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First Friday's of each month...

BugHouse Chess?

BugHouse is a team chess game which emphasizes:

Team Play
Lots and lots of Player Communication
Chess Tactics
Sacrifice
Mentoring and Team Work
Quick Thinking
Lots of Fun
Points for all players

"Bughouse is a chess variant which incorporates chatting and advice-sharing with a partner during the game."

--Chess Life, September 2003

What is BugHouse Chess? Here are sections from "Chess Life" Magazine in 2003 in three parts which may help to answer that question"

Here are the Rules for BugHouse ( we will use a simplified version of #1 below)

Join us here and we'll make sure that you are teamed with an experienced partner and get all the help that you need. Everyone gets to play and the teams are balances for strength and ability.