CHESS - THE NEXT GENERATION

CHESS - THE NEXT GENERATION
Paul Glover © 1996

CHESS - THE NEXT GENERATION of players as well as long time players, will find themselves moving into the future with this traditional game. This exciting game relies on the regular instructions for chess. However because of the dimensional factor, there is a need for additional instructions as to how the pieces move dimensionally. This set of instructions explains only the dimensional movement of the pieces.

TWO PLAYERS: when the game is played with two players, there are two game boards of 15 x15 inches (38 x 38 cm) each, one on top of the other, and approximately 51/2 inches (14 -15 cm) apart. The top game board is labeled "A", and the other "B". The WHITE and BLACK chess pieces are set up on level "A" in the traditional manner as in regular chess. As an option, however, the chess pieces may be set up on either level of the player's choice, with each player agreeing on this option before starting. WHITE moves first. The game is played as in regular chess with the object of checkmating the opposing king.

MOVEMENT:
All movement of chess pieces on any one board level remains the same as in regular chess. The movement from one board level to another is as follows
(see also diagrams on this website).

KING Can move to or capture all squares one square away from it
(either diagonally or straight up and down), one level below or above the square on which it is currently sitting.
QUEEN Same as king.
(If on Ad2, it controls 9 squares directly below it on B)
ROOK Can move to or capture one square directly below or above the square on which it is sitting. (eg. Aa1 controls/captures Ba1)
BISHOP Movement similar to that of the king except it cannot move directly above or below the square on which it is sitting (opposite to a rook). This dimensional movement allows the bishop to move on an 'angle', to/or capture a white or black square.
(Opening: Ac1 - Bb1, Bb2, Bc2, bd1, Bd2)
KNIGHT Moves like an "L" dimensionally. Therefore, it moves one square down or up from the square on which it is sitting followed by movement two squares forward.
(eg. Ab1 controls/captures Bb3, Bd1)
PAWN
  • Pawns on their original squares on level "A" have the option of advancing one or two squares on level "B". It thus mirrors a pawn's opening move in regular chess.
    (Aa2 - Ba3, Ba4, opening the rook file)
  • Can move to the squares directly below or above the square on which it is sitting.
    Down or up does NOT constitute a backward movement.
  • Can advance down diagonally straightforward on the file or advance up diagonally straightforward. (Ba4 - Aa5)
  • Can capture diagonally forward, left or right of the square that it is on, one level below or above it. (Ba4 x Bb5, or Ab5)
  • Upon reaching the opposite side of the board on any level, can be promoted to Queen, etc., and is distinguished as such for eg., by putting a red checker piece underneath it.
  • Dimensional en passant capture eg. When a WHITE pawn (Ab2) has finally advanced three squares on level "A" (Ab5), and the BLACK pawn on level "A" (either Aa7 or Ac7) tries to pass by moving two squares forward (Ba5 or Bc5), then the WHITE pawn must capture or not at all on the next move (Ab5 x Ba5 & occupies Ba6 -or- Ab5 x Bc5 & occupies Bc6). Also: if (Ab2) has finally advanced three squares (Bb5) & (Aa7) tries to pass on level "A" (Aa5), then (Bb5 x Aa5 & occupies Aa6 etc.).

Chess - The Next Generation (c)1996 Paul Glover
Movement for King and Queen Bishop and Rook
Knight
a Pawn's 5 possible opening moves
White to move...
black tried to pass the white pawn by moving Ah2-Bh4 -- So white pawn captures from Ag4xBh4 and occupies Bh3
DIMENSIONAL "EN PASSANT"


How long does it take to play a game of 'Chess - The Next Generation'?
It takes the same amount of time as it would to play a regular game
of chess on 1 flat board. 


    WHITE    BLACK          WHITE    BLACK
1. Acl-Bb2   Af7-Bf6    7.  Adl-Bd2  Ad7-Bd7
2. Agl-Bg3   Ae7-Ae5    8.  Ael-Acl  Ab8-Bb6
3. Ae2-Ae4   Ah7-Bh6    9.  Ad2-Bd3  Ae5-Be4
4. Bg3-Ae3   Ad8-Ah4    10. Af1-Bg2  Bf6-Bf5
5. Abl-Ac3   Ac7-Bc6    11. Ah2-Bh3  * resigns
6. Ae4-Be5   Ag8-Be8
 * Possibly suffering from two-dimensional thinking

          SIX MOVES - CHECKMATE!
   WHITE     BLACK         WHITE     BLACK
1. Ae2-Ae4   Ac8-Bb7    4. Bal-Bdl   Aa8xAa2
2. Adl-Af3   Ag8-Bg6    5. Afl-Ac4   Aa2-Ba2
3. Aal-Bal   Aa7-Ba6    6. Af3xAf7 mate!! 


