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4-player chess
chess 4 player -player chess (also known by various brands) can be an adaptation of chess to 4 players. It is played on a board that's 8-by-8 but with a 3-by-8 extension on each side, so that it appears like a cross.


Rules
Pieces are placed as in a traditional chessboard at each player's first row in the extensions. The king and queen placement varies. Pawns move forward and attack diagonally forward only. You're permitted to use en passant. Castling is performed exactly the same way as in normal chess. Pawns may promote upon reaching any player's first row. A new player may only respond to check on his/her own turn. Similarly, a checkmate is only validated on that player's turn. A stalemate is when the player whose turn it is cannot move. A checkmated player leaves the overall game, but his/her pieces remain on the board (although they can't move). The last player standing wins. In a variant, the king is captured like any piece rather than checkmated, and the capturing player gets to use the captured player's pieces. Additional rules tend to be put into prevent teaming with other players. Team games may also be played. Players at opposite sides of the board are teammates, and cannot capture each other's pieces, and a king is considered in check if an opponent piece can is attacking it. The overall game has ended when both players of one of the teams are eliminated.

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