| 摘要 |
<p>A game based on the game of chess in which the board (B) or playing surface comprises two arrays of squares four by ten superimposed on each other at right angles to form a cross having four quadrants (1, 2, 3, 4) each containing an array of squares four by three, the playing pieces for each player being adapted to be arranged for the commencement of a game in the first two rows of two adjacent quadrants, the king and queen being adapted to be arranged on squares of similar colour at adjacent corners of said quadrants, the sets of four pawns in each quadrant being adapted to be separately identifiable for at least the duration of the game and being required to move to the directly opposite side of the board to achieve upgrading, all bishops being confied to movement diagonally on squares of the same colour, and castling being allowed only in the king's quadrant, the rules otherwise being as for a conventional chess game except for variations imposed by the board configuration.</p> |
