CHESS FOUR
          
                          FOUR WAY CHESS - TEAM CHESS
          
                       (C) Copyright by CHESS FOUR, 1987.
          
          Every player will find his regular game vastly improved 
          since the team play allows for an educational and greatly 
          illuminating interchange of ideas. This game is ideal for 
          parents teaching children to play chess.   This particular 
          four way chess is structured for maximum enjoyment and 
          interplay.  It has been perfected over decades of play.
          Enjoy!
          
                                     BOARD
          
          The Chess board is comprised of a standard board with two 
          additional rows on each of the four sides.  The pieces are 
          set up on these two outermost rows as in a normal game 
          except for the Kings as noted in rule 6 below.  Two 
          different light colored sets of chess pieces play against 
          two different dark sets.  
          
          
                                 RULES OF PLAY
          
           1. This is team chess two against two.  Talking is 
          allowed during the game. 
          
           2. Teammates play adjacent (side by side) to each other 
          not across from each other.  It is recommended that the 
          teammates castle into their common corner for mutual 
          protection.
          
           3. All normal rules of chess apply except as noted below.
          The pieces move the same and except as noted below are set 
          up the same.
          
           4. Light colors (e.g. white, yellow) play against dark 
          colors (e.g. black, dark brown).
          
           5. One set of pieces are set up on each of the two 
          outermost rows on the outside of each border in the same 
          relative order as in a standard two man game except for 
          the Kings (see 6 below).  
          
           6. When setting up the pieces, if the King is on a dark 
          square, it must be put on a white square where the queen 
          is.  The queen then is put on the King's normal square.
          All the Kings thus start on a white square.
          
           7. Each player moves in a preset order with each team 
          alternating its move.  For example, White, black, yellow, 
          dark brown, white, black, etc..
          
           8. When a player is mated his pieces remain on the board; 
          the mated player's pieces cannot be moved but can be taken 
          by the other team.  An unmated teammate can of course move 
          his pieces, but cannot move (or take) a checkmated 
          teammate's pieces.
          
           9. When the first player of a team (e.g. the light team) 
          is mated, play continues (unless the light team concedes) 
          in the same preset order established when four played. The 
          one remaining player plays the other two with 1 light team 
          move to two dark team moves.  The mated player can talk 
          and consult with his teammate helping him to move his 
          pieces. 
          
          10. A player is checkmated when he cannot move his King in 
          his move.  If a player is put in checkmate, but his 
          partner frees him from checkmate before he moves, he can 
          continue to play.
          
          11. The en passant rule applies only to directly opposite 
          moving pieces not adjacent ones.
          
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          Please feel free to contact me with any questions, 
          comments, and contributions:
          
          Chester Ceille
          Exec-PC Bulletin Board, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
          414-964-5160  300/1200/2400 baud, 24 hours a day.
          (Please "chat" with me if I am also on the BBS).
          
          Also you can send free FidoNet Netmail to me at 154/970 
          from many places in the world and feel free to do so.
          
          Or write to: P.O. Box 1957, Milwaukee, WI  53201, U.S.A.
          
          License
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          Copyright (c) 1987, Chess-Four  All Rights Reserved.
          
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          These rules are provided AS IS without any warranty,  
          expressed  or implied,  including  but  not  limited  to 
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          If you find the rules enjoyable and useful, a contribution 
          of $9 is expected.  WITH EACH CONTRIBUTION A MORE EXPLICIT 
          MANUAL OF PLAY AND STRATEGIES FOR USE IN PLAY WILL BE 
          SENT.  THIS MANUAL WILL MAKE THE GAME EVEN MORE ENJOYABLE 
          SHOWING YOU STRATEGIES DEVELOPED OVER DECADES OF PLAY! 
          ALSO AN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD EVERY OTHER 
          YEAR BY BBS.  Please indicated your Chess level and 
          whether you are interested in a player list and the 
          international tournament as well as your name and address.
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          It has been rumored that Bobby Fischer will play in the 
          tournament under a pseudonym.