4PC Variants List

In addition to the main 4 Player Chess variants Solo, FFA and Teams, there are Rule Variants which can be combined into many different 4 Player Chess Variants: (Click the links to read the variants rules and discuss them in their dedicated topics.)

• Pawn Promotion https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/4pc-variant-pawn-promotion
• Diplomacy https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/four-player-diplomacy-variant
• Takeover Pieces of players you checkmate join your army (except pawns)
• Play-4-Mate No points for pieces. 1st checkmate = 60points, 2nd 30, 3rd 15.
• Opposite X (Ox) https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/4pc-variant-opposite-x
• Anonymous https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/4pc-variant-anonymous
  
• Chess 960
• Custom Starting Position https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/4pc-variant-custom-starting-position
  
• King Of The Hill https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/4pc-variant-king-of-the-hill
• N-Check (for example 3-Check) https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/4pc-variant-n-check
  
• Capture The King (Regicide) https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/4pc-variant-capture-the-king
  
• DeadWall https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/4pc-variant-deadwall
• AntiChess https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/4pc-variant-antichess-1
  
• Alternative Teams https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/4pc-variant-alternative-teammates
• Blindfold https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/4pc-variant-blindfold
  
• Ghostboard https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/4pc-variant-ghost-board

En passant and Dead King Walking (DKW) became standard rules from 21-May-2019.

Experiment by setting different rule variants in the Edit position tab (click "Start from here" when ready).

Rule variants are read from pgn4, for example

[Variant "FFA"]
[RuleVariants "DeadWall 6-check Prom=5 PromoteTo=B"]

Other valid RuleVariants: Chess960=N (N from 1-960), KotH, CaptureTheKing, Antichess, OppositeX=2, teammate=1 (or =3), blindfold, ghostboard

For a custom starting position:

[StartFen4 "..."]