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| CONCEPT |
The Four Player Chess Game offers four separate sets of chess pieces produced in four separate colors; that's one king, one queen,
two bishops, two knights, two rooks and eight pawns for each of the four players, totaling 64 pieces overall.
These four sets of chess pieces can be vertically centered on the first row of a chess board that offers 16 horizontal rows and 16
vertical rows with 256 individual game squares, leaving four empty squares to the side of each rook piece. The main variation from
standard chess is the initial placement of each player's queen piece, which must be set upon squares of the same color, and to the
same side of their corresponding king pieces.
The game can begin after rolling a die to determine the player with rights to first move. Play then shifts clockwise amongst other
players of the game, who can broaden their chess-playing experience by competing against more opponents in the same game, even by
making temporary partnerships in the course of attack and defense.
An option to the "Four Player Chess Game" that must be determined by the participants before play begins is the fate of checkmated
teams. The players must decide to remove all of the game pieces of the checkmated team(s) or to leave them on the game board as
obstacles for all remaining players.
In cases in which the game pieces remain on the board a secondary option does exist. That option is for the team that checkmates any
other team to now have the option to utilize the checkmated game pieces as their own and to use that advantage to seize the playing
field.
Complete rules available upon request.
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