bughouse chess

English

A game in progress

Noun

bughouse chess (uncountable)

1. A variant of chess played on two chessboards by four players in teams of two. Each player plays the other colour of pieces than their teammate, to whom they pass the pieces they capture from their opponent. The teammate can then choose to put one of these pieces on their board as an alternative way of making a move.

Translations

variant of chess

• Czech: holandské šachy m pl, holanďan m
• Dutch: doorgeefschaak n
• French: Blitz à quatre m
• German: Tandemschach (de) n, Tandem (de) n, Austauschschach n
• Hungarian: tandem sakk, tandem (hu)
• Polish: kloc (pl) m
• Russian: шведские ша́хматы pl (švedskije šáxmaty)
• Spanish: Pasapiezas ?
• Swedish: chock (sv) ?

Further reading

• bughouse chess on Wikipedia.Wikipedia