Menu
Bughouse & Crazyhouse
There is also a free Mac and an iOS version for tablets and phones at Pulsar Chess Engine - US App Store link. Levels of difficulty can be set within the app. It also plays regular chess and difficulty can be set for that too. The variants it plays are Chess960, Crazyhouse, Atomic, Three Checks, Giveaway (similar to FICS Suicide) and Loser's.
BugAssistant – BPGN viewer for examining bughouse databases.
The Pulsar Chess Engine plays Chess with multiple levels and six Chess variants: Chess960, Crazyhouse, Loser's Chess, Atomic, Three Checks and Giveaway(also known as Suicide Chess). In its chess play it values mobility and active positions. In app there is an article. The Internet Chess Club (ICC) is the longest running, most popular, and best place to play chess on the Internet. Join, play, watch, learn and earn money too when you invite your friends to join ICC! 1) In a forty year chess career, Steinitz captured a total of 47,963 Pawns. 2) Kieseritzky in one day`s play against all comers sprang the Scholar`s Mate 19 times. 3) In offhand games alone, Morphy sacrificed 52 Queens, 97 Rooks, 136 Knights and 263 Bishops.
Bughouse.net – Every darn thing you need to know about bughouse along with software to help you play it better.
d2d4 – Bughouse tutorials, annotated games, and a discussion forum.
Deep Bug – Bughouse-playing chess engine.
Ebenfelt’s Bughouse Page – Rules, strategy, links, server comparisions, etc.
ErrantFischer’s Bughouse Page – Bughouse strategy, tactics, & featured games.
Sjeng – A computer chess engine that plays bughouse & crazyhouse.
Sunsetter – Another bughouse / crazyhouse engine — ability to play on a chess server.
Thief – A special online graphical interface made mainly for bughouse.
Wild Game 24: Bughouse – Rules and strategy, and how to play on ICC.
Other Chess Variants
Bishops – Four-player variant you can play online with java applet.
Cardinal Super Chess – Chess on an 10×10 board with the addition of a new type of piece, the “Cardinal”.
Checkmates – Four player sets for sale.
Chessapeak Games – 4-player partnership chess.
Chess 2 – The “fool” and the “knave” join the rest of the pieces.
Chess Variant Applets – Play dozens of chess variants against a computer opponent.
Chess Variant Pages – Huge site with rules for TONS of chess variants.
Chexx – Two to six player hexagonal chess.
4-Player Chess – Four-player chess set for sale.
Global Chess – Futuristic version of chess played on two circular discs.
Go Chess – Variant on a 10 x 10 board. Play online with a java interface.
Gothic Chess Association – Rules, tournaments, and (soon) software for this variant. Played on a 10 x 8 board with some new pieces.
HexiChess – 3-d hexagonal chess.
Kung-Fu Chess – Chess is now an action game! An amusing, if not nerve-racking diversion. Play online instantly.
Losing Chess Strategy – How to lose your pieces efficiently in Suicide Chess.
Ministers Chess – Played on a 9 x 9 board with two queens, called “ministers”, one on each side of the king, creating a symetrical game. Sets / boards for sale, and you can join the “Ministers Club”.
Omega Chess – Played on a 10 x 10 board with two extra pieces, this variant has some GM support. See the game Judit Polgar played against Alex Sherzer.
Pi Team Chess – Interesting product intended mainly for children to develop teamwork and critical thinking skills.
Power Chess – Interesting idea: chess with one half of the board shifted one square over, creating two extra triangular squares on the middle edges. All is explained exhaustively here.
Progressive Chess – A thorough online guide to Progressive Chess, with each side making a progressively greater number of moves on each turn.
Quadlevel – 3-d chess (4 half boards stacked). Site includes downloadable quadlevel chess software, quad boards for sale, history of the variant, and of course the rules.
![Mac Mac](/uploads/1/0/7/7/107722889/546109970.jpg)
SpeedChess – Online chess with a reduced size board. Play against the computer or against an online opponent (if there are any).
Symmetrical Chess Collection – Dozens of variants, all symmetrical using only sliding pieces for the Zillions of Games platform.
TouchDownChess – Chess crossed with American football?
Trancendental Chess – FischerRandom-like variant. Organizes e-mail tournaments.
TriChess – Chess for three.
![Variants Variants](/uploads/1/0/7/7/107722889/624359950.png)
Trigon Chess – Selling a variety of chess & checkers variants, all for three players.
Tucan Chess – Bigger board & some new pieces.
The Wild Games – Descriptions of all the wild games (variants) available to you on the Internet Chess Club (ICC). Includes in-depth pages on Loser’s Chess andBughouse.
World War Chess – Similar to chess, with military-themed pieces and some new twists.
List Of Chess Variants
Zillions Of Games – Software package allowing you to create almost any board game and be playing against an AI (or human) opponent immediately. Comes with hundreds of games (including many chess variants) built in, and more can be downloaded from their web site as people create them.
Chess Variants Org
macheide276 ( +1 | -1 )
Do you know...Dear GK fellows,
Here are some very interesting facts about Chess and some of its protagonists. This information was taken from: 'The Chess Companion' by the late Irving Chernev.
1) In a forty year chess career, Steinitz captured a total of 47,963 Pawns.
