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  Crazyhouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crazyhouse is a chess variant similar to bughouse chess, but with only two players.
Crazyhouse is very tactical game with initiative playing the most important role.
Pieces in crazyhouse have different values to that in chess.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crazyhouse   (356 words)

  
 Introduction to Crazyhouse
This is my attempt as a middle-of-the-road player to explain the key concepts and strategies in crazyhouse to people who either want to improve their game or understand how it is their opponent just soundly thumped them 15 times in a row.
Crazyhouse is a game played under the normal rules of chess with the following exception: any piece taken during the game becomes a "droppable" piece for the taker in lieu of moving a piece on the board.
Consider a case where the king is on e8 and the queen is on a4 with a pawn on c4.
www.geocities.com /figbert/zh.html   (969 words)

  
 CRAZYHOUSE - The DJ List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Crazyhouse descends from Montreal, Canada where he began spinning the turntables at parties in his parent's basement at the age of 13.
Before he knew it, word spread through the neighborhood and Crazyhouse was on his way to bringing house music to over 1000 people a night at parties that he promoted with a few of his friends.
Crazyhouse's beats are precise and his breaks clean.
www.thedjlist.com /djs/CRAZYHOUSE   (523 words)

  
 Help file   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Crazyhouse is a variant of chess similar to bughouse, except that it is played between only two players, on one board.
Playing Crazyhouse During crazyhouse play, you will be periodically notified whenever you receive captured pieces.
The count restarts whenever a pawn is moved, a capture is made, or a piece is dropped.
www.freechess.org /WWWhelp/crazyhouse.html   (506 words)

  
 The Bug Board: Crazyhouse
Crazyhouse could well be played otb, all you need is another set of pieces.
On Ebenfelt's comment that crazyhouse can be played OTB if you have two sets of pieces: it's gets too hectic - every time you capture something you have to go to the "piece bank" to trade the captured piece for one of the opposite color.
I can think of one other way that crazyhouse is better than bughouse, and maybe this one is the biggest point in its favor: you can't blame your losses on your partner.
www.thebugboard.net /messages/320/90.html?942902878   (1222 words)

  
 Sjeng : a chess-and-variants playing program
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.
Sjeng is probably a bit weaker in bughouse than it is in crazyhouse.
Crazyhouse is identical to bughouse, but for 2 players and one board.
sjeng.org /indexold.html   (691 words)

  
 F.E.Osborne Chess Club
Crazyhouse: This is a two player form of Chess.
If you or your opponent captures apiece you are able to place it anywhere on the board next turn in your own color (fl or white).
Instead of using the captured piece in your own color as in crazyhouse you pass the piece to your other teammate.
daniel_kazmaier.tripod.com /F.E.OsborneChessClub   (215 words)

  
 Crazyhouse: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Crazyhouse is a chess variant (A chess variant is any game derived from or related to chess....)
Crazyhouse is very tactical game with initiative playing most important role, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
Pieces in crazyhouse have different values to that in chess, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/crazyhouse   (562 words)

  
 Crazyhouse
i think the trouble is, so many people have played crazyhouse heaps, or often, but are now interested in other new variants etc etc and don't feel inclinded to vote for it.
The poll for the summer addition to the list isn't over yet, and you can go vote for Crazyhouse in it.

not a hour goes by on the planet where a crazyhouse game is not being played, and that is a conservative estimate.
Crazyhouse requires two chess sets for only two players, which is not practical at tournaments or at small chess clubs.
www.chessvariants.com /other.dir/crazyhouse.html   (770 words)

  
 Dark chess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dark crazyhouse - combination of crazyhouse and dark chess.
Sun Tzu chess - combination of Fischer random chess, crazyhouse and dark chess.
Dark chess has a strong strategic flavor with luck playing a role, although not a very significant one.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dark_chess   (410 words)

  
 Crazyhouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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kids-chess.irtsea.be /crazyhouse.html   (677 words)

