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Hi i feel elo rating is better in comparison to glicko , as this game is fun we all njoy playing but here its so difficult now to score, m not asking u to change ur decision immediately take votes and if u get more votes for elo then u can change it, rest no problem ppl share ur views?? Regards - Rufus

[StartFen4 ""][Variant "FFA"] 1. g2-g4 .. b9-c9 .. f13-f12 .. m6-k62. Qg1-g3 .. b10-d10 .. e13-e11 .. Kn7-m63. j2-j3 .. Na5-c6 .. Nj14-i12 .. Km6-l54. Bi1xm5 .. Nc6-a5 .. Ni12-j14 .. Kl5-k55. Bf1-j5 .. Na5-c6 .. Nj14-i12 .. Kk5-l56. Qg3-i5 .. Nc6-a5 .. Ni12-j14 .. Kl5-k57. Bj5-d11+++###

[StartFen4 ""][Variant "FFA"] 1. h2-h4 .. b8-d8 .. i13-i11 .. m7-k72. g2-g4 .. Qa7-c9 .. Qh14xm9 .. m6-k63. Qg1xQn8+ .. Qc9-l9 .. Qm9xNn10 .. Kn7-m64. Qn8xBn6+ .. Ql9xBn9 .. Qn10xRn11 .. Km6-l55. Qn6xm5+ .. Qn9xNn5 .. Qn11xm10 .. Kl5-k46. Qm5xm4+ .. Qn5xRn4 .. Qm10xm11 .. Kk4-k57. Qm4-k4+ .. Qn4xk7 .. Qm11xm8 .. Kk5xQk48. i2-i3 .. Ka8-a7 .. Qm8-m5 .. S 8 moves, 31 plies.

[StartFen4 ""][Variant "FFA"] 1. g2-g4 .. b9-c9 .. f13-f12 .. m6-l62. Bf1-j5 .. b10-d10 .. e13-e11 .. m5-k53. Bj5-d11++## .. Nn10-l114. Bd11-k4+#

I may have shown some of you a video in which I play a real Teams game with vrdtmr and a king capture occurs in 14 plies (Only 4 move cycles). Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJPAd4kBWhE Just today, I came up with a faster way to do it. There are only 7 important moves that must occur. The rest are arbitrary. [StartFen4 ""][Variant "Teams"] 1. f2-f3 .. b9-c9 .. d13-d11 .. Nn10-l92. Qg1-e3 .. Na5-c6 .. Nj14-i12 .. Nl9-n103. Qe3-e12 .. Nc6-a5 .. d11-d10+ .. Nn10-l94. Qe12xKa8

I think I just completed one of the fastest free for all wins ever. If the embed video doesnt work, check it out at https://www.useloom.com/share/15f25a7ecb994c54913e2660da17bf70

I kinda dont like the alignment/arrangement of the start arrows when you start a new FFA or teams game. I think this is a common problem.... i had experienced this same thing with my crashed PC earlier.

On mobile the user interface in four way chess is waaay to sensitive and leaves alot of opportunity for mistaps the wreck matches. My suggestion is to enable a double tap toggle to prevent this in four way chess settings.

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Has playing 4-player chess helped or changed the way you play standard chess? Are the skills transferable? I feel that 4 player chess has helped my tactics in standard chess, and gives me the impression of a smaller board. I'm curious to see how other people feel about this.

A new (beta) version of 4 Player Chess is available at www.chess.com/4pc-test now. Please help us test it! The beta version has its own player rating database and leader boards. When you test it your rating in the main 4PC version stays the same, it changes only in the beta. New features and improvements: - Glicko rating system (instead of ELO). - Colorblind mode. (Red pieces become white. Green become black.) - Early resign or timeout leads to the game being aborted, and the resigner loses 10 rating points. (See below for more info.) - There can be a draw in Teams Mode games now. - A pop-up box with player rating and other information. - Legal move indicators.- Shift+click any piece to see its legal moves at any moment. - A button to invite the same teammate again in the Teams Mode. (Rematch with the partner you just played with.) - Captured pieces are now displayed. - Shift+click on an empty square to clear only your own arrows.- Clearing your arrows also clears them from your partner's (and observers') boards.- Observers can draw (orange) arrows for themselves.- It is possible to draw arrows after a game.- Single square arrows are shown as circles.- An option to hide teammate's arrows. - An option to hide coordinates. - A dot in the center of the FFA board to help find the squares where pawns become queens. - (a dozen or more of minor improvements like new sounds, visualeffects, etc.) Bug fixes:- Double invitation bug. (The same player appeared in both teams if 2 players accepted his/her invitation.)- Castling with an absent rook.- Page refresh needed at the start of the game to make a move (sometimes).- (a dozen of minor bugs). Changes in the game rules: - Checking three players simultaneously: +20 points. - A king can now capture resigned kings. - Resign or timeout in FFA: If a player resigns or times out before having made at least 4 moves, he will lose rating (-10 points currently) and the game will be aborted. - Resign or timeout in Teams Mode: If a player resigns or times out on his first move, he will lose rating (-10 points currently) and the game will be aborted. Please post your feedback here. If you find a bug, please send a bug report using the standard chess.com way: Also feel free to describe the bugs here (especially if they were not posted yet). Some screenshots of the new version: 1. Settings. 2. A red king is going to capture a resigned green king. 3. Captured pieces. 4. Legal move indicators. 5. A pawn is going to become a queen after crossing the center of the FFA board. 6. One square arrows are now circles. 7. A pop-up with a player info.

