Chess piece

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1993-08-25

1999-12-14

Grieb, William H.

Amusement devices: games

Board games, pieces, or boards therefor

Piece moves over board having pattern

273288, A63F 302

Patent

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060006986

ABSTRACT:
A set of pieces facilitates the playing of a modified form of chess in which the captor of a piece can return that piece to the board as the captor's own. The set comprises two subsets of pieces, each piece having an upright stem having a shape which denotes the piece's denomination and a direction indicator which denotes the ownership of the piece.

REFERENCES:
patent: D169230 (1953-03-01), Wade
patent: 3627324 (1971-12-01), Krepp
patent: 3947040 (1976-03-01), Samuels
patent: 4226419 (1980-10-01), Wooden
patent: 4699385 (1987-10-01), Bifulco
1991 Catalog of Supercast Ltd. showing a beginner's chess set.
Waddington's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Games, Pan Books, London, 1984, pp. 50-51.
Oxford Companion to Chess, D. Hooper K. Whild, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1984, p. 308.

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