GB2298585A

GB2298585A - Three-dimensional chess and draughts board

Info

Publication number: GB2298585A
Application number: GB9504422A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Jonathan Tony Pannell; Maurizio Antonio Malpeli
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1995-03-06
Filing date: 1995-03-06
Publication date: 1996-09-11
Also published as: GB9504422D0

Description

THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS AND DRAUGHTS GAME THIS INVENTION RELATES TO A THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS AND DRAUGHTS GAME.

CHESS IS A WELL KNOWN BOARD GAME PLAYED ON A FLAT SQUARE BOARD CONSISTING OF SIXTY FOUR CHEQUERED SQUARES AND THIRTY TWO PLAYING PIECES, COMPRISED OF TWO TEAMS WITH SIXTEEN CHESS PIECES ON EACH TEAM. DRAUGHTS CAN ALSO BE PLAYED ON THE SAME BOARD USING TWENTY FOUR PLAYING PIECES, COMPRISED OF TWO TEAMS WITH TWELVE DRAUGHTS PIECES ON EACH TEAM.

CHESS AND DRAUGHTS AS A GAME HAS BEEN PLAYED ON THE SAME SIXTY FOUR CHEQUERED SQUARED FORMAT FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS AND EVERY MOVE HAS BECOME PREDICTABLE TO MOST COMPETENT PLAYERS OF THE GAME.

ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT INVENTION THE NEW THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAME COMPRISING OF SIXTY FOUR CHEQUERED PLAYING SQUARES HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO FOUR SEPARATE PLAYING BOARDS CONSISTING OF SIXTEEN CHEQUERED SQUARES PER BOARD.

THE SEPARATE BOARDS ARE POSITIONED ABOVE EACH OTHER IN AN OVERLAPPING SPIRAL ROTATION, SO THAT FOUR SQUARES ON EACH BOARD OVERLAP FOUR SQUARES ON THE BOARD DIRECTLY ABOVE OR BELOW IT.

ONE SQUARE ON EACH OF THE FOUR BOARDS IS DIRECTLY ABOVE OR BELOW A CORRESPONDING SQUARE ON ALL FOUR BOARDS. THIS CREATES A STRAIGHT LINE OF FOUR SQUARES BETWEEN THE BOTTOM AND TOP BOARD.

FOR CHESS THERE ARE EIGHT PLAYING PIECES POSITIONED ON EACH SEPARATE BOARD AND DRAUGHTS HAS SIX PLAYING PIECES ON EACH SEPARATE BOARD.

THE THREE DIMENSIONAL GAME IS HELD UP BY TWO SEPARATE BASES WHICH ARE SEPARATED BY FOUR RODS AT ALL FOUR CORNERS, THE FOUR CHEQUERED PLAYING BOARDS ARE HELD ABOVE EACH OTHER BY RODS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE TOP PART OF THE BASE.

THERE IS A GAP BETWEEN THE TOP PART OF THE BASE AND THE BOTTOM PART OF THE BASE SO THAT A TRADITIONAL 64 CHEQUERED SQUARED CHESS AND DRAUGHTS BOARD CAN BE PLACED OR STORED.

A SPECIFIC EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION WILL NOW BE DESCRIBED BY WAY OF EXAMPLE WITH REFERENCE TO THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWING IN WHICH: FIGURE 1 SHOWS IN PERSPECTIVE THE THREE DIMENSIONAL GAME WITHOUT THE CHESS OR DRAUGHT PIECES.

FIGURE 2. SHOWS IN PERSPECTIVE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE THREE DIMENSIONAL GAME WITHOUT THE CHESS OR DRAUGHTS PIECES.

FIGURE 3 SHOWS IN PERSPECTIVE THE THREE DIMENSIONAL GAME WITH THE CHESS PIECES SET UP FOR THE START OF A GAME FIGURE 4 SHOWS IN PERSPECTIVE THE THREE DIMENSIONAL GAME WITH THE DRAUGHTS PIECES SET UP FOR THE START OF A GAME.

REFERRING TO THE DRAWING FIG 1 AND FIG 2, THE THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS AND DRAUGHTS GAME COMPRISES FOUR SEPARATE PLAYING BOARDS 1,2,3 & 4 CONSISTING OF SIXTEEN CHEQUERED SQUARES PER BOARD. THE BOARDS ARE ELEVATED ABOVE EACH OTHER IN AN OVERLAPPING SPIRAL ROTATION DUE TO BEING CONNECTED TO THE FOUR RODS 21,22,23 & 24. THE RODS 21,22,23 & 24 ARE SECURED THOUGH HOLES IN THE BASE 14 USING FOUR BOLTS ( NOT SHOWN ).

THE BASE 14 IS SECURED AND CONNECTED TO THE BASE 15 BY FOUR RODS 16,17,18 & 19. THE BASE 15 CAN NOW BE USED AS A SHELF FOR A TRADITIONAL 64 CHEQUERED SQUARED CHESS BOARD.

IN ORDER TO PLAY THE THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAME THE SQUARES 25,26,27 & 28 ON THE SEPARATE PLAYING BOARD 1 MUST BE THE SAME COLOUR AS AND DIRECTLY BELOW THE SQUARES 29,30,31, & 32 ON THE SEPARATE PLAYING BOARD 2.

ALSO SQUARES 29,33,34 & 35 ON THE SEPARATE PLAYING BOARD 2 MUST BE THE SAME COLOUR AS AND DIRECTLY BELOW THE SQUARES 36, 37, 38 & 39 ON THE SEPARATE PLAYING BOARD 3.

