Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-24
2001-03-20
Passaniti, Sebastiano (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
C273S236000, C273S255000, C273S262000, C273S242000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06203016
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates generally to a method of playing a modified chess game, and more particularly to a modification which introduces an element of chance in the game play to complement the playing skill of the chess players, to the end of contributing to the play value of the chess game.
EXAMPLES OF THE PRIOR ART
The patent literature documents efforts to modify the well known prescribed way of playing chess to add more interest to the players, such patent literature being exemplified by U.S. Pat. No. 5,536,014 issued to Andras Serfozo for “Modified Chess Game” on Jul. 16, 1996, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,735,523 issued to Patrick D.C. Floriglio for “Method of Playing A Modified Chess Game” on Apr. 7, 1998, to mention but a few.
In the above and all other known patents, the modification challenges the playing skill of the chess player. Thus, in the '014 patent the squares of the chess board are marked with indicia to convert traditional moves into bonus moves, and it is left to the skill of the player to use to advantage this modification. To the same end, in the '523 patent, two rows of an additional 16 squares are added to the traditional 64 squares and also a new chess piece with a prescribed new playing movement, and these modifications and its effect on the outcome of the chess game are left to the skill of the player.
With players of comparative playing skill, the prior art modifications noted add only nominal play value to playing chess because in time the skill of the players will adapt to the modifications, and the outcome will depend again mainly on the comparative playing skill of the players.
Broadly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a modified method of playing chess overcoming the foregoing and other shortcomings of the prior art.
More particularly, it is an object to incorporate chess moves in the play of the chess game that at the time decided upon are not known as to their effect on the outcome of the game, such that an element of chance, i.e., whether the moves are or are not effective in removing the opponent's chess pieces from play, is a factor in the play which significantly contributes to the play value of the chess game, all as will be better understood as the description proceeds.
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patent: 3565436 (1971-02-01), Opmeer
patent: 4003580 (1977-01-01), Haffey
patent: 4093236 (1978-06-01), Hoffa
patent: 4280704 (1981-07-01), Massimei
patent: 5171018 (1992-12-01), Zhang
Screen Chess by “new rules of classic games” published by John, Wiley and sons 1992.
Mendiratta V
Myron Amer PC
Passaniti Sebastiano
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