  
 Chessgi
All rules of normal chess apply, except for the following rule, which seems to be borrowed from Shogi: when a piece is taken, it changes sides, and is available for the other player to be `parachuted', or `dropped' on the board.
I suspect the reason anyone would prefer Crazyhouse is that it diminishes the power of the pieces one may hold in hand.
What you call Crazyhouse is, I think, the 'Double Bughouse chess' to which the mimeographed magazine 'New England Double Bughouse Chess' was devoted in the 1970s.
www.chessvariants.com /other.dir/chessgi.html   (754 words)

  
 ICC News Item #1364
Your bughouse (wild 24) rating will remain the same, but will no longer be affected by crazyhouse (wild 23) games.
Crazyhouse ratings will show in the "finger" command as soon as you play a rated crazyhouse game, which you can do by typing "seek w23".
Crazyhouse is a game in which you can use the pieces you have captured as your own pieces, by placing them on the board.
www.chessclub.com /activities/news/1364   (206 words)

  
 Chess   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I can often be found on the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) where I mainly play three-minute blitz games or three-minute crazyhouse.
Crazyhouse is a chess variant where whenever you capture a piece, it changes over to your side and can then be placed, at your discretion, anywhere on the board.
Hostage Chess on the other hand is similar to crazyhouse in that captured pieces can come back on the board, however, they do so in a more controlled and equitable manner which leads to a game with more of the contemplative feel of regular chess.
www.polypolis.com /apierce/interests/chess.htm   (177 words)

  
 Sunsetter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Crazyhouse Rating on Fics of the Sunsetter account: 2569 (27-Oct-2001) peak with a very unprotective formula on a piii/500.
Here is some info with games and positions from our Crazyhouse Computer Championship in the year 2000.
I was quite proud about this rated 3 0 crazyhouse match on Fics.
sunsetter.sourceforge.net /results.html   (199 words)

  
 Sunsetter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
There are two version, one plays normal chess, the other plays chess variants called "crazyhouse" and "bughouse".
The figure below shows that the huge average number of possible moves per position in crazyhouse (because you can drop all your pieces in hand on almost all squares) results in much less depth reached compared to normal chess.
Because of this crazyhouse programmers face some problems today fast hardware has solved for normal chess.
sunsetter.sourceforge.net   (97 words)

  
 Zillions of Games
The WinBoard adapter for Zillions allows to play against chess, crazyhouse and loop chess engines using very nice Zillions-of-Games GUI.
Loop chess is a variation of crazyhouse, where promoted pieces don't turn back into pawns when captured.
The ZRF file for crazyhouse is written by Fergus Duniho.
www.geocities.com /andreas_kaufmann2000/winboard_adapter.htm   (453 words)

  
 The Bug Board: Crazyhouse names and history
On the net, i found crazyhouse first on the swedish chess server SICS and from there it was given to MEWIS, which was from the beginning probably a swedish server too.
As long as you remember to flip the piece over before dropping it, everything should be ok. I keep meaning to build a disk set like this that is the right size for a standard tournament board.
But seriously I do think that crazyhouse is some sort of evaluation of normal chess.
www.thebugboard.net /messages/320/539.html?1007142334   (1818 words)

  
 Sjeng : chess server notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
For FICS, you will need to set "f2" to "crazyhouse" only, or else no-one will be able to challenge you.
The current FICS version has a bug which causes resuming a crazyhouse challenge to be displayed as a blitz challenge to the chess program.
If you use Sjeng to play crazyhouse or bughouse there is a chance that it will lock up at the first dropmove.
sjeng.org /notes.html   (325 words)

  
 WCCC 2004 - Japanese Sake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Crazyhouse is a chess variant often played on the Internet.
When a piece is captured, it changes colour, and is kept as a pocket piece.
In a problem using Crazyhouse, you can indicate pocket pieces, if necessary.
www.sitesled.com /members/wccc/sake/sake.html   (334 words)

