Self-setting game board device

Abstract

The present invention relates to a game board device, more specifically to a chessboard game device having self-setting capability for its game pieces. Disclosed are five different embodiments of chessboard game devices having the capability of automatically setting-up chess pieces on their chessboards. The third preferred embodiment has a chessboard with a magnetically attractive surface covered by a chessboard sticker, and two holders on either side of a game box, with 16 compartments arranged in two rows of eight in each holder. Each holder contains either black or white chess pieces in its compartments in an inverted position and each chess piece has a magnet disposed in its base. The compartments are arranged to match the starting positions on the chessboard, so that when the chessboard is placed upside-down over the holders, the magnetic bases of the inverted chess pieces make contact with the appropriate squares on the chessboard, and are magnetically attached. When the chessboard is raised, the chess pieces are lifted together with the chessboard out the their compartments. The chessboard is then rotated 180 degrees by hand into its upright position and placed on a tabletop. During play, captured chess pieces are immediately deposited upside-down Into their appropriately labeled compartments as a process for preparing the chessboard to be reset for the next game. The first and second embodiments utilize a split chessboard design where each chessboard half lifts inverted magnetic chess pieces by pivoting action. The fourth and fifth embodiments do not require magnetic attachment means.