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	Bughouse chess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bughouse Chess (also called sometimes Exchange Chess, Tag Team Chess, Double Chess, Siamese Chess, Double Bug, Tandem Chess, Transfer Chess, or simply Bughouse) is a chess variant played with two teams of two people with two chess boards playing in collaboration against each other.
		Both Bughouse and Tandem Chess may use chess clocks to prevent players from waiting indefinitely for a piece (waiting for pieces is considered perfectly acceptable).
		Tandem Chess is usually played with 5 minutes per player, and Bughouse 3.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bughouse_chess (497 words)

	Chess Guide - Online Games Information
		Chess (the "Game of Kings") is a board game for two players, which requires 32 chesspieces (or chessmen) and a board demarcated by 64 squares.
		Chess is one of humanity's more popular games; it is has been described not only as a game, but also as both art and science.
		Chess is played both recreationally and competitively in clubs, tournaments, on-line, and by mail (correspondence chess).
	www.chess.freegames.eu.com (1116 words)

	Bughouse Rules (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Bughouse is a chess variant played on two adjoining chessboards by two teams, each comprised of two people.
		During bughouse games it is important to show the pieces one has in hand when one's opponents asks during his/her turn.
		Discussing strategy and verbal analysis of the chess positions is legal between partners; however one's partner may not physically reach over the board and complete a move for his/her partner or even point out the square that should be used – only words should be used.
	home.earthlink.net /~wgchessclub/id7.html (705 words)

	Sensei's Library: Bughouse Go
		In bughouse chess, a move by a player consists of a normal move on his/her own board or the placement, on any unoccupied point of the board, of a piece captured by the teammate.
		In bughouse go, a move likewise consists of a normal move or the placement of a whole group captured by your teammate.
		The extension of the scoring method used in bughouse chess, which is declaring a team to win if it is the first to have a member win on that member's own board, likely leads to degeneracies like those encountered in bughouse chess.
	senseis.xmp.net /?BughouseGo (1005 words)

	Help file (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Bughouse (or siamese chess) is a variant of chess played between two player teams on two separate boards.
		You may use the Bughouse channel for this purpose (channel 24), and the command "bugwho p" lists players who are members of a current bughouse partnership.
		At that point, both games end and the bughouse ratings of all match players are adjusted, whether or not the team result was because of their game.
	www.freechess.org /WWWhelp/bughouse.html (975 words)

	Bughouse
		Bughouse is a chess game for four players, played on two boards.
		The most notable difference from normal chess is that pieces captured on one board are handed to the partner on the other board.
		Bughouse is normally played in a speed chess setting with rather short time limits.
	www.gamerz.net /pbmserv/bughouse.html (433 words)

	Crazyhouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crazyhouse is a chess variant similar to bughouse chess, but with only two players.
		Chessgi, Neo Chess - promoted pawns keep their rank when captured; it is allowed to drop pawns on the first rank.
		Endgames as known in chess do not exist - the queen exchange does not simplify the position, but on the contrary, usually sharpens it to a high extent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crazyhouse (354 words)

	Bughouse article
		Well, your partner's opponent, wise to the importance of time in bughouse, did one smart thing: he moved quickly while he was under attack, and now he is 30 seconds ahead of you on the clock.
		In bughouse, when one side is forced to sit, the other side is essentially playing regular chess (with the nuance that there may be a few pieces to drop), so you can assess your chances the same way.
		Since rating changes in bughouse are computed by averaging the ratings of the partners, your low rating is bringing down the average of the team, which means more points for winning.
	personal.atl.bellsouth.net /f/e/ferrantc/chess/bughouse.html (7519 words)

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		A new chess notation, proposed by mathematician Missoum.
		A proposal for a new notation of chess.
		Chess on a board of 38 squares, of which six have size two by two.
	bovis.gbg.bg /2res/ches91va.htm (4029 words)

	bughouse strategy
		Bughouse chess is known by many names and has many of its own "special" terms and strategies, just as regular chess does.
		The general strategy of bughouse is for the partner with white to go for mate, and the partner with fl to try to hold it together.
		Bughouse is much more informal than regular chess and all four players generally kibitz about both games while they are on.
	www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de /~chess/gicshelp/node170.html (1776 words)

