user7205: You are playing 4 players at the same, you are black, white, black, white.
Player 1 makes his move, you switch to player 2 and make the same move as player 1, and so on, with player 3's first move becoming your move to player 4.
you then go back to player 1 and respond with player 2's response to your move.
if you sense a mistake, you 'go for gold' and 'play your hunch'.
does this have a name?

user4362: That's a trick once performed by Derren Brown.
This article calls it "mirroring technique" and claims it is more than 25 years old, but I don't think this is a very well known term.  If you are interested in more information about this trick you should probably google "Derren Brown Chess".

7205: <p>You are playing 4 players at the same, you are black, white, black, white.</p>

<p>Player 1 makes his move, you switch to player 2 and make the same move as player 1, and so on, with player 3's first move becoming your move to player 4.</p>

<p>you then go back to player 1 and respond with player 2's response to your move.</p>

<p>if you sense a mistake, you 'go for gold' and 'play your hunch'.</p>

<p>does this have a name?</p>
 4362: <p>That's a trick once performed by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evZmpsl3jI0" rel="nofollow">Derren Brown</a>.</p>

<p><a href="http://ct208.blogspot.de/2009/07/derren-brown-chess-explained.html" rel="nofollow">This article</a> calls it "mirroring technique" and claims it is more than 25 years old, but I don't think this is a very well known term.  If you are interested in more information about this trick you should probably google "Derren Brown Chess".</p>