AND THE SQUARES 36, 40, 41 & 42 ON THE SEPARATE PLAYING BOARD 3 MUST BE THE SAME COLOUR AS AND DIRECTLY BELOW THE SQUARES 43, 44, 45 & 46 ON THE SEPARATE PLAYING BOARD 4.

SQUARE 43 ON SEPARATE PLAYING BOARD 4 MUST BE THE SAME COLOUR AS AND DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH SQUARE 36 ON SEPARATE PLAYING BOARD 3 AND SQUARE 29 ON SEPARATE PLAYING BOARD 2 AND SQUARE 25 ON SEPARATE PLAYING BOARD 1. THIS DIRECT LINE USING SQUARES 25, 29, 36 & 43 CONNECT ALL FOUR SEPARATE PLAYING BOARDS TOGETHER DURING THE GAME, SO THAT A CHESS OR DRAUGHTS PIECE CAN MOVE FROM SQUARE 25 TO SQUARE 43 IN ONE MOVEMENT.

REFERRING TO THE DRAWING FIG 3 SHOWS THE THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS GAME SET UP FOR THE START OF PLAY. BOARD 1 AND BOARD 4 HAVE THE KING, QUEEN, BISHOPS AND PAWNS SET UP AND BOARD 2 AND BOARD 3 HAVE THE ROOKS, KNIGHTS AND PAWNS.

THE BLACK CHESS PIECES CAN BE SET UP ON BOARDS 1 & 2 AND THE WHITE CHESS PIECES ON BOARDS 3 ss 4 OR THE BLACK CHESS PIECES CAN ALSO BE SET UP ON BOARDS 3 dE 4 AND THE WHITE CHESS PIECES BE SET UP ON I & 2.

REFERRING TO THE DRAWING FIG 4 SHOWS THE THREE DIMENSIONAL DRAUGHTS GAME SET UP FOR THE START OF PLAY. THE BLACK DRAUGHTS PIECES CAN BE SET UP ON BOARDS 1 & 2 AND THE WHITE DRAUGHTS PIECES ON BOARDS 3 & 4 OR THE BLACK DRAUGHTS PIECES CAN ALSO BE SET UP ON BOARDS 3 & 4 AND THE WHITE DRAUGHTS PIECES BE SET UP ON I & 2.

Claims

1. A THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAME COMPRISING OF SIXTY FOUR CHEQUERED PLAYING SQUARES HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO FOUR SEPARATE PLAYING BOARDS CONSISTING OF SIXTEEN CHEQUERED SQUARES PER BOARD.

2. THE SEPARATE BOARDS ARE POSITIONED ABOVE EACH OTHER IN AN OVERLAPPING SPIRAL ROTATION, SO THAT FOUR SQUARES ON EACH BOARD OVERLAP FOUR SQUARES ON THE BOARD DIRECTLY ABOVE OR BELOW.

3. A THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAME AS CLAIMED IN CLAIM I OR CLAIM 2 HAS ONE SQUARE ON EACH OF THE FOUR BOARDS THAT IS DIRECTLY ABOVE OR BELOW A CORRESPONDING SQUARE ON ALL FOUR BOARDS. THIS CREATES A STRAIGHT LINE OF FOUR SQUARES BETWEEN THE BOTTOM AND TOP BOARD.

4. A THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAME AS CLAIMED IN CLAIM I, CLAIM 2 OR CLAIM 3 MUST BE SET UP FOR THE START OF PLAY FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS USING EIGHT PIECES ON EACH OF THE FOUR BOARDS WITH REFERENCE TO FIG 3 OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWING.

5. A THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAME AS CLAIMED IN CLAIM I, CLAIM 2 OR CLAIM 3 MUST BE SET UP FOR THE START OF PLAY FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL DRAUGHTS USING SIX PIECES ON EACH OF THE FOUR BOARDS WITH REFERENCE TO FIG 4 OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWING.

6. A THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAME AS CLAIMED IN ANY OF THE PRECEDING CLAIMS, WHEREIN THE LOWEST BOARD IS REPRESENTED BY MARKINGS ON OR IN THE THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAMES BASE, AS A SIXTEEN CHEQUERED SQUARED PLAYING BOARD

7. A THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAME AS CLAIMED IN ANY OF THE PRECEDING CLAIMS, WHEREIN THE FOUR SEPARATE PLAYING BOARDS CONSISTING OF SIXTEEN CHEQUERED SQUARES PER BOARD ARE PROVIDED WITH RODS THAT SUSPEND THE FOUR PLAYING BOARDS IN POSITION.

8. A THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAME, AS CLAIMED IN CLAIM 7, HAS RODS THAT ARE ABLE TO BE FOLDED SEPARATELY OR ARE RETRACTABLE INTO OR ONTO THE BASE OF THE THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAME.

9. A THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAME, AS CLAIMED IN CLAIM 1, WHEREIN THE SEPARATE BOARDS ARE POSITIONED ABOVE EACH OTHER IN AN OVERLAPPING SPIRAL ROTATION, SO THAT EIGHT SQUARES ON EACH BOARD OVERLAP EIGHT SQUARES ON THE BOARD DIRECTLY ABOVE OR BELOW.

10. A THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAME AS CLAIMED IN CLAIM 1 OR CLAIM 9 HAS FOUR SQUARE ON EACH OF THE FOUR BOARDS THAT IS DIRECTLY ABOVE OR BELOW FOUR CORRESPONDING SQUARE ON ALL FOUR BOARDS. THIS CREATES FOUR STRAIGHT LINE OF FOUR SQUARES BETWEEN THE BOTTOM AND TOP BOARD.

I1. A THREE DIMENSIONAL CHESS OR DRAUGHTS GAME SUBSTANTIALLY AS DESCRIBED HEREIN WITH REFERENCE TO FIGURES 1w4 OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWING.