The description here is based on a description of the game by Alfred Pfeiffer, spring 1997. Rules Multichess is a game for four players.
Players move in counterclockwise order.
Each player plays for himself against the other three players. The board on which the game is played has 204 squares. The colours of the players are white, green, black, and red. White starts the game. Note that in the opening setup, each player has its king right of his queen.