rosenblg@acf4.UUCP (04/23/84)
Nf-From: acf4!rosenblg Apr 29 23:30:00 1984 /***** acf4:net.chess / yale-comix!nglasser / 5:38 pm Apr 28, 1984*/ I used to play Bughouse with some friends in high school quite a bit, and I have had the opportunity to play a few times in college as well. I think that my friends and I actually preferred it to regular chess. When we played on rule we used was that you win by checkmating your opponent or if your opponents flag falls (either member of the opposing team), but that you have to announce that you have done so in order to actually win. So if you checkmate your opponent and don't realize it before he moves, then you don't win. Of course at this point he will probably make no more moves since he will be in check wherever he goes, allowing his opponent to take his king. But letting your clock run is certainly better than losing immediately. It is often a good ploy to trick your opponent into not looking at your clock. I've had games in which my flag had been down for several minutes, and nobody noticed (but me- I usually try to keep a look out.) And even if you see your opponents flag down, if he see's yours and says this just as you were about to, he wins. Nathan Glasser ..decvax!yale-comix!nglasser /* ---------- */
nglasser@yale-comix.UUCP (Nathan Glasser) (04/29/84)
I used to play Bughouse with some friends in high school quite a bit, and I have had the opportunity to play a few times in college as well. I think that my friends and I actually preferred it to regular chess. When we played on rule we used was that you win by checkmating your opponent or if your opponents flag falls (either member of the opposing team), but that you have to announce that you have done so in order to actually win. So if you checkmate your opponent and don't realize it before he moves, then you don't win. Of course at this point he will probably make no more moves since he will be in check wherever he goes, allowing his opponent to take his king. But letting your clock run is certainly better than losing immediately. It is often a good ploy to trick your opponent into not looking at your clock. I've had games in which my flag had been down for several minutes, and nobody noticed (but me- I usually try to keep a look out.) And even if you see your opponents flag down, if he see's yours and says this just as you were about to, he wins. Nathan Glasser ..decvax!yale-comix!nglasser