DEVICE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOGICAL SPACE CHESS TYPE GAMES Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: games, puzzles. SUBSTANCE: device has three-dimensional construction containing four chessboards, arranged in tiers and fastened one relative to the other by tightening and spacing members, and set of playing pieces. Chessboards are divided into playing fields made in the form of staggered cells of different colors. Chessboards are made from transparent or netted material so that adjacent chessboards may be viewed through them. Playing fields of similar color are positioned in common vertical line and spaced by distance equal to side of playing field. Each chessboard is divided into 16 playing fields. Initial set of playing pieces of three-dimensional construction for space chess type game, i.e. set of spatial or cosmic chess pieces, includes one "king" and odd number of pieces, such as one "bishop", one "knight", one "rook', four pawns of respective color for each player. Tightening member may be formed as central pin and spacing members may be formed as cross-pieces mounted on central pin between chessboards. Computer version of tree-dimensional construction with playing pieces may be formed as three-dimensional projection of device on screen (or hologram). In this version, tightening and spacing members between tiers may be omitted from image. EFFECT: increased amusing effect and simplified construction. 3 cl, 4 dwg