Things that would make 4 player chess better....

First off... a player moving into a location where he cannot move on his next turn is not a stalemate... a stalemate is when it is your turn and you cannot move... the other player has a legal move which will mate the guy... he should not get rewarded for moving to a location where he would not be able to move on his next turn without letting the other player move... that's dumb...

Instead of getting 20 points for mating the king or taking the king, a player should get the combined total value of the remaining pieces of that player. It's pathetic that someone can be ahead by 21 points and declare a win or just let his time run out... he should have to defend his pieces... if he runs out of time or resigns, the last player should get the combined value of the 2nd to last player's pieces. This would mean checkmating a weaken player should grant less points than checkmating a player with all his pieces still on the board. (I think this would greatly change the dynamic of the game and there would be less teaming)