user8881: I understand there is 3 man and 4 man chess but is there anything higher?

user8860: I've played 3- and 4-board "bughouse" with 6 or 8 people total, and can imagine higher counts though the logistics must soon become unmanageable.
In another direction, you can have a consultation game on a single board.  Such games used to be 2-on-1 (handicap) or 2-on-2 affairs, but in the Internet age the number of players on a side is virtually unlimited, as was already seen in this famous game back in 1999.

8881: <p>I understand there is 3 man and 4 man chess but is there anything higher?</p>
 8860: <p>I've played 3- and 4-board "bughouse" with 6 or 8 people total, and can imagine higher counts though the logistics must soon become unmanageable.</p>

<p>In another direction, you can have a consultation game on a single board.  Such games used to be 2-on-1 (handicap) or 2-on-2 affairs, but in the Internet age the number of players on a side is virtually unlimited, as was already seen in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasparov_versus_the_World" rel="nofollow">this famous game</a> back in 1999.</p>
