General Bughouse Websites

Bughouse.info

This is the European Bughouse website. This site features coverage of all major european bughouse gatherings and tournaments. It also has a very nice section containing bughouse articles, master games, and bughouse puzzles. There is a well designed message board there as well. Undoubtedly, one of the best bughouse websites around.

ErrantFischer's Bughouse Chess Page

A very entertaining bughouse site. It includes "Top Ten Ways To Tell You Have a Bad Bughouse Partner", Bughouse Quizes, and quality bughouse strategy information written by top bughouse players, such as Ebenfelt, and Gnejs.

Nabla's Bughouse Site

Good bughouse content. Contains lessons on openings and strategy for bughouse. Photo coverage of annual bughouse gatherings held in Geneva. Website is in both French and English.

 

Bughouse Stats and Databases

The Bughouse Database

Contains a huge database of bughouse games played on FICS.   The database is extensive.  You can search for games by player, by rating, wins or losses, time control, date, and many other parameters.  The list of games found can be viewed on the page directly or downloaded to be viewed with the BPGN Viewer (available for download on his site). You can then view and analyze the bughouse games played over FICS.  If you want to improve your bughouse, this is a 'must download'.  Very impressive.

Jamesbaud's Bughouse Statistics Database

Jamesbaud designed a bot to keep track of players playing bughouse on FICS. A wealth of statistics is posted on his website. Very cool site.

 

Chess Servers

FICS

The Free Internet Chess Server. Widely considered to be the best place to play Bughouse on the internet. Highly recommended for all bughouse enthusiasts!

ICC

The Internet Chess Club. Considered to be the second best place to play bughouse. However, there is considerably less bughouse chess than on FICS. ICC is a commercial server which requires a yearly fee to join.

Chess.net

Free chess server. Some bughouse players online.

USCL

The official chess server of the United States Chess Federation. It is free to all USCF members. However, if you are not, there is a yearly fee to join. Some bughouse play on this server.

Bughouse Software

Skyshark

A program written by Googly of FICS.

Sunsetter

A program written by Tecumseh of FICS.

Bughouse.net Downloads Page

We have a good selection of bughouse software for both online play, training tools, and computer engines.

FICS Dowloads Page

Contains a nice selection of graphical interfaces to play chess/bughouse on The Free Internet Chess Server. Interfaces available on most platforms and operating systems.

ICC Dowloads Page

Contains a nice selection of graphical interfaces to play chess/bughouse on Internet Chess Club Chess Server. Interfaces available on most platforms and operating systems.

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