Crazyhouse is a chess variant similar to bughouse chess, but with only two players. A chess variant is a Game derived from related to or similar to Chess in at least one respect Bughouse chess (also called Exchange chess, Siamese chess, Tandem chess, Transfer chess, or simply Bughouse) is a popular Chess Whenever a player captures a piece, that player receives a piece of that type but of his color. Promoted pawns turn back into pawns, when captured. Rather than move during a given turn, a player may place one of his acquired pieces (called "pocket" or "reserve") on the board on any unoccupied location. Pawns may not be placed on the first or eighth rank. The game was played by many chess grandmasters, including Bent Larsen, Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky. Jørgen Bent Larsen (born March 4 1935, Thisted) is a Danish Chess Grandmaster. Tigran Petrosian (Տիգրան Պետրոսյան ( June 17, 1929 &ndash August 13, 1984) was World Chess Champion from 1963 Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij (Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian French
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Gameplay
For recording games, the usual algebraic notation of chess is extended to allow specifying the drop of a piece. For example, "p@d5" means "pawn is placed on d5 from reserve".
Variations
There are variations of the game, which are known under different names:
- Loop Chess - promoted pawns keep their rank when captured [1].
- Chessgi, Neo Chess - promoted pawns keep their rank when captured; you are allowed to drop pawns on the first rank [2].
- Siamese Chess - A two player version of bughouse chess, but still played on two boards. Bughouse chess (also called Exchange chess, Siamese chess, Tandem chess, Transfer chess, or simply Bughouse) is a popular Chess Turn order goes counter/clockwise, each player making a move with their white then black pieces.
See also
External links
- Crazyhouse by Fergus Duniho. or Japanese chess (literally "generals' chess" ˈʃoʊɡiː in English is the most popular of a family of Chess variants native to Japan.
- Crazyhouse database 1000s of crazyhouse games played by the strongest players on the internet.
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