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Bughouse Chess
. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]this implimentation is not quite really exactly bughouse, since it is turn-based (i believe somebody recently put in a comment explaining that the current zillions can't handle simultaneous play on two boards). but it is still a neat implementation, and it plays well, and there's many variations programmed in. it's definitely fun to play.
well, i have to qualify my previous comment, altho i still like this zrf, i previously stated that it plays well - meaning that zillions plays competitively, but since then i have easily beaten zillions several times even tho it's set to play at the highest level and 3 mins per move. for some reason if you threaten a mate in one that is easily defended against, zillions will not do so. i'm not sure why this is, as far as i know, the tandem84 doesn't suffer from this problem even tho it is also turn-based on 2 boards.
Javier wrote on Wed, Dec 11, 2002 05:50 PM UTC:Good ★★★★I have found that the computer doesn't play that well either. However, it's a great introduction to bughouse for newcomers and children. The turn based implementation is a good idea, given the limitations of Zillions. This bughouse ZRF has lots of variants and possibilities, and is still lots of fun to play for the novice bughouse player. Highly recommended! - especially because there is virtually no bughouse software available that enables people to play bughouse on their PC.
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