  
 DJ Profile
Cause when he ear deep dark & sexy rhythm, is brain is going crazy & so he is ADDICTED TO DRUM...
If there's one club where I feel totally relaxed and the connection is complete, it's been at Level this year'.
The best way to experience Crazyhouse is in person.
www.djpages.com /djasp/biog.asp?djid=6444   (490 words)

  
 Dmitry Astretsov's Home Page - Experience   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I cooperated with CrazyHouse Company in making localizations of many PC-games in a position of soundeditor.
I worked on the sound and music for this PC-game at the CrazyHouse Company as a composer and sound director.
Link to the description of this game at the CrazyHouse site is here.
drex.at-hosting.net /EXP.asp?lang=0   (245 words)

  
 Zillions of Games Discussion Forum
This adapter is of interest for you, if you easily win Zillions in chess or crazyhouse and want to have stronger computer opponent.
Loop Chess (the same rules as played on brainking.com) is a variation of Crazyhouse, where promoted pieces don't turn back into pawns when captured.
Underpromotion with capture in Crazyhouse is handled correctly now.
www.zillions-of-games.com /discus/messages/5/397.html?1067726652   (257 words)

  
 Apple Chess made an illegal move against me! - Page 3 - Mac Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ok, so I'm weird and didn't know what Crazyhouse was (I thought that they just incremented in difficulty, although "Losers" didn't quite make sense).
Crazyhouse = Captured units change sides and can be dropped back on the board
crazyhouse variation strength is ridiculously weak, although the standard mode does play somewhat well.
www.chaosmint.com /forums/showthread.php?p=1623521   (1667 words)

  
 Limpkinw.Com - Chess statics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Crazyhouse 1931 28.4 501 568 0 1069 2103 (13-Aug-2003)
btw if ya need lessons in crazyhouse or atomic i'm willing to help even losers chess because those are my best variants i play just a reminder this is USCL ratings
Crazyhouse 1911 1367 882 23 2272 2103 (05-Apr-2003)
www.limpkinw.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1754   (510 words)

  
 knighttour's Chess Links Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Game types include blitz, standard, lightning, quantum, classical (wild 5, wild 6, etc.), bughouse, crazyhouse, atomic, suicide, random, fischer random, wild (wild 10, power, and a whole lot of other insane setups), and thai.
Game types include blitz, standard, lightning, wild (wild 5, fischer random, random, etc.), bughouse, crazyhouse, suicide, and loser's.
I am no longer ever online there under the handle knighttour because you now have to use their terrible interface if you want to connect as a non-paying member.
www.knighttour.org   (1898 words)

  
 : Crazyhouse on the Chess Variants Game Courier
This preset does not notify you here of check, checkmate, or stalemate.
Crazyhouse is played like Chess with the addition of drop rules based on Bughouse.
Whenever a piece is captured, it changes sides and is held in hand by the player who has captured it.
play.chessvariants.org /pbm/play.php?game=Crazyhouse&log=ursus-cvgameroom-2006-92-909   (655 words)

  
 First Blog - February 2006, 27 - SECOND LIFE NEW CLUB CRAZYHOUSE
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 Sjeng
Sjeng is a powerful chess program that also plays the bughouse, crazyhouse, giveaway, losers, and suicide variants of the game.
One version of Sjeng reached first place in the crazyhouse players list on the Internet Chess Club (ICC), and the first place on the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS).
It is a bit weaker in bughouse than in crazyhouse.
directory.fsf.org /Games/chess/sjeng.html   (284 words)

  
 SchemingMind.com - Online Correspondence Chess Club. Play free online chess and chess variants
For those who really like to be kept in the dark about what your opponent is up to, this game's for you.
Dark CrazyHouse 2 is like Dark CrazyHouse 1, except that you can only drop pieces on 'visible' squares.
One of the criticisms often levelled at Fischer Random Chess is that many of the starting positions lack the symmetry and elegance of the Standard Chess starting array.
www.schemingmind.com /variants.aspx   (3707 words)

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