William Barsky

US Patent:

39971651, Dec 14, 1976

Filed:

Feb 27, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/553525

Inventors:

William Barsky - Brooklyn NY

International Classification:

A63F 300

US Classification:

273131AB

Abstract:

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, there is provided a playing board typically of the shape and general appearance of a Kings checkers board, where there are two opposing groups of playing pieces which are movable forwardly until becoming a king checker, and then can move in any direction and can capture by jumping, the present game having two groups of unlike pieces, one-half of the player's pieces being circular and the other-half of the player's pieces having a square base, one group being of one color scheme for one player and the group being of a different color scheme for the second player, corresponding to shapes of staggered rows of alternately square and circular spaces on the upper surface of the playing board, circular pieces moving and jumping to and fro only on circular spaces, and square-based pieces moving and jumping to and fro only on the square spaces, and pieces being movable only forwardly until reaching the king line and thereafter being movable in any direction on its type space, such being capable of jumping in lateral or forward directions before kinging and also backwardly after kinging.