What is Bughouse?

Bughouse is a fun side event which is separate from the main event. It follows different rules under the USCF. Bughouse also know as team chess. Two players sit at boards side by side. One is white, one is black. The one playing white captures black pieces and passes them to their partner who, on his/her turn can “drop” that piece on any empty square! Sound crazy? It is! All tournament bughouse games are played with 5 minutes on each clock. As in Blitz, kings can be captured.