Ministers™ Chess Set

Ministers TM Chess is a symmetric chess that employs a 9' x 9' board and 36 chess pieces. Each player has 1 king, 2 ministers (queens), 2 bishops, 2 knights, 2 rooks and 9 pawns. The two ministers flank the king eliminating its conventional chess bishop-side weakness. Ministers TM is a larger dynamic, fascinating and more open game. In Ministers TM , due to the larger 81-squares board, 17 squares more than the conventional chess 64-squares board, the range of attack of the pieces is increased and more elaborate maneuvers can be executed. An army can even encircle the other. The Third Edition includes: Rigid Folding Board (19 1/2' x 19 1/2') 9' x 9' Ministers TM Chess pattern on one side 8' x 8' conventional chess pattern on the other Additional Vinyl Roll-Up 9' x 9' Ministers TM Chess board (19 1/2' x 19 1/2') Ministers TM Chess cloth bag (12' x 7') Tournament Sized Chess Pieces (King - 3 3/4'; Pawn - 2')