Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati

Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati

Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati with his chess variants
Born (2002-09-03) 3 September 2002
Jaipur, India
Nationality Indian
Known for Inventing six-, twelve-, and sixty-player circular chess variants[1][2]
Website Hridayeshwarsinghbhati.com

Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati (born 3 September 2002) is an Indian student who invented a six-player variant of chess. He invented the variant at the age of 9 with his father's assistance.[1][3] He was granted a patent for his invention in 2012, making him the youngest patent-holder in India at that time.[1][4][5][6]

Bhati's invention earned him the CavinKare Ability Special Recognition Award[7] and the Sri Balaji Society's Child Innovator Award.[8][9] He has subsequently designed and received patents for twelve- and sixty-player variants of his game with his boards creating 100 separate chess variants altogether.[10] Besides inventions in circular chess, he has developed a ramp system enabling easy access to vehicles for the disabled.[11] In 2014, he was awarded a Dr. Batra's Positive Health Award which was presented by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.[12][13]

Bhati suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy and is a wheelchair user. He attributes his inspiration for inventing to his admiration of British physicist Stephen Hawking: "I want to be like Hawking who became a famous scientist despite suffering from motor neuron disease."[1]

Six-player circular chess

Bhati's version of chess, for up to six players in teams of two or three, is played on a circular board with 228 playable black and white spaces, plus 12 unplayable red spaces. Bhati's multiplayer design employs all the standard chess pieces and their moves.[14][15] Individual armies are distinguished by colour.

Six-player circular chess, starting position

Rules

Each player starts with the same number and types of pieces as in standard chess. Players' non-pawn pieces start in their normal setups on the back ranks (the 8×1 extensions at the board perimeter), with queens always placed to the left of kings. Pawns are placed on the next rank in front of the pieces as in standard chess.

Red spaces may not be occupied or passed through when moving or capturing. The multicoloured central circular area may be passed through, but not occupied. It is considered a single "null" space, so a space bordering it is considered adjacent to the space on the direct opposite side of the null area. (For example, a pawn on a space bordering the null area that moves one step straight forward, will end its move on the same-coloured space at the direct opposite side of the null area.)

The king, knight, and pawn have their standard chess moves, unaffected when crossing the central null area where a space directly across is considered adjacent. A pawn promotes as normal when it reaches any player's back rank. Moves of the rook are also straightforward – it moves horizontally along concentric rings of spaces, and vertically along files including crossing the central null area and continuing along the same file in a straight line. (When moving horizontally, a rook may not end its move on the same space that it started. The same is true for the queen.)

The queen moves horizontally and vertically the same as a rook. When a queen or bishop crosses the central null area diagonally, it must continue from a space of the same colour as the one it started on: the piece is moved one space clockwise or anticlockwise after passing the null space, determined whether it started its diagonal movement in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction.

When a player is checkmated or resigns, all his remaining pieces are removed from play.[16] In games where teams of two or three compete, the last team standing is the winner.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Today, Mail (26 June 2013). "Jaipur: Child Prodigy adds new twist to the game of chess". Mail Today. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Wunderkind (30 March 2012). "9 yr old develops circular chess". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Mishra, Sudhanshu (1 April 2012). "Jaipur: Boy builds multi-player chessboard". India Today. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "SOCIETY". September 2013. p. 4. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  6. ↑ Khabar, NDTV (30 March 2012). "जिंदगी की जंग का हौसला...". NDTV India (in Hindi). Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "A chess prodigy with a difference". The Hindu. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Business, Standard (10 May 2012). "9-year-old differently-abled boy gets child innovation Award". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  9. ↑ 24X7, NDTV (10 May 2013). "9-year-old differently-abled boy gets child innovation Award". ndtv.com. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "11-yr-old with fatal disorder makes a name in chess invention". Z News. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  11. ↑ "Boy builds disabled-friendly vehicle entry system". Business Standard. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "Bajaj Discover Presents Dr Batra's '9th Positive Health Awards' at NCPA". PR Newswire. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "12-year-old awarded for disable-friendly innovation". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  14. ↑ Express, Financial (29 March 2012). "Disabled Boy Gets Patent for 6 player chess". Financialexpress.com. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  15. ↑ IBN, Live (29 March 2012). "9 yr old disabled boy gets patent for 6 player chess". Ibnlive.com. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  16. ↑ Singh, Harsha Kumari (30 March 2012). "Physically challenged boy invents a game of chess for 6 people". NDTV.com. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
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