RARE 1997 STEALTH CHESS GAME-DICE CORP-STRATEGO-COMP!

Up for auction is a 1997 Stealth Chess game. Game is in great shape--box shows some wear. I found some details of this chess game variant on the Web. Amazon has it new for $80.99 here:

http://www.amazon.com/Stealth-Chess/dp/B000UIG5EM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1252522941&sr=8-2

• This is the chess set and board that has the descriptions of the pieces on      one side. This makes the game blind except for a persons memory.
• Has the same pieces as regular chess marked on one side only.
• Set includes 32 pieces for play, rule sheet, board and display tray.
• Playing this set makes a chess persons acumen stronger.

Stealth Chess has the same pieces as conventional chess (16 Black & 16 White) but unlike traditional chess, all pieces look the same and have the pieces title printed on the back side so your only chance to win is to memorize the movement of your opponents and which piece was moved. This memory play helps with regular chess play by improving your memory.

Stealth Chess is a chess-under-imperfect-information variant, a kind of cross between chess and Stratego. In name and power, the pieces are standard chessmen, but they are shaped like Stratego pieces so that each player can only identify the pieces of his own army. At the start both sides arrange their armies any way they like on the first two ranks. Pawns are allowed to move two squares forward on either the first or second rank. The object is to capture the enemy King. The identity of a piece is revealed when it is captured. I think the official rules then call for the piece to be returned to its previous owner (off the board), facing away from its captor. The reason I think this is that if a pawn promotes (by reaching the 8th rank) it promotes to a piece which the enemy is not allowed to see, and this would be impractical if the captured pieces were all in the enemy's hands.  

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