Abstract A chess-like game for use by two players and comprising a checkerboard having a checkered playing area with ranks and files of bilaterally alternating colored spaces. A set of chess pieces consisting of a subset of eight royalty figures for one of the players are initially positioned to form a royalty row along the rank at the edge of the playing area. The chess pieces further comprise a subset of eight pawn figures for the one player and are initially positioned on the playing area in the row adjacent the row occupied by the royalty figures to form a pawn row in front of the royalty row, as is conventional in the game of Chess. The set further comprises a subset of six horsemen-like figures which are representative of war, famine, plague, death, fire, and vanity, and each horsemen figure has the ability to move on the checkered playing area in a manner that symbolizes the attribute of the name which it bears.
Inventors
👤 Charles A. MacLean
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-07 12:15
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00697; A63F3/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
A chess-like game for at least two players comprising: a checkerboard playing area with ranks and files of bilaterally alternating colored spaces; a first set of chess pieces comprising a subset of eight royalty figures for one of the two players initially positioned to form a royalty row along one rank at the edge of said checkered playing area; a subset of eight pawn figures for said one player initially positioned on said playing area in the rank adjacent the rank occupied by the royalty figures to form a pawn row in front of said royalty row; and a set of six horsemen figures for the other player, said figures of said last-mentioned set each differing from the others and being visually distinguishable from said royalty figures and said pawn figures.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
131 words
A chess-like game for at least two players comprising: a checkerboard playing area with ranks and files of bilaterally alternating colored spaces; a first set of chess pieces comprising a subset of eight royalty figures for one of the two players initially positioned to form a royalty row along one rank at the edge of said checkered playing area; a subset of eight pawn figures for said one player initially positioned on said playing area in the rank adjacent the rank occupied by the royalty figures to form a pawn row in front of said royalty row; and a set of six horsemen figures for the other player, said figures of said last-mentioned set each differing from the others and being visually distinguishable from said royalty figures and said pawn figures.