Wikipedia gives a definition of Chess and the components of what you need to play chess, thus this definition will not go into great detail of what chess is, but why some of the chess pieces move on the board. The chess notations of the regular chess pieces are K (King),Q (Queen), B (Bishop), R (Rook), N (Knight), Pawns unfortunately, do not have an abbreviation. Whereas, DoubleMate's chess pieces notations are P (Prince), M (Muskateer), W (Wizard). During the sixth century of the second millennium, the laws of chess and the movement of the traditional chess pieces have been the same. The changes that took place have quickened up the rate of play, such as allowing the Pawns to move two cells on the first move option, and allowing the King and Queen to jump squares in the opening turns so as to get them into play faster.

There were three major modifications to the rules of chess.

1. One Pawn was allowed an extended move on its initial turn.
2. The extension of the Bishops range, which made rethinking of strategies necessary.
3. The final change was to the movement of the Queen, which became the most powerful piece on the board, with its ability to move as both a Rook and a Bishop, (The Rook moving forward and sideways and the Bishop moving in a diagonal way) on the same colored square.

With DOUBLEMATE ^TM Chess the movements of the chess pieces of a normal chess game is the same except for three pieces that are introduced in the game at interval times. DoubleMate is a two person game that uses two chessboards for the playing field, two end-boards and two home-boards. It is played with specially designed pieces on a square board made up of 228 alternating light and dark squares arranged in twenty rows and sixteen columns. The center boards are played with two Knights and eight Pawns, the end-boards are played with the Knights, Bishops, Rooks and Queens, and the home-boards are played with Princes, Musketeers, Kings and Wizards. The Princes, Muskateers & Wizards can be moved in different directions on the chessboard, thus giving the player an advantage over their opponent to dominate the game. The Musketeer moves in a forward direction similar to a Pawn, but once it encounters a blocking piece (the player's or the opponent's playing piece) it may hop over that piece to an unoccupied square (forward, diagonal or sideways). The sole purpose of the Musketeer is to reach the opponent's end board to allow the player's Wizard, to enter the game. The Wizard moves like the queen, prince or knight, giving it the ability to place a King in checkmate by itself. The Prince moves one or two squares in any direction and may leap over any playing piece adjacent to its square while capturing the opponent's playing piece on the square it lands on. This piece can convert to a King at the time the player's King is captured, giving the opponent a chance to win at DoubleMate.

There are two ways to win:

1. By taking out your opponent's kings one at a time, including their converted princes for a total of 4 possible kings or
2. By placing both of your opponent's kings in checkmate at the same time.

For example: a wizard can hold a king in checkmate by itself while your remaining chess pieces work on placing the second king in checkmate for the ultimate DoubleMate win. DoubleMate Chess does not replace Chess but gives the player an advantage over their opponent by striving to reach the end boards to be awarded the DoubleMate Master Title.

This is why in the last part of the twentieth century, chess has become a popular game for all age groups, genders, and ethnicity's. There are chess tournaments and organizations where members can play against people from all over the globe and be ranked on the worldwide scale. There are chess computer games, chess over the internet (forums), and informal chess clubs in schools, colleges and universities. Chess is truly one of the most popular and timeless game ever. DoubleMate Chess does not replace chess, but gives the player an advantage over their opponent, by striving to reach the end boards to obtain the DoubleMate Master Title.

CITATIONS

1. FIDE Richard G. Eales. Online reading.
2. Chess Definition on Wikipedia. Online reading.
3. The History of Chess by ThinkQuest Online Library. Online reading.
4. Chess Pieces
5. Chess Notations
6. DoubleMate Chess