How to play
Crazy House
Similar to Bughouse chess, but for two playerProfiles. Captured pieces are dropped back on to the board.
Crazy House rules are the same as Standard Chess
This variant is played from the standard starting position of Standard Chess.Pieces move as in Standard Chess
White can drop captured pieces on to the board rather than making a regular move.
Capturing
As a piece is captured it flips color before being kept in a pocked for a drop on a subsequent move.
Captured promoted Pawns are added to the pockets as Pawns , not the promoted piece.
Drops
Captured pieces can be dropped on to the board instead of making a regular move.
Dropping a piece that would give checkmate immediately is permitted, as is dropping a piece to block what would otherwise be checkmate.
Pawns cannot be dropped on the 1st or 8th rank.
Pawn Promotion
Dropped pawns on the 2nd and 7th ranks can make a double movement on their next move.
Castling
A dropped rook cannot castle.
En passant rules remains the same as Standard Chess.
Check and Checkmate
A piece drops can give checkmate, as shown below.
White can drop a Knight on F6 to mate.
Stalemate conditions remain the same as Standard Chess.
Draw conditions remain the same as Standard Chess.
Winning conditions remain the same as Standard Chess.
Also Known As
Drop ChessMad ChessReinforcement ChessTurnabout ChessSchizo-ChessSome chess variants are currently playable live and all will soon be available to play as daily/correspondence chess.
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