will bughouse become part of chess.com?

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pt22064

I played a lot of bughouse in college. It ruined my chess playing skills. It is worse than playing blitz or bullet.

pt22064

IF they do implement bughouse, how will you be able to communicate with your partner? Does this mean you have to buy a mic?

ArtNJ

There is some 4 player chess variant that my 9 year old is playing in chess club.  I was outraged that he had never heard of bughouse.  I was going to hold the coach down and shout instructions to the kids -- "I need a bottle of glue"  "Now I need a bottle of glitter!"  "I need 5 or 6 bishops with the ends filed into points and we win.  Hurry!"

Then I remembered bughouse doesnt really have anything to do with learning how to play chess :)

GM_Phrostbyte

They just get a pop-up that automatically closes with a piece that they can put anywere. I will be under the "details/moves" bar. If they click on it, they select which square to put it on. I would count as a move.

ArtNJ

For the clueless, Bughouse is a very fast paced, crazy and fun 4 player chess variant.  Although it can be played on the internet in some locations, I think many would agree that it becomes incredibly fun and addictive when you have 4 chess players in the same room side by side.

I havent done chess clubs or tournaments in many years, but when I was doing them, bughouse was a frequent diversion before or after.