CHESS 4 Player & Variants

CHESS 4 Player & Variants

Free For All (FFA)
The goal is to finish with the most points of any player.
Points may be earned in the following ways:
Checkmating an opponent: +20 points
Stalemating yourself +20
Capturing active (colored) pieces: pawns +1, knights +3, bishops +5, rooks +5, queens +9, kings +20,
Checking two players simultaneously: +1
Checking three players simultaneously: +5
Pawns will promote on your 8th rank.
Pieces become “dead” (grey) when a player is eliminated. Capturing dead pieces does not award any points.
Gameplay begins with the Red player. Clockwise move order: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green.
The game is finished when three players have been eliminated.
When a player resigns or times out, their army will become “dead” but their King remains "live" and will continue to move at random until checkmated or stalemated. Points for stalemated resigned kings are shared.
The last remaining player will be given +20 for each enemy king left on the board.
Claim Win means a player is so far ahead on points that he will win even if he resigns.
Autoclaim means a player is forced to claim the win (eg resign) immediately to protect the player in 2nd place.
In case of insufficient material, threefold repetition or the 50-move rule, the remaining players will share the points of the remaining kings.
Points do not directly affect rating changes, only final placement does.
A disconnected player has 60 seconds to reconnect before being forfeit on time.
IMPORTANT: Players must think independently. It is prohibited to suggest moves and/or coordinate attacks using chat (or other means of communication) during FFA 4PC games! Also players may not discuss blunders which can be fixed, but may discuss what already happened and cannot be undone. If you break this rule you will be chat-banned or even play-banned! Examples of prohibited phrases: "Check red", "Let's attack green together", "I won't take your queen", "Mind your rook", "Protect your pawn", "Mate in 2". You can use these and similar phrases in chat after a game, but not during a game.
IMPORTANT: It is prohibited to ask other players to give you points! For example: "Give me 7 points and I will resign.", "Just 5 points, ple-e-ease!" You can be chat-banned for doing this.
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Good luck!