4-board bughouse chess, clocks, and bughouse chess ratings

Refer to BigOto's news posting on Bughouse Chess for the original bughouse chess rules.

4-board bughouse chess

There are eight players in this game.

Player 1, Team 1 (highest rated)               Player 2, Team 1 (next-highest rated)

Player 1, Team 2 (highest rated)               Player 2, Team 2 (next-highest rated)

Player 3, Team 1 (2nd-to-lowest rated)               Player 4,Team 1 (lowest rated)

Player 3, Team 2 (2nd-to-lowest rated)              Player 4, Team 2 (lowest rated)

Time      Team 1                           Team 2

Player 1:

Player 2:

Player 3:

Player 4:

Captured Pieces: Board 1       Board 2      Board 3      Board 4

White:

Black:

Player 1 gives pieces to player 2 of his own team and player 2 gives pieces to player 3 of his team, and so on. Player 4 gives pieces to player 1. The game automatically ends if one player from either team is mated, runs out of time, or resigns. If the game is drawn on a board the game continues. If a game is ended with a result other than a draw,  a Super Admin locks the thread and posts the results in a news article. The Super Admin also posts the players' time and captured pieces next to their respective boards.

Clocks

A Super Admin like me or BigOto will count the time in days, the minimum time being one day, the reccomended time being 3 or more days. The game will be ended when time runs out or someone wins a game (draws continue the game). The Super Admin will post the captured pieces and time next to each game board.

If that's so, the Super Admin locks the forum thread carrying the game and posts a news article displaying the game results.

Ratings

Everyone starts out with a 1200 rating. The function for ratings is:

Rating Change = (Rating of opponent)-(Rating of you) / 20. The ratings are set by Super Admins. A player can protest his rating and that will be discussed in the Courtroom.