Objective: Capture one of the opponent's kings.
Bughouse has four players playing in turn on two chess boards simultaneously, generally working together as two teams against each other. Pieces captured by a player are passed on to his team partner, who can then drop these captured pieces on an unoccupied square on his board in lieu of a normal move (just as in the two-player game Crazyhouse).
Note that pawns may not be placed on the first and last rank, and promoted pawns revert back to pawns when captured.
To drop a piece, just click on a captured piece stored outside the boards.
A player (or a team) wins by capturing one of the opponents' kings.
Bughouse Chess is a quick and exciting game, especially when played with human opponents and partners. It is especially popular on internet chess servers like www.freechess.org.
It is normally played with chess clocks over the board or on the internet.
Each player usually has three or five minutes of time, sometimes using time to `sit' while waiting for their partner to capture pieces that they need.
This Zillions implementation is a turn based variant of bughouse for both two players and four players, with the following variations:
Variant 1: Single Move Order
1. Board 1: (white) played by BluePlayer
2. Board 2: (white) played by OrangePartner
3. Board 2: (black) played by BluePartner
4. Board 1: (black) played by OrangePlayer
...and so on
Variant 2: Double Move Order
1. Board 1: (white) played by BluePlayer
2. Board 1: (black) played by OrangePlayer
3. Board 2: (white) played by OrangePartner
4. Board 2: (black) played by BluePartner
...and so on
Variant 2 is derived from a turn based email version of bughouse, and differs only in the order of turns.
Variants 3 and 4 feature permanent pawn promotion, where promoted pawns do not revert back to pawns when captured, unlike in official bughouse.
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