Four Player Chess setFour way chess is a version of chess with four players and consists of a special board and four sets of differently colored pieces. Four player chess is played according to the same basic rules as two player chess with some variations in rules. Surprisingly, four player chess was first referenced in an Indian text from 1500, Tithitattva of Raghunandana. The first documented version of a modern four way chess set was written by Captain George Hope