CHESS-TYPE GAME Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: table games for entertainment and development of of logic and instinctive thinking and memory. SUBSTANCE: 12 x 12 chess-type game has groups of white and black pieces. Each group is further provided with two knights, two bishops and four pawns. Each group has 24 pieces. Board is divided by diagonal lines into four triangular playing zones and has 144 (12 x 12) playing fields. Each playing zone includes 36 playing fields and has 11 playing fields at base and 6 playing fields in vertical plane. Each playing zone has two kinds of field marks. Marks of one kind are invariable from one zone to another and marks of other kind are variable so that playing fields with four kinds of marks are present on board. Playing field marks differ one from another by color, density of broken lines or different kinds of wood used for manufacture of marks. EFFECT: increased amusing effect and wider playing capacities. 4 cl, 7 dwg