Four-handed chess

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Four-handed chess (also known as Chess 4 and 4-way chess) is a chess variant, which can be played by three or four people. It is played on a special board , which is made of standard 8x8 board with an additional 3 rows of 8 cells extending from each edge. Four sets of differently colored pieces is needed to play this game. There are many different rule variations of this game. Most variants, however, share the same board and similar piece setup.

[edit] Variations

• Caesars Court: played on a Chess 4 board with no pawns and a different initial starting position.

[edit] External links

• Four Handed Chess I, II and III from chessvariants.org
• Four-handed Chess by Capt. George Hope Verney
• Buscemi Four way chess rules for playing a partnered game.
• Regicide rules - on of many variation of four-handed chess.