Due to the dimensional factor of this game, the bishop is more powerful.
The chart below and the games played out here, shows that the bishop is
more flexible, covers more area, and therefore worth six points.
The rook is most effective for backing up and protecting.

PIECE - POINTS      
KING:      If on Ae2, controls/captures 17 squares, & on Ae4  __ the same
QUEEN:  9   *  * ''   *  *  *   *  *  * 32 *  *  *  *  * ''   36 squares
BISHOP: 6   *  * ''   *  *  *   *  *  * 17 *  *  *  *  * ''   21 squares
ROOK:   4   *  * ''   *  *  *   *  *  * 15 *  *  *  *  * ''   __ the same
KNIGHT: 3   *  * Ae3  *  *  *   *  *  * 12 *  *  *  *  * ''   __ the same
PAWN:   1   *  * Ae2  *  *  *   *  *  * 04 *  *  *  *  * ''   __ the same

YOUR GAMES PLAYED OUT, WILL BE PUT HERE

So send them in
       WHITE          BLACK                 WHITE          BLACK
   1.  Ac1-Bb2        Ad7-Ad5           19. Ah2-Ah3        Bg6-Ag4
   2.  Ag1-Bg3        Ae7-Ae6           20. Aa7xAb6        Bg8-Be6
   3.  AF1-Bg2        Af8-Bg8           21. Bb7-Bc7 +      Ad7-Be7
   4.  Ael-Agl        Ag8-Bg6           22. Bc7-Bd6 +      Be7-Bf7
   5.  Ae2-Be4        Ac8-Bd7           23. Ab6-Ac7        Be6-Bh3
   6.  Be4-Be5        Ab8-Bb6           24. Aa3-Bb3 +      Bd7-Be6
   7.  Abl-Ac3        Ad8-Ae7           25. Bb3xBe6 +      Bh3xBe6 ?
   8.  Ad2-Ad4        Ae8-Ac8           26. Af1-Bf1        Bf7-Ag6
   9.  Ac3-Ab5        Ac8-Ab8           27. Ac7-Ag3        Ah4-Ah5
   10. Bg2-Bb7 +      Ab8-Bc7           28. Aa1-Af1        Bh6-Bh5
   11. Ad1-Bc2 +      Ac7-Bc6           29. Bg3-Bf5        Ah5-Bg5
   12. Bb7xAa7        Ab7-Ab6           30. Bf5xAf7        Ag6xAf7 ?
   13. Aa2-Ba4        Bb6-Bc4           31. Af2-B14 + fork Af7-Bg6
   14. Bb2-Aa3        Ae7-Ah4           32. Bd6xBe6 +      Bg6-Ah5
   15. Bc2-Bb3        Bc4-Ba5 fork(3)   33. Bf4xBg5        Bh5-Bh4
   16. Bb3-Bb8 + fork Bc7-Ad7           34. Be6-Bg4 +      Ah5-Ag6
   17. Ab5-Bb7 + fork Ba5xBb7           35. Bg4xAg4 +      * resigns
   18. Bb8xBb7        Ah7-Bh6           36.

Here is one game being played out right now by email. ...

If you would like to play a game by email,
Set up any two boards of the same size as instructed on this page and send me your WHITEs 1st move.

In fact, you could even improvise:
- Get a glass top and support it with books (or anything) over top of your regular chess board.
- Next get some tape or a marker to mark where the squares are on the glass.
   To give it a try, it's that simple.   It only takes between 30 and 45 minutes approximately to play a game.


- Here's a game played out in 35 moves.

Now I suppose, now that you have learned how to play the game, you would like to buy some plexiglass to try the game out. Well you can take a look at what the board looks like here at: http://www.dimensionalized.com/game/b-measurements.htm. You can also buy the boards at: http://www.dimensionalized.com/shop/shop.php for your construction of the game.
last modified: -- Copyright © 1996, 2003, 2004 Paul Glover