Article 12373 of rec.arts.startrek: Path: utu.fi!tut!sunic!mcsun!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!husc6!m2c!swan!hawk!wgarmil From: wgarmil@hawk.ulowell.edu (WildCard) Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek Subject: 3-D Chess Rules Message-ID: <775@swan.ulowell.edu> Date: 1 May 90 23:31:45 GMT Sender: news@swan.ulowell.edu Reply-To: wgarmil@hawk.ulowell.edu (WildCard) Organization: University of Lowell, CS Dept Lines: 169 I took this off the net last year, and unfortunately removed the lines that said who posted this originally. To that person, thanks. I hope you enjoy the chess! ------------------------------- The following Tri-Dimensional Chess game may be from THE STAR TREK POSTER BOOK, circa 1977. I know there is also a small game book on it which is available through SF merchandise companies like the Interstellar Trading Company and Star Tech. TRI-DIMENSIONAL CHESS ===================== Chess board: ------------ top board 4 x 4 squares. middle board 4 x 4 squares. bottom board 4 x 4 squares. 4 additional attack boards, each 2 x 2 squares; 2 for black, 2 for white. The main boards: The 2 last rows of the bottom board overlap the first 2 of the middle board, the last 2 rows of the middle board overlap the first 2 of the top board. Side view: '.---.' represents a square. .---.---.---.---. top level .---.---.---.---. middle level .---.---.---.---. bottom level The attack boards: The center of a little attack board is any of the 4 corners of a board. It can be placed: 1. over the corner of a board. 2. under the corner of a board. All the corners of the top, middle and bottom board have pin positions to place your attack boards. At the beginning of the game, 2 attack boards for white are positioned under the front corners of the middle board and 2 attack boards for black are positioned over the back corners of the middle board. The attack boards are not removed from the game, only re-positioned. A side view of the whole chess board with attack boards over the back, and under the front corner(s) of the middle board (start position). ------------ \ _____ \ | \ |------------| \ | \ / ----- \ / \ / ------------ \ / \ \ / \ \/ \ / \________/ | ----------------------- Rules: ------ Black always starts on the top board. Movement is identical to conventional chess with the added dimension being used in like manner. A black pawn can only move forward and down, a white pawn can only move forward and up. A move between 2 levels is counted as 1 square (up) with the exception of an attack board being positioned between 2 squares of different levels. In such a case a move (up) is 2 moves. I.e an attack board is situated between level-1 and level-2. Center of attack board is at x. A move for level-1 'A' to level-2 'A' = 1 move. A move from level-1 'B' to level-2 'B' = 2 moves. Front view: A B --.---.---.---. level-2 x .---|---. attack board | A B | ---.---.---.---| level-1 An attack board has a total of 24 possible positions. An attack board can be moved either up, down, left or right to adjacent pin positions only. A move of an attack board can only be done when the board is empty or contains the players' pawn (but only 1 pawn). Inverting an attack board can only be done when a board is empty. Inverting means, for instance: over the corner of the bottom board, to, under the corner of the middle board. .---.---. | | to.. | | .___.___. Moving an attack board constitutes a move. Diagonal moves of an attack board are not allowed. Points: ------- King = 0 (K) Queen = 9 (Q) Castle = 5 (C) Knight = 3 (KN) Pawn = 1 (P) Bishop = 3 (B) Starting positions: ------------------- '*' indicates black field. |---|---|---|---| |KN |*B*| B |*KN| |---|---|---|---| |*P*| P |*P*| P | top level |---|---|---|---| | |***| |***| |---|---|---|---| |***| |***| | |---|---|---|---| BLACK |---|---| |---|---| | C |*Q*| | K |*C*| |---|---| |---|---|---|---| |---|---| attack board(s) |*P*| P | | |***| |***| |*P*| P | |---|---| |---|---|---|---| |---|---| |***| |***| | middle level |---|---|---|---| | |***| |***| |---|---| |---|---|---|---| |---|---| | P |*P*| |***| |***| | | P |*P*| |---|---|-|---|---|---|---| |---|---| |*C*| Q | |*K*| C | |---|---| |---|---| |---|---|---|---| WHITE | |***| |***| |---|---|---|---| |***| |***| | bottom level |---|---|---|---| | P |*P*| P |*P*| |---|---|---|---| |KN*| B |*B*| KN| |---|---|---|---| Well, that's it. Good luck ! Addendum: Maybe you saw the note on the special move of a Queen. As far as I can see, you can diagonaly move your queen and take the pawn straight across your opponents' King and get a check, but not a check-mate. By the way, you've then lost your queen. _ __ _ __ How can we dance ' ) / // / / ) / when our earth is turning? / / / o // __/ / __. __ __/ How can we sleep (_(_/ <_