Abstract: This invention is a chess-type board game apparatus and method of playing the same with a modified chess board having a main rectangular playing field and a generally pentagonal shaped field extending from one side thereof. The playing field as a whole comprises one-hundred eighteen identifiable squares of alternating color arranged in fourteen rank and eleven file rows and being divided into identical right and left halves about a center file row. Ten of the squares function as barriers which are strategically placed and are not available for occupancy by a playing piece. The playing field includes a throne square which imparts enhanced movement capabilities to playing pieces.