1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 2<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" 3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [ 4]> 5<sect1 id="Chessboard"> <!--<sect1info> 6 <copyright> 7 <year>2001</year> 8 <holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder> 9 </copyright> 10 <author> 11 <firstname>Rosanna</firstname> 12 <surname>Yuen</surname></author> 13 <address><email>zana@webwynk.net</email></address> 14 </sect1info>--> 15 16 <title>Chessboard</title> 17 18 <para>Written by Rosanna Yuen</para> 19 20 <sect2><title>Setup</title> 21 22 23 <informaltable> 24 <tgroup cols="2"> 25 <tbody> 26 <row> 27 <entry>Type of Deck</entry> 28 <entry>Standard Deck</entry> 29 </row> 30 <row> 31 <entry>Foundation</entry> 32 <entry> 33 Four piles in the middle. To be built up in suit from base 34 card of your choice, wrapping from King to Ace if 35 necessary. Cards in Foundation piles are no longer in 36 play. 37 </entry> 38 </row> 39 <row> 40 <entry>Tableau</entry> 41 <entry> 42 Five piles one each side of the Foundation. Deal five cards 43 face up on to each of these piles and one more on the top 44 two piles. The top card in any Tableau pile is available 45 for play. 46 </entry> 47 </row> 48 </tbody> 49 </tgroup> 50 </informaltable> 51 52 </sect2> 53 <sect2><title>Goal</title> 54 55 <para> 56 Move all cards to Foundation piles. 57 </para> 58 59 </sect2> 60 <sect2><title>Rules</title> 61 62 <para> 63 Cards in Tableau piles can be built up or down in suit. Only the 64 top card in every pile is available for play. Empty slots can be 65 filled with any available card. 66 </para> 67 <para> 68 The Foundations are built up from the base card of your choice, 69 wrapping from King to Ace if necessary. Cards in Foundation piles 70 are no longer in play. 71 </para> 72 73 </sect2> 74 <sect2><title>Scoring</title> 75 76 <para> 77 Each card in Foundation piles scores one point. 78 </para> 79 <para> 80 Maximum possible score: 52 81 </para> 82 83 </sect2> 84 <sect2><title>Strategy</title> 85 86 <para> 87 Choose your base card wisely. The obvious choice may lead to nought 88 but a dead end. 89 </para> 90 </sect2> 91</sect1> 92