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Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Gary Gifford wrote on Tue, Jul 25, 2006 11:30 PM UTC:
There is no need to invent a chess set for Crazyhouse. Just use a regular set as your primary game set and keep a different boxed set on the side (a different style of pieces would be nice to prevent piece mix up between sets - for example, one wood set, one plastic set). Use that second set to start off your color-changed drop pieces. This method will work.

Anonymous wrote on Tue, Jul 25, 2006 09:45 PM UTC:
the only problem of this game is the difficulty to invent a chess set for
play. currently it can only be played on computer.
the difficulty is :
first, pieces can change color
second, when pawn promotes, say, to a queen, you need to remember this
queen is not a real one and when it is taken, it goes back to a pawn.
In shogi there are no such problems because sides are differetiated not
by
color but by the orietation it is on a board. secondly, if a piece is
promoting, there is always only one choice, not like a pawn in crazyhouse
that can promote to 4 other pieces. therefore the 2nd problem is simply
solved by flipping the piece over.

🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Wed, Mar 22, 2006 01:51 AM UTC:
Since I don't know who invented Crazyhouse or when it was invented, I'm not sure whether to list it as a popular or vintage Chess variant. Does anyone know more about its origins?

🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Tue, Aug 9, 2005 04:43 PM UTC:
<P>Christine Bagley-Jones writes:</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> i would love to vote for it, but it seems you also have to make a list in your preference order for a lot of games, most which i don't know anything about, so it doesn't seem fair to vote. </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>The minimum number of games anyone is required to vote for in this poll is 1. If you don't want to vote for any other games, just delete the rest from the ballot.</P>

Christine Bagley-Jones wrote on Tue, Aug 9, 2005 04:42 AM UTC:
i would love to vote for it, but it seems you also have to make a list in
your preference order for a lot of games, most which i don't know
anything about, so it doesn't seem fair to vote.
we do know crazyhouse is played every hour of the day, probably on icc
alone that happens. i think the trouble is, so many people have played
crazyhouse heaps, or often, but are now interested in other new variants
etc etc and don't feel inclinded to vote for it. everyone here are fans
of chess variants, and get excited about new different stuff. i reckon you
could probably pick over 5 'recognized variants' at the moment, and
crazyhouse is being played more often than all of them put together.
but whatever.

🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Tue, Aug 9, 2005 12:44 AM UTC:
<P>Christine Bagley-Jones writes:</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> Crazyhouse is not a recognized variant of the month? </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Crazyhouse is not even a recognized variant yet. It must become a recognized variant before it becomes a recognized variant of the month. It is currently a candidate for recognized variant status.</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> i don't know how that could be, it shouldn't even have to be voted on, </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Well, it is being voted on, because that is the most reasonable way to maintain the growth of the recognized variants list. The poll for the summer addition to the list isn't over yet, and you can go vote for Crazyhouse in it.</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> not a hour goes by on the planet where a crazyhouse game is not being played, and that is a conservative estimate. </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>We have no means of measuring this. The most reliable measure we can rely on for deciding what to add to the list is voting.</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> you should make crazyhouse a recognized variant along with whatever other game you recognize in a future month </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>I will make Crazyhouse a recognized variant if it gets top ranking in the current poll. Show your support for it by voting for it.</P> <P><HREF='http://www.chessvariants.org/rcvpolls/summer2005.php'>http://www.chessvariants.org/rcvpolls/summer2005.php</A></P>

David Paulowich wrote on Sun, Aug 7, 2005 02:33 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
http://www.chessvariants.org/multiplayer.dir/tandem.html

is the page for the (Recognized) variant pair Bughouse/Tandem Chess. 
Bughouse is insanely(!) popular in Canada - kids especially.  Crazyhouse
requires two chess sets for only two players, which is not practical at
tournaments or at small chess clubs.

Christine Bagley-Jones wrote on Sun, Aug 7, 2005 03:54 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Crazyhouse is not a recognized variant of the month?
i don't know how that could be, it shouldn't even have to be voted on,
not a hour goes by on the planet where a crazyhouse game is not being
played, and that is a conservative estimate.
you should make crazyhouse a recognized variant along with whatever other
game you recognize in a future month

tommy wrote on Fri, Feb 18, 2005 01:00 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
i do play crazyhouse at scheming mind. i have also begun playing 'dark
crazyhouse' there and i think it is probably the only site which does
it.
i have just stumbled upon a problem after taking an opponents pawn.
because
i now have a piece to drop, i can see all the empty squares, and thus
calculate my opponents moves. whereas he is still playing in the dark.

i would like to know what is the best solution for this:

1. only allow drops to squares which i can see, or,

2. similar to kriegspiel, commit to moves when dropping to dark squares.
if the square is empty, the move is played. if it isn't empty then you
get to try again.

the first option is less crazy than crazyhouse, and the second option is
less dark than dark chess. is there a satisfactory compromise?

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Sun, Feb 22, 2004 10:25 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
You can also play Crazyhouse on http://www.schemingmind.com/

Steph Qing wrote on Sun, Feb 22, 2004 05:46 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
I am very happy to have discovered that Crazyhouse exists on this site. To
my knowledge, it is the only site in ' turn-based ' which allows to play
it. One can play it directly on FICS for example, but in 'deferred',
only Chess variants propose it. The other sites in Turn-based (Gold Token
and Brainking) propose a close variant (Loop Chess or Chessgi) but, to my
opinion, Crazyhouse is more interesting.
What I regret, it is that it seems that this variant is little to play
here. Until now, I obtained only few opponents.
I am ready to receive any invitations.

              My pseudo : steph

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Mon, Jun 9, 2003 10:28 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Crazyhouse is one of my favorite chess variants. Zillions plays it not
especially strong, so you need to download Sunsetter or Sjeng, which play
really good. I even created a WinBoard adapter for Zillions (see
http://www.geocities.com/andreas_kaufmann2000/winboard_adapter.htm) to
have a convinient way to play against these engines.

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