Chess game

Abstract

A chess game named Water Crystal for two opposed players to train intelligence and tactics, the chess game includes: —A checkerboard-style board partitioned by 12 horizontal lines and eleven vertical lines, divided in two symmetrical parts by a river, each part having a palace at the back rank center and patterns to help arrange pieces at the opening, a space, and a wooden bar at the end to help remember postponements; and—Two set of game pieces, each set having a color and including pieces named after the twelve zodiac animals and a Water Crystal piece, each having starting position, moving, and capturing rules, and where the starting positions of the two sets are symmetrical on the board.

1 . A chess game for two opposed players, the game comprising:
 a board partitioned by twelve horizontal lines and eleven vertical lines, divided in two symmetrical parts by a blank called river, each part having a palace at a center and patterns to help arrange pieces at an opening, a space, and a wooden bar at an end to help remember postponements; and   two set of game pieces, each set having a color and including pieces named after twelve zodiac animals and a Water Crystal piece, each of the two sets of game pieces and the Water Crystal having a specific starting position, specific moving and capturing rules, and where starting positions of the two sets of game pieces are symmetrical on the board.   
     
     
         2 . A chess game as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that there is additionally a chess piece name Sky Eye with a function of protecting other pieces.