I know I didn't get the highest amount, but I certainly got a lot! Want to see the video? Here it is! https://www.useloom.com/share/c205894c54534a29b6611a61b130896f What's your most point game?

1.when I close the game over window, I saw that blue was rightfully given +4 but the game over window needs to be consistent. 2. Teams ratings possibly back to the old rating system. The Glicko rating system is not consistent with its beta test glicko system. We might see fewer leaderboard games and more cheaters. 3. Games viewable and playable on mobile. I cannot view the leaderboard on a smartphone anymore. 4. Leaderboard viewable on all or most browsers. Chrome seems to work but edge doesn't. And edge used to work before February. 5. Chat and arrows viewable without having to refresh the page. Any admins that see this: please let me know what can be fixed and when it will be fixed. Thanks -Luke

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As it was in previous version. I didn't read this change in new rules? I mated the last player and one king was still untaken. In previous version I would get that king if I mated last player but not now. Is it bug or feature?

On the 7th of August we are going to release a new version of 4 Player Chess. There will be a short period of downtime. The admins will notify players in-game 1 hour before the start of the update.

(Moved from the club chat.) > @ThePEPSIChallenge > yo.... why the hell was I deducted 5 points because of the idiot that made game abort? > I hadn't abandoned the game, so why do I lose 5? > @Martin0 > you did not lose 5 for the abort. You lost 5 in the previous game that finished after you started a new game, but before it was aborted. Just a visual bug. > @_-__-__-___- > you didn't, it's a display error caused by the game before (in which you lost 5 points) finished while the aborted game was running. will be fixed in next update. > @ThePEPSIChallenge > ?? what are you talking about? that was the very first "CONNECTION" from the 35 attempts to connect TO a game, so how is that? > ....If you had noticed, earlier I had posted on it but when I finally connected I then decided to remove the 4 or 5 posts describing my frustration not able to connect.

