New Improved Bughouse Blog

 The Banjax is the critical point in the bughouse game where the king is forced off the back row, or one of the pawns in front of the castled king has been eliminated.  Here are some examples:

The 4 most important principal of bughouse are: I. Don’t get mated II. Don’t lose on time III. Don’t lose material IV. Don't trade for no reason Those above are more important than the important 5 th and 7 th principles: 4    V.  Mate your opponent 5    VI.  Win material The reason is that if you obey the first three principles but not the 4 th and 5 th , your partner can win.   If you disobey those principles, your team will lose.  There are other issues such as: VII. Value of the pieces VIII. Positional Play IX. The sparse board X. Prophylaxis