Here are some details of an old board game which may be of some interest: The Amateur Chess Magazine, in its second issue for 1872, featured a game called 'Block' invented by an H.E. Heath. It's played on a merels board (with diagonals) using eightpawns and a king on each side. The rules are distinct from and more complex than those of merels and the aim is to capture the opponent's king by surrounding it.
Block must have generated some enthusiasm since further issues of the magazine continued to devote a section to it, with games and problems sent in by readers.to locate digitised versions of the later issues.
You can find the (monthly) issues for 1872 on Google books by searching “amateur chess magazine”. The rules are on pp. 21-2 and the later entries on pp. 32, 42, 53-4 and 66-7. The magazine seems to have lasted until 1874, but I've not been able
Robert
Here are some details of an old board game which may be of some interest: The Amateur Chess Magazine, in its second issue for 1872, featured a game called 'Block' invented by an H.E. Heath. It's played on a merels board (with diagonals) using eightpawns and a king on each side. The rules are distinct from and more complex than those of merels and the aim is to capture the opponent's king by surrounding it.
Block must have generated some enthusiasm since further issues of the magazine continued to devote a section to it, with games and problems sent in by readers.locate digitised versions of the later issues.
You can find the (monthly) issues for 1872 on Google books by searching “amateur chess magazine”. The rules are on pp. 21-2 and the later entries on pp. 32, 42, 53-4 and 66-7. The magazine seems to have lasted until 1874, but I've not been able to
Robert
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