Method of playing a game

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of playing a game conventionally based purely on skill comprising the steps of: providing a board divided into squares having light and dark colors; providing a set of ordinary playing pieces selected to move conventionally in selected paths; providing denoted squares constituting home squares for additional playing pieces known as stop pieces; providing a random device in addition to the said board and the said set of playing pieces; wherein each of the players making consecutive moves one at a time starting each move by using the random device for selecting either a conventional move or a stop piece move followed by a conventional move; wherein each stop piece blocks each moving path of any other piece on the board.

1 . Method of playing a game conventionally based purely on skill comprising the steps of:
 providing a board divided into squares having light and dark colors;   providing a set of ordinary playing pieces selected to move conventionally in selected paths;   providing denoted squares constituting home squares for additional playing pieces known as stop pieces;   providing a random device in addition to the said board and the said set of playing pieces;   wherein each of the players making consecutive moves one at a time starting each move by using the random device for selecting either a conventional move or a stop piece move followed by a conventional move;   wherein each stop piece blocks each moving path of any other piece on the board.   
   
   
       2 . Method of playing chess comprising the steps of:
 providing a chessboard with a center section comprising a matrix of squares arranged into ranks and files, in combination with a first additional side section and a second additional side section, each side section comprising a matrix of squares arranged into at least two ranks and at least one file;   the side file of the first additional side section is contiguous with one side file of the center section and the side file of the second additional side section is contiguous with the opposite side file of the center section;   the squares on the said chessboard comprises alternating squares of light and dark colors;   providing at least one denoted home square in each side section;   providing a set of playing pieces for each of two players, each said set comprising eight pawns, a king, a queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights and at least one stop piece denoted correspondingly with said home square;   providing a random device in addition to the said chessboard and the said set of playing pieces;   arranging the two set of playing pieces in their starting positions on the said chessboard;   each of the two players making moves one at a time starting each move by using the random device for selecting either a conventional move or a stop piece move followed by a conventional move;   wherein each conventional move of the king, the queen, the bishops, the rooks, the knights and the pawns follow the rules of conventional chess; and   wherein the stop piece move is selected from the following alternatives:
 a. one of the players own stop pieces is moved out from its home square to any free square on the center section, or 
 b. one of the players own stop pieces is moved back to its home square from the center section, or 
 c. one of the opponents stop pieces is moved back to its home square from the center section; 
   wherein each stop piece blocks each moving path of any other piece on the chessboard.   
   
   
       3 . Method of playing chess according to  claim 2  wherein said central section comprises an equal sided matrix of squares. 
   
   
       4 . Method of playing chess according to  claim 3  wherein said equal sided matrix of squares forms an eight by eight chessboard. 
   
   
       5 . Method of playing chess according to  claim 2  wherein each said side section contains only one file of squares. 
   
   
       6 . Method of playing chess according to  claim 5  wherein each said side section contains no more than four squares placed on rank  3 ,  4 ,  5  and  6 . 
   
   
       7 . Method of playing chess according to  claim 6  wherein each said side section contains three squares placed on rank  3 ,  4 ,  5  on the first additional side section and on rank  4 ,  5 ,  6  on the second additional side section. 
   
   
       8 . Method of playing chess according to  claim 7  wherein the squares on the first additional side section are denoted  1 ,  2 ,  3  from rank  5  downwards and the squares on the second additional side section are denoted  3 ,  2 ,  1  from rank  6  downwards. 
   
   
       9 . Method of playing chess according to  claim 8  wherein each denoted square constitutes a home square for a correspondingly denoted stop piece. 
   
   
       10 . Method of playing chess according to any of the  claims 1 - 2  wherein the determination of the random number of the random device is any from 1:2 to 1:9. 
   
   
       11 . Method of playing chess according to  claim 10  wherein the random device is a dice with the random number 1:6.