(links courtesy of Socrates)

Rules and General Information

http://www.bughouse.info

http://www.chessvariants.com/multiplayer.dir/tandem.html

Strategy

http://www.freechess.org/WWWhelp/bughouse_strat.html

http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/f/e/ferrantc/chess

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Metro/1324/bug-strategy.html

Internet Chess Servers

http://www.freechess.org (Free Internet Chess Server = FICS)

BPGN viewers

http://bughouse.net/ftp/bpgn21.exe (BPGN Viewer)

http://bughouse.net/ftp/bugassistant02.zip (Bug Assistant)

Engines

http://sunsetter.sourceforge.net (Sunsetter)

http://sjeng.sourceforge.net (Sjeng)

Games

http://www.pathguy.com/chess/Bughouse.htm (Java)

http://www.nonvi.com (Double Chess Demo)

http://www.zillions-of-games.com/games/BughouseChess.html (Zillions of Games)

http://www.netblitzchess.com/ (NetBlitz)

 

Fischer-Random (Chess960)

Fischer Random Chess
     Wikiverse site focusing on Chess 960, aka Fischer Random Chess

Fischer-Random Chess Email Club
     aka Chess960, this site brings together aficionados of this chess variant for email play

Suicide (Losers Chess)

Suicide Chess Review
     aka "losers chess", the object of this variant is to lose all of your pieces

 

Other Variants

The Gothic Chess Federation
     chess variant - Gothic Chess employs two new pieces, on a 10x8 board: a chancellor, moving like a rook or a knight, and an archbishop, moving like a bishop or a knight

Ministers Chess
     Two Queens, re-named "Ministers" flank the King establishing symmetry.  A 9x9=81-squares board and 9 pawns per player add to the space and power of the game.

Mirror Chess
     "In mirror chess, black moves are mirror images of white moves. A variety of openings and problems arise and perhaps by studying these we can improve our game. For example, with the standard initial set-up of the board, provided that black mirrors white's moves, what is the quickest mate for white?"

The Renegade Knight
     The object is to move a knight to every square on the chess board in as few moves as possible

SchemingMind
     play online turn-based chess and chess variants
 

Seirawan chess
    Adding the Hawk (knight + bishop) and Elephant (knight + rook)
 

Symmetrical Chess Collection
     Several chess variants based upon the theme of geometric, perfect symmetry.

Tri-Chess
     variant for three players

Report Broken Links!!

SmartChess is a powerful chess knowledge toolset for iPhone, iPod touch & iPad offering state-of-the-art features and a library of content that can grow along with you.

Columnists News Openings Study Materials Endings Beginners Tactics Store / Mall Downloads Reviews en español Art, Fiction, History

This site is best viewed with Java-Enabled MS Internet Explorer 6 and Netscape 6 browsers set at 800x600 screen size.

Copyright 2002-2009 Chessville.com unless otherwise noted.