Kevin Pacey wrote on Mon, Sep 19, 2016 02:37 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Crazyhouse (like Bughouse) is one of the most popular chess variants on the planet at the moment, and there has to be a reason. It's much like Shogi, but with chess pieces (and, unlike Bughouse, it's a 2 player game), making it especially popular with those who love bang-bang tactics (many or most chess players, I suppose).
{edit: below is an entry from a later post, for reference within this review:]
Fwiw, here are relative piece values for Crazyhouse that I once saw given on someone's blog:
P = 2; B = 3; N = 3.5; R = 4; Q = 6.
For comparison, and in case one might use it for Crazyhouse too, from the wiki entry on Bughouse: "A valuation system, first suggested by FICS-player Gnejs, often applied to bughouse is pawn=1, bishop=knight=rook=2 and queen=4."
Crazyhouse (like Bughouse) is one of the most popular chess variants on the planet at the moment, and there has to be a reason. It's much like Shogi, but with chess pieces (and, unlike Bughouse, it's a 2 player game), making it especially popular with those who love bang-bang tactics (many or most chess players, I suppose).
{edit: below is an entry from a later post, for reference within this review:]
Fwiw, here are relative piece values for Crazyhouse that I once saw given on someone's blog:
P = 2; B = 3; N = 3.5; R = 4; Q = 6.
For comparison, and in case one might use it for Crazyhouse too, from the wiki entry on Bughouse: "A valuation system, first suggested by FICS-player Gnejs, often applied to bughouse is pawn=1, bishop=knight=rook=2 and queen=4."