	Bughouse Chess in StPSTU (St.Petersburg, Russia)
		Bughouse chess is one of popular chess variants played on two boards with two players in each team, one playing with white pieces and the other with fl.
		Bughouse is widespread in Russia; it is called shwedskie shahmaty which means swedish chess.
		The address of the Chess Club is Lesnoi prospekt 65, korpus 3A, near subway station "Lesnaya", see the map.
	www.fys.uio.no /~dansh/schess/english.html (288 words)

	bughouse
		Bughouse (or siamese chess) is a "wild" variant of chess played between two player teams on two separate boards.
		When the match is accepted and all four players are present, then two games are initiated simultaneously: one between the challenger and the challengee with the desired colors, and one between the other partners, with colors opposite from their partners.
		Each player is notified of the game number of their partner's game, so he may observe it as well as playing in his own game.
	www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de /~chess/gicshelp/node169.html (923 words)

	Bughouse in Europe . BUGHOUSE LINKS
		KFV(?) A page on bughouse in British Columbia (I think it is by FICS member KFV who got punished for duping and may not use the KFV handle again).
		Comprehensive bughouse chess (Penn and Dizon, aka Dapenn and Dessertfox on FICS).
		Netblitz- a chess interface which can (as i assume) be used for peer to peer chess.
	www.bughouse.info /links_en.html (1074 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Bughouse is a realtime form of chess played between two player teams on two separate chessboards.
		The bughouse game is draw when player is taking a piece, then (in the next opponent move) is checkmated, his partner's move is in this moment, his partner is by dropping this piece (before his time is out) checkmating opponent or making draw by achievement of 3x repeated position (See 2.2.b).
		Because bughouse is double chess, also each board is indicated by the letter.
	holandany.00game.com /CompleteBughouseRules.htm (4549 words)

	bughouse
		During bughouse play, you will be periodically notified when your partner passes you captured pieces.
		Bughouse is not be supported by all interfaces.
		Because bughouse is such a nonstandard type of play, there are a number of commands that are not applicable to a bughouse game:
	www.uschesslive.org /help4/cl_bughouse.htm (1081 words)

	Bughouse and Tandem Chess
		Magnetic Chess, invented by João Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier, is August's Recognized Chess Variant of the month.
		Bughouse Chess, and its close relative Tandem Chess, are played around the world under a number of different names: Exchange Chess, Pass-On Chess, Double Bughouse, New England Double Bughouse Chess, Siamese Chess (for Tandem Chess), and Tandem Put-Back.
		In the Encyclopedia of Chess Variants, Pritchard estimates that Bughouse was created in the 1960s.
	www.chessvariants.com /multiplayer.dir/tandem.html (1560 words)

	Chess Variants / Bughouse & Other Chess Variants [Chessopolis > Chess Links]
		Cardinal Super Chess - Chess on an 10x10 board with the addition of a new type of piece, the "Cardinal".
		Chess 2 - The "fool" and the "knave" join the rest of the pieces.
		Power Chess - Interesting idea: chess with one half of the board shifted one square over, creating two extra triangular squares on the middle edges.
	www.chessopolis.com /variants.htm (613 words)

	Bughouse Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		If you had a Java-capable browser, you could play Bughouse Chess here.
		Units captured on one board join the reserves on the other board and may be added instead of moving a unit.
		Here "Bughouse Rules" are in effect, and you may place a unit to check or mate the opposing king.
	www.pathguy.com /chess/Bughouse.htm (77 words)

	Sjeng : a chess-and-variants playing program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Sjeng was an attempt to create a bughouse and crazyhouse playing program that can attain a level comparable to what the best human players are capable of.
		Bughouse is a form of chess which is played with 2 teams, each consisting of 2 players.
		Suicide is a form of chess where the goal is to lose all your pieces.
	sjeng.org /indexold.html (691 words)

	WCCC 2004 - Bughouse Chess Tournament
		Bughouse (or Siamese) chess is a variation of chess played between two teams of two players, each on a separate board.
		The main difference regarding holes in bughouse is that you also have to avoid leaving holes on your second rank.
		Bughouse is much more informal than regular chess and all four players generally talk during games.
	www.sitesled.com /members/wccc/bughouse_tourney.html (1708 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Speed chess is one of my favorite games, since I now find tournament chess to be too slow for my taste.
		Bughouse is a variant of speed chess played with a teammate against two opponents.
		While in regular chess castling is almost always a good idea, it's too easy in bughouse to drop pawns at h3 and h6, thereby opening your king up to mortal danger.
	home.austin.rr.com /rdodd/chess.html (453 words)