2) Kieseritzky in one day`s play against all comers sprang the Scholar`s Mate 19 times.
3) In offhand games alone, Morphy sacrificed 52 Queens, 97 Rooks, 136 Knights and 263 Bishops.
4) Buckle write two chapters of his 'History of Civilization' while waiting for Williams to make his 25th move in the fourth game of their 1851 match.
5) Colonel Moreau holds the record of the worst score in any one tournament. At Monte Carlo in 1903, he lost twice to every opponent, winding up 26 zeros.
6) Mason made 144 moves in succession with his Queen, against Mackenzie at London in 1882.
7) In ten years of tournament and match play, Capablanca lost only one game.
8) The world`s record for checkmating on the unprotected last rank is held by Paolo Boi, who won 9,647 games by this maneuver.
9) Nimzowitsch doubled Rooks on the 7th rank in 167 tournament games, beating the former mark of 152 held by Zukertort.
10) In the Ostend tournament of 1937, Grob won three games in a row on the time-limit.
11) The record holder of 'en passant' captures in one game is Paulsen, who had four of such captures out of six possible in his game against Anderssen at Baden-Baden in 1870.
12) The under-promotion record is still Mackenzie`s: he advanced three pawns to the eight rank and promoted them to Knight, Rook and Bishop in his masterpiece against Winawer at Paris, 1878.
13) Against Bogolyubov at Hastings in 1922, Alekhine sacrificed his Queen, promoted a Pawn to Queen, sacrificed his new Queen, queened another Pawn and sacrificed his third Queen. He was preparing to advance a Pawn for his fourth Queen when Bogolyubov resigned.
14) Rèti fianchettoed both Bishops in 42 games in succession. His lifetime total of fianchettoed Bishops is 2,486.
15) Rubinstein played a grand total of 1,985 games, of which 1,763 were Rook and Pawn endings.
16) Steinitz accepted and held on to 6,327 gambit Pawns offered by his opponents.
17) A. N. Other has snatched 8,645 Pawns in the opening. His lost games total (by sheer coincidence) 8,645 games.
18) World`s record for resigning by sweeping away the pieces and breaking the board over his opponent`s head is held by Ahmed ben Jussof, whose seven in one tournament is still unapproached.
19) In Sumatra, where the natives bet money, clothing and even parts of their bodies, the championship was held, once, by a young man whose name in our languages would be 'Lefty'.
I hope all of you to find these facts as interesting as I did. If someone likes this kind of stuff, just let me know to search for more.
Best wishes to all.
Do you know...Dear GK fellows,
Here are some very interesting facts about Chess and some of its protagonists. This information was taken from: 'The Chess Companion' by the late Irving Chernev.
1) In a forty year chess career, Steinitz captured a total of 47,963 Pawns.
2) Kieseritzky in one day`s play against all comers sprang the Scholar`s Mate 19 times.
3) In offhand games alone, Morphy sacrificed 52 Queens, 97 Rooks, 136 Knights and 263 Bishops.
4) Buckle write two chapters of his 'History of Civilization' while waiting for Williams to make his 25th move in the fourth game of their 1851 match.
5) Colonel Moreau holds the record of the worst score in any one tournament. At Monte Carlo in 1903, he lost twice to every opponent, winding up 26 zeros.
6) Mason made 144 moves in succession with his Queen, against Mackenzie at London in 1882.
7) In ten years of tournament and match play, Capablanca lost only one game.
8) The world`s record for checkmating on the unprotected last rank is held by Paolo Boi, who won 9,647 games by this maneuver.
9) Nimzowitsch doubled Rooks on the 7th rank in 167 tournament games, beating the former mark of 152 held by Zukertort.
10) In the Ostend tournament of 1937, Grob won three games in a row on the time-limit.
11) The record holder of 'en passant' captures in one game is Paulsen, who had four of such captures out of six possible in his game against Anderssen at Baden-Baden in 1870.
12) The under-promotion record is still Mackenzie`s: he advanced three pawns to the eight rank and promoted them to Knight, Rook and Bishop in his masterpiece against Winawer at Paris, 1878.
13) Against Bogolyubov at Hastings in 1922, Alekhine sacrificed his Queen, promoted a Pawn to Queen, sacrificed his new Queen, queened another Pawn and sacrificed his third Queen. He was preparing to advance a Pawn for his fourth Queen when Bogolyubov resigned.
14) Rèti fianchettoed both Bishops in 42 games in succession. His lifetime total of fianchettoed Bishops is 2,486.
15) Rubinstein played a grand total of 1,985 games, of which 1,763 were Rook and Pawn endings.
16) Steinitz accepted and held on to 6,327 gambit Pawns offered by his opponents.
17) A. N. Other has snatched 8,645 Pawns in the opening. His lost games total (by sheer coincidence) 8,645 games.
18) World`s record for resigning by sweeping away the pieces and breaking the board over his opponent`s head is held by Ahmed ben Jussof, whose seven in one tournament is still unapproached.
19) In Sumatra, where the natives bet money, clothing and even parts of their bodies, the championship was held, once, by a young man whose name in our languages would be 'Lefty'.
I hope all of you to find these facts as interesting as I did. If someone likes this kind of stuff, just let me know to search for more.
Best wishes to all.