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