/0857A63F2003/00331A63F2003/00637A63F2003/00223A63F2003/00287
Inventor VANDIVER, BRIAN
Owner VANDIVER BRIAN