Four-player chess for themselves. As with regular chess, four-player chess begins with fortifications and the of pieces, but opportunities for capturing pieces (and gaining points) come about at large as each of the three opponents likewise do attacks and make threats of capture. Therefore picking friends and enemies has a political quality; ultimately the impromptu teammates will have to combat each other as only one can win. The Cox-Forbes theory of the origin of chess, though debunked, asserts that a four-player version was the earliest form of the game. A description of a four-player chess game is found in an Indian text
Kung-Fu Chess This was absent in Kung Fu Chess which offered only online play. However this project does not supports the many variants developed by Shizmoo. A public beta of a new turnless chess game JebChess was released in June 2014. Both 2 and 4 player chess modes, including flexible teams, are available on this game. JebChess is the first real-time chess game to be built using a 3D game engine (Unity3D). In September 2014 JudoChess was released. The game runs on Silverlight and can not be played on Chrome, but can be played on Internet Explorer and FireFox. JudoChess currently features