Meanings
- uncountableboard gamesA 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.
Synonyms: bughouse
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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
Czech holandské šachy, holanďan
- holandské šachyvariant of chess
- holanďanvariant of chess
Dutch doorgeefschaak
- doorgeefschaakvariant of chess
French Blitz à quatre
- Blitz à quatrevariant of chess
German Tandemschach, Tandem
- Tandemschachvariant of chess
- Tandemvariant of chess
- Austauschschachvariant of chess
Hungarian tandem sakk, tandem
- tandem sakkvariant of chess
- tandemvariant of chess
Polish kloc
- klocvariant of chess
Russian шведские ша́хматы
- шведские ша́хматы (švedskije šáxmaty)variant of chess
Spanish Pasapiezas
- Pasapiezasvariant of chess
Swedish chock
- chockvariant of chess
Cite this entry
bughouse chess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bughouse%20chess
“bughouse chess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bughouse%20chess. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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