Abstract: Various embodiments of alphabetic chess puzzles, and methods for forming and solving such puzzles, combine a chessboard and chess piece movement with matrices of letters distributed across the board. A series of embodiments comprise various systems for placing a series of letters upon the board, either in line or separated by other letters and/or board positions. The goal is to find the word(s) and/or expression contained on the board, by moving one or more chess pieces according to the rules of chess to various positions on the board, thereby indicating the letters of the word(s) or expressions. Another embodiment comprises a method for forming chess problems by providing one or more tables of letter hierarchy, forming a word from the letters of the table(s), and positioning opposing chess pieces on the board according to the letter positions in the table(s).

Abstract: Various embodiments of alphabetic chess puzzles, and methods for forming and solving such puzzles, combine a chessboard and chess piece movement with matrices of letters distributed across the board. A series of embodiments comprise various systems for placing a series of letters upon the board, either in line or separated by other letters and/or board positions. The goal is to find the word(s) and/or expression contained on the board, by moving one or more chess pieces according to the rules of chess to various positions on the board, thereby indicating the letters of the word(s) or expressions. Another embodiment comprises a method for forming chess problems by providing one or more tables of letter hierarchy, forming a word from the letters of the table(s), and positioning opposing chess pieces on the board according to the letter positions in the table(s).