"bughouse chess" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bughouse chess (uncountable)
  1. A 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. Tags: uncountable Translations (variant of chess): holandské šachy [masculine, plural] (Czech), holanďan [masculine] (Czech), doorgeefschaak [neuter] (Dutch), Blitz à quatre [masculine] (French), Tandemschach [neuter] (German), Tandem [neuter] (German), Austauschschach [neuter] (German), tandem sakk (Hungarian), tandem (Hungarian), kloc [masculine] (Polish), шведские ша́хматы (švedskije šáxmaty) [plural] (Russian), Pasapiezas (Spanish), chock (Swedish)

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