1. Circular Chess is played on a circular board consisting of 4 concentric circles and 16 dividing lines. Each circle has 15 play spaces.

2. Each player starts with 16 pieces of the same colour. Pieces should be marked as follows; 8 BEADs are Pawns, 2 BEADs are Knights, 2 BEADs are Bishops, 2 BEADs are Rooks, 1 BEAD is the Queen, and 1 BEAD is the King.

3. Players place their BEADs on the board opposite each other with the King and Queen on the inner-most circle, the 2 Bishops on the second circle, the Knights on the third circle, and the Rooks on the outermost circle.

4. Pawns are placed around each pair of BEADs for a total of 4 BEADs per player per circle.

5. The player with the lightest colour BEAD starts.

1. In turns, each player moves one BEAD:

2. Pawns can only move 1 space in a straight line in their circle.

3. Rooks can move any number of empty squares horizontally or vertically.

4. Knights can move in an “L” shape, either 2 spaces horizontally and 3 spaces vertically, or 3 spaces horizontally and 2 spaces vertically and can jump over other pieces.

5. Bishops can move diagonally two spaces at a time and can jump over other pieces.

6. The Queen can move diagonally one space at a time.

7. The King can move one space horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

8. A piece is captured when a BEAD lands on the same space.

9. Pawns capture by moving on to a space occupied by their opponent in a diagonal move.

10. Captured pieces are removed from the board.

To win the game, a player must surround their opponent’s King BEAD such that it cannot move without being captured.

1. Research suggests that circular chess was played in Persia as early as the 10th century, and further references are found in India, Persia, and, later, Europe.

2. Circular chess is also known as Byzantine chess, but there is no historic confirmation that this game was effectively played in the Byzantine empire.

3. The circular board has also been adopted to play modern Chess with. Matched with modern moves (With Queens and Bishops) they ressucited at the beginning of 17th century in India and later in Europe.