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Chess Forum / General Topics / November 2005c1880s MILTARY CHESS - A N MYERS - Looking for Rules
Does anyone have a copy of the rules from this late 19th Century 'Chess' game by A N Myers - call MILTARY CHESS ? If you do would appreciate a response. - TIA - John > Does anyone have a copy of the rules from this late 19th Century > 'Chess' game by A N Myers - call MILTARY CHESS ? If you do would > appreciate a response. - TIA - John Are you sure of the name of both the game and its designer? Pritchard's "Encyclopedia of Chess Variants" has entries for four different games called Military Chess, but none were designed by anyone named Myers. The closest chronologically is from 1871, put out by Mead & Co., the designer Charles Conder. The entry reads: "Inspired by the Franco-German war of 1870. Board 12x12 of which two ranks formed a river crossed by a four-square bridge. Men 22 a side (various soldiers and artillery pieces). Capture of the enemy's standard or planting one's own in the enemy stronghold won the game." Of course, your game could be one unknown to Pritchard. Very much appreciate your reply - if I could spell Military it would help ;~) Our set contain twelve a side - we have no board - but we do have the box which gives us the manufacturer Myers - a well known game producer of the late 19th to early 20th century Pictures can be found at this link http://www.gamesetal.net/Stock_Pages/GCB/gcb1059.htm We are a commercial company but I didn't post this message to advertise our wares - we are both games and chess enthusiasts and just wanted to know more about this game. I think we have the correct number of pieces as the box won't take any more! I was unaware of the <<Encyclopedia of Chess Variants>> so thats a bit of knowledge I thank you for. Regards - John > Our set contain twelve a side - we have no board - but we do have the > box which gives us the manufacturer Myers - a well known game producer [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > http://www.gamesetal.net/Stock_Pages/GCB/gcb1059.htm Hmmm ... This really fits nothing in Pritchard's book. The closest thing seems to be "Estralography" (1780), credited to one M. Helwig. Pritchard says "Pieces represented infantry, cavalry, and artillery," which fits what your picture shows, but he adds "also transport etc.", of which your photo shows nothing. Also your game says "for the chessboard" indicating it's played on a normal 8x8 board, but all the versions of Military Chess described by Pritchard have special boards, one where it can be any size from 49x33 up to 40x66 (2640 squares!). So, you may have come across something long lost. If you do ever find out how this game was played, you might want to contact David B. Pritchard, so that he can add it to a future edition of his encyclopedia. You can probably contact him through one of his publishers, such as B.T. Batsford or Games & Puzzles Publications, both in the UK. All your points duly noted - if I come accross the rules I will make sure they are passed on. My thoughts of a few years ago were that maybe if was played a little like draughts - the different pieces having different movement possibilities - but - that doesn't signify Chess... I will continue the search Thanks for your interest - John >> Does anyone have a copy of the rules from this late 19th Century >> 'Chess' game by A N Myers - call MILTARY CHESS ? If you do would [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > different games called Military Chess, but none were designed by anyone > named Myers. chessvariants.com doesn't seem to have anything and Googling for anything to do with `military chess' seems to give lots of information about games of chess played between soldiers and nothing else. :-( Dave.  SignatureDavid Richerby Adult Chair (TM): it's like a chair www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ that you won't want the children to see! Thanks for that - I had Googled and came up against that wall of non related items that you did - now why doesn't a smart chap like you come up with a better search engine and go down in history along with Bill, Larry and Sergey? I did not know of the chessvariants web page - so a new bookmark for future use - appreciate that. |
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