	WCCC 2004 - Bughouse Chess Rules
		Bughouse is played between two 2-player teams on two boards.
		For each game, FIDE rules for 5-minutes blitz (rules of chess and appendix B and C) apply, if not mentioned otherwise in the following articles.
		Instead of a normal chess move, a player can drop a piece taken from his stock on any empty square (on his board), but with two restrictions:
	www.sitesled.com /members/wccc/bughouse_rules.html (878 words)

	Speed Blitz Bughouse Chess FunDay!
		It's a chess for fun day which includes three events, a Speed Chess Tournament, a Bughouse Chess Tournament, and a Costume Contest.
		Speed Chess is mostly like regular chess, except that you can't take three and a half years to pick your next move.
		Discussing strategy and verbal analysis of the chess positions is legal between partners, but one's partner may not physically reach over the board and complete a move for his/her partner.
	mysite.verizon.net /~kaech/funday04.html (955 words)

	Chess Client
		Chess Client v1.41 is a graphical interface for playing chess on the internet chess servers, FICS (Free Internet Chess Server) and ICC (Internet Chess Club).
		Just download Chess Client and you can be playing chess on the internet for free in minutes.
		Unparalleled Bughouse chess variant support, with display of pieces held for all players and click-and-drag to drop.
	www.geocities.com /TimesSquare/Alley/7007 (718 words)

	Chessville - Links - Variants
		Rules of chess in several languages, as well as numerous articles and links on the game.
		The object is to move a knight to every square on the chess board in as few moves as possible
		Several chess variants based upon the theme of geometric, perfect symmetry.
	www.chessville.com /links/links_comp_variants.htm (354 words)

	Home page of The Chess Variant Pages
		It is generally assumed that chess originated in India, 5-7 centuries after the birth of Christ.
		Today, the game chess as we know it, has remarkable differences from the original game.
		At the same time, in different parts of this world, different chess games are played.
	www.chessvariants.org (197 words)

	Bughouse in Europe . START
		During the Geneva gathering, i had the pleasure to meet Frengo() who was playing a chess* tournament nearby and came around to play some bughouse on friday while we were grilling at Tjeulesbetes' place (all details on Nabla's page).
		That is of course great news for the european bughouse scene as the southern europeans had no real chance to meet the central and northern guys yet.
		Also just to remind you, we were allowed by the friendly provider of DGT digital chess clocks and pieces to give them to the participants for only 75% of their regular prize.
	www.bughouse.info (3963 words)

	BUGHOUSE INFESTATION TOURNAMENT THIS SATURDAY JUNE 22nd @ DCC 4 P.M.
		Bughouse Tournament and the 5 Doubld Round, 2-hour event was finished by 6 p.m.
		Bughouse has a reputation for being noisy and rowdy, but the organizers quickly put an end to that idea by blaring out rock music during the event.
		Contrary to popular opinion, I don't think bughouse is bad for your regular chess, in fact it can help you see mating nets, but like anything should be done in moderation.
	webhome.idirect.com /~mdutton/BUGHOUSE.htm (1528 words)

	Help file (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Piece Values: Most serious chess players are familiar with the Piece Value Table: Q=9, R=5, B and N=3, P=1.
		White/Black: The general strategy of bughouse is for the partner with white to go for mate, and the partner with fl to try to hold it together.
		CONCLUSION ---------- Bughouse is much more informal than regular chess and all four players generally kibitz about both games during play.
	www.freechess.org /WWWhelp/bughouse_strat.html (1792 words)

	bughouse_strat
		Please note that some of this may not be especially common in real life bughouse, but is used quite often here.
		Parachute, DoubleBlitz, Doublespeed, Siamese, Chok, Tjak, Choke chess: all synonyms for bughouse chess in various parts of the world.
		Bughouse is much more informal than regular chess and all four players generally kibitz about both games during play.
	www.uschesslive.org /help4/cl_bughouse_strat.htm (1848 words)

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