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Bughouse
Fischer-Random (Chess960)
suicide (losers chess)
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Bughouse

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Rules and General Information
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Internet Chess Servers
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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

Chess Variants - Fischer Random Chess
Chess Variants' Fischer Random page, with history, rules, games, news, interviews with players, etc.

Suicide (Losers Chess)

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

Other Variants

Chess Variants [site review]
Devoted to all the well known variations of chess. Includes explanations, as well as links to hundreds of sites devoted to specific variants and free programs to play them.

Chess Variants - Chess: The FIDE Variant
Rules of chess in several languages, as well as numerous articles & links on the game.

Chess Variants - Illustrated rules of chess
Illustrated guide to the basic rules of chess

Chess Variants - Index of Variants & Links
Alphabetical list of several dozen chess variants with links to sites on them.

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?"

OMEGA CHESS - The Next Evolution of Chess!
Site devoted to one of the best chess variants. Includes rules, advice, example games, etc.

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

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

Tri-Chess
variant for three players

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