Nu-chess

Abstract

This invention is a modified chess game which can be played by two individual players or two teams of players. The game apparatus consists of a modified chess board of 100 alternately light and dark squares and two 20-piece sets of respectively light and dark game pieces. Each set of game pieces includes the 16 game pieces contained in a set of conventional chess pieces, i.e., 1 King, 1 Queen, 2 Bishops, 2 Knights, 2 Rooks and 8 Pawns, plus 2 additional pawns and 2 embodiments of an innovative and novel game piece unique to the invention, game piece “X”. The game pieces are initially positioned in prescribed positions on the game board and subsequently moved pursuant to conventional and prescribed new movement capabilities and patterns unique to the invention. As in conventional chess, the contest is won by the party which captures and, thus, checkmates the opposing party's King.

1 . A modified chess game as herein described comprising a geometrically square game board with 100 alternately light and dark squares and two (2) 20-piece sets of respectively light and dark game pieces with prescribed conventional, novel and unique capabilities and rules of piece positioning and movement. 
     
     
         2 . The modified chess game of  claim 1 , wherein as described herein the conventional King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook and Pawn chess pieces have prescribed game board positions and retain conventional movement patterns and capabilities. 
     
     
         3 . The modified chess game of  claim 2 , wherein as described herein the number of conventional chess Pawn pieces per set are increased by two (2) from eight (8) Pawn pieces to ten (10) Pawn pieces. 
     
     
         4 . The modified chess game of  claim 3 , wherein as described herein the movement capabilities of the conventional chess Pawn pieces are enhanced to include an initial movement option of one (1), two (2) or three (3) squares and an advance-retreat movement option when moved between the second (2 nd ) and fifth (5 th ) ranks. 
     
     
         5 . The modified chess game of  claim 4 , wherein as described herein the movement capabilities of the conventional chess Pawn pieces are enhanced to include a “passing” command provision whereby a “passing” may be commanded to the passed square by an opposing party expressing the term “non-passant (F.)”, or “no passing (E.)”, whereas in conventional Chess, a “passing” Pawn can only be captured or ignored for there is no provision in conventional Chess for a passing Pawn to be commanded to the passed square. 
     
     
         6 . The modified chess game of  claim 5 , wherein as described herein the conventional King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook and Pawn chess pieces are augmented with a novel and unique game piece, Game Piece “X”, with as described herein prescribed game board positions and unique movement pattern and capabilities. 
     
     
         7 . The modified chess game of  claim 6 , wherein as described herein the number of conventional chess pieces per set are augmented with two (2) embodiments of the novel and unique Game piece “X”. 
     
     
         8 . The modified chess game of  claim 7 , wherein as described herein the movement capabilities of the novel and unique Game Piece “X” consists of the prescribed ability to move diagonally two squares in any chosen direction and one square at a right-angle in either direction from the line of movement; or by perspective, three (3) squares in either a vertical or horizontal direction and one square at a right-angle in either direction from the line of movement and the abilities to pass or jump over other pieces and capture opposing pieces. 
     
     
         9 . The modified chess game of  claim 8 , wherein as described herein contesting parties may elect to play using a team-attack option with the ability of a game piece to single-handedly checkmate an opposing King piece being limited to the Queen and all other game pieces being required to team-attack an opposing King piece to checkmate it. 
     
     
         10 . The modified chess game of  claim 9 , wherein as hereby described the light and dark squares and corresponding sets of game pieces, respectively, are white and royal blue or black or, alternately, any other light and dark color combination.