Board game

A method of playing a chess-like board game with four players. The method includes the providing of a game board having a primary grid of one-hundred forty-four playing spaces arranged as a square surrounded by four secondary grids each having sixteen playing spaces and providing a set of sixteen chess pieces to each of the four players. Afterward, the players alternatingly move one of the chess pieces from each of the sets of chess pieces according to the rules of chess. Next, the players attempt to reach a checkmate position against the Kings of their opponents. Any player having a checkmated King is eliminated from the game and the checkmated King is removed from the game board. The chess pieces on the game board forming part of the set with the checkmated King are combined with the set of chess pieces that established a checkmate position against the checkmated King. The players continue in the above manner until only one King remains free of checkmate, thereby establishing the winner of the game.