It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide in homes, parks, clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Įach player begins the game with 16 pieces: one King, one Queen, two Rooks, two Knights, two Bishops, and eight Pawns. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONĬhess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chess board, a checkered game board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid.
The present invention relates generally to the game of chess, more specifically to a method of weighting chess pieces, even more specifically, to a method of weighting chess pieces in such a way that the pieces made by the method are far less likely to crack and also may include an electronic sensing component which functions without interference with the weighting material. The method of weighting a set of chess pieces as recited in claim 9 wherein said first average particle size is smaller than said second average particle size. A method of weighting a set of chess pieces, said set comprising a subset of white pieces and a subset of black pieces, where the white pieces are made of a first species of wood, and the black pieces are made of a second species of wood, where the two species of wood have different densities, the method comprising: weighting each piece of said subset of white pieces with loose particles of metal of a first average particle size and, weighting each piece of said subset of black pieces with said loose particles of metal but of a second average particle size.ġ0. The method recited in claim 7, wherein said second cavity is a cylindrically shaped partial through-bore concentrically arranged with a longitudinal axis of said chess piece.ĩ. The method recited in claim 1, wherein said second cavity is a partial through-bore.Ĩ. The method recited in claim 5, wherein said first cavity in the shape of an annular recess is concentric with a longitudinal axis of said chess piece.ħ. The method recited in claim 1, wherein said first cavity is in the shape of an annular recess.Ħ. The method recited in claim 1, wherein said chess piece is made of wood.ĥ. The method recited in claim 1, further including the step of sealing said first cavity.Ĥ. The method recited in claim 1, wherein said loose particles of metal are tungsten in powder form.ģ. A method of weighting a chess piece, comprising the steps of: creating a first cavity in a base of said chess piece filling said first cavity with loose particles of metal thereby forming a weighted chess piece creating a second cavity in the base of said chess piece, in a different location than said first cavity and, filling said second cavity with a sensor operatively arranged to communicate with a chess board.Ģ. Non-lead, environmentally safe projectiles and method of making sameīOARD-TYPE GAME WITH REMOVABLE PLAY SELECTOR MEMBERġ.
Prize containing game piece, related combinations and methodsĭart having resiliently mounted point and flight shaft, and user-modifiable body and weighting features IC token, injection molding die for the IC token manufacturing method for the IC token and an IC token selection device Method and apparatus for gaming token verificationĬhip with insert including an electronic microchip