Bughouse Chess
(1960)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 10 and up. You can play with 4 to 4 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Grid Movement, Real-Time und Team-Based Game...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 10 |
| Minimum age: | 10 |
| Number of players: | 4 |
| Publisher: | (Public Domain) |
| Designers: | (Uncredited) |
| Artists: | Unknown |
| Mechanics: | Grid Movement, Real-Time, Team-Based Game |
Bughouse Chess is a variation of chess played with two teams of two people on two chess boards. Chess clocks are used, generally with 5 minute time controls. Team members sit beside each other playing opposite colors. Each player plays his opponent as in standard chess, except that whenever a piece is captured, it is given to the teammate. The teammate can then decide to play a normal move, or place the captured piece on any unoccupied square of the board (exception: pawns cannot be placed on the 1st or 8th rank). Team members have to work together and against the clock to win. The first person to lose by checkmate or time loses for his or her team, thus ending both games.
Alternative names:
Bughouse Chess
Chock
Doorgeef Schaak
Pasa Pasa
Siamese Chess
Tandem Chess
Transfer Chess
Last Updated: 2025-10-22 21:03:53 UTC
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