CHANGELOG: New changelog: You can see the most recent changes here 02/28/2018 Anyone can send an invite to play as a team. Not only premium members (see this topic) Fixed bug: rating ranges are now followed correctly Rating ranges are now respected 100%. Previously it was only a preferred rating range the server could ignore. Rating ranges now work in teams when inviting a partner. The range set by the player who sent the invite will be used, while the rating range by the player that was invited will be ignored. Added an option to hide arrows while spectating games. You can toggle it on/off in the options tab. 02/17/2018 Added tabs design. Improved connectivity issues Fixed bug: No more rounding errors in FFA ratings 12/22/2017 Fixed bug: An invited partner can no longer be put into the wrong team 12/18/2017 Leaderboard only shows players who have played within the last two weeks Leaderboard shows your rank and rating Rating calc adjustments (read more here) Improved layout and board sizing Automatically jump to current position when it’s your turn Top Games: more details and player search New-game dialog reopens if invited player is not available Remember last invited player name Nicer connecting.. / disconnected screen Fixed: claim win button accounts for uncollected kings 12/02/2017 Timers start from 12 and go down clockwise Jump to beginning and Jump to end buttons have been added Dynamic leaderboard height Truncate longer usernames Remove disconnect message on first load Last player receives points for ALL the remaining kings on the board Low time warning only audible to self New Rating calculation for teams 11/10/2017 You asked for it you got it, You can now customize the rating range of your free-for-all and team games. How do you do it? Go to the settings below the rules link. Please note that these will be preferences and therefore the matchmaker reserves the right to be a little lax about your recommendations if it sees fit. If you invite a partner all bets are off and your recommendations are ignored. Top Games now has 40 instead of 30 games. The leaderboard now contains the top 20 in both Free-for-all and Teams. 11/07/2017 Top Games list now shows the player's team rating Matchmaking for teams is now based on your team rating. Arrows are now shown to team members in team mode. Arrows are also displayed to spectators. NOTE: You can draw arrows by rick-clicking and dragging. Clear arrows by left-clicking. 11/06/2017 Team mode was re-added. Player's can now invite a partner if they have a premium account The "Play button does nothing" was fixed Matchmaking for teams is based on your free-for-all rating until team ratings stabilize Bug fix for "+-X points" while updating the server. 10/25/2017 Fix Exit/resign bug when you are checkmated Move highlights should show for observed games Delay timer should count down clockwise Show ratings and adjustment on Game Over modal /stop-chat fix. Keep chat/game open after a game is complete so players can continue to review and chat about the game. Preventive measures against users playing on two accounts. 10/11/2017 (Reverted rule) You can no-longer checkmate the king of a player that resigned. It goes back to purely capturing. 10/11/2017 (Rule changes) Just some fixes to the rules (the other major updates are still being worked on) Stalemates are now as in standard chess, but will award everyone else still in the game +10 100 ply rule is in effect if no capture or pawn move happens in 100 plys then the game will end. (+10 to all remaining players). 5 move repetition is in effect and will auto-draw a game (+10 to all remaining players) Non-grey dead kings CAN be checkmated to attain +20 points. 09/28/2017 (Arrows, bug fixes) Added "over the board" arrows that you can draw by right-clicking and dragging. Arrows are erased by left clicking Added tenths of seconds to the times when under 10 seconds locking sound during matchmaking horizontal scroll for smaller screens Fixed the exit button not showing up for a player that was removed by checkmate/timeout Fixed bug with new moves re-setting the board to the newest move while looking through the moves played Fixed bug with click-click moves where sometimes you could click empty squares prior to selecting a piece Allow back and forward through moves with left and right arrow keys Bug fix with castling long. 09/24/2017 Teams mode was added. Rules are in-game! (EDIT: Temporarily removed) 09/22/2017 Not many visible changes today * Queens that are worth 1 point have a seperate image with a "1" indicator. Thank @ignoble for that * Bug fix: where a 9 point queen becomes 1 point queens * A secondary pie timer is shown indicating how much delay is left (you'll see it) * bug fix: games will not end when the second to last player's piece is taken 09/21/2017 (Fixes) * We have moved to delay instead of increment for the time control. In other words, the time control is now 1 minute with a 10-second delay. That means you CANNOT gain time, but if you make your move within 10 seconds you won't lose time either. If you take longer than 10 seconds it will eat into your total time of 1 minute. * You can only abort once every 30 minutes now. * fixed high wait times for very high rated players or very low rated players Once again thanks for all your feedback, comments, and support! EDIT1: based on feedback the delay has been changed to 15 seconds. 09/20/2017 (the UI update) A brand spanking new User interface which highlights: * Timers and points have been moved to the corners of the board * You can now exit games that you are observing without reloading the game * The matchmaking times have been lowered * New arrows to indicate the next players for a game the matchmaker has found so far * NOTE: even if 4 players are found, the games will not always start immediately. This is by design! The matchmaker wants to ensure the best match possible and will wait for other players if necessary. * New time-control 2 | 10. Please let us know how you like this. * Mobile web has temporarily been abandoned (so if you play on mobile, please let us know!) Try it out and let us know what you guys think! 09/13/2017 * Client side timer fix (sometimes times would be off by several seconds) * Forward and back arrows (Forward-till-end and backwards-to-beginning will come soon) * Notation on large screens * Leaderboard profiles are now viewable by clicking on the player's image * Low-time alert sound 09/08/2017 *Improved chat style *Separate Player and spectator chat (spectators will still see player messages) * Ability to stop players from chatting in the current game (by anyone who is playing) *Fixes to board highlighting *NEW RULE: You can only resign on your turn! *NEW RULE: King is now equal to 20 points instead of 15 and hence checkmate = 20 too. *NEW RULE: If the second-to-last person resigns the remaining player receives +20. 9/04/2017*Fixed Rating system bug: Let me know if you find anything else wrong. You will only see the updated rating upon the next game. If you leave a game and rejoin another, your rating will change in-between games (you will not get a notification for this)*New Time Control: 4 | 3 (4 minutes with 3 second increment)*Replaced "Recent Games" with "Top games". (Top 30 games will be shown based on the average game rating)*New matchmaking system: Depending on the number of players online, players will be matched up as closely as possible to the other players searching for a game. The more players the more accurate this should become.*Ratings are shown in the top games list

Not worth it should be free

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