Chess.com Crazyhouse Chess Championship 2024: Official Discussion Thread

It's time to go crazy over the chessboard with the next edition of the Chess.com Community Championships! The Chess.com Crazyhouse Chess Championship takes place December 2-6, featuring an increased $7,500 prize fund.

Crazyhouse is like Bughouse for the lone wolf. Every piece you capture goes into your piece bank. You can then spend a turn to place one of the pieces you've captured into the game to work for your army—and that's when things can get wild. 

Here's a video of GM Hikaru Nakamura showing what super-grandmaster Crazyhouse looks like:

Like in other editions, we'll have eight qualifiers preceding the Knockout Final. Each qualifier will be a two-hour arena in the 3+0 time control, with the winner moving on to the Final.

This time, the qualifiers also take place across four different days, with two events per day. You can check the complete schedule for the qualifiers by clicking here or hit the image below:

Players of all levels are welcome to participate. Until now, GM Awonder Liang has been the only player ever to win two Chess.com Community titles. Will he come back to win the "individual version" of Bughouse and set himself as the king of Chess.com's Community Championships? Or will one of the previous champions catch up to him in the last event of 2024? Tune into the broadcast to find out!

Join the Qualifiers!

Watch the Finals broadcast hosted by AnittaDrink on our Twitch and YouTube channels.
Find all relevant info in the Crazyhouse Chess Announcement and on our Events Page.
Below a quick summary:

• Variant:  Crazyhouse
• Prize Fund:  $7,500
• Qualifiers Format:  2 hour arenas, 3+0 blitz, rated. Winner advances to Knockout Finals.
• Qualifiers Date:  November 2 to 5, two arenas per day, eight total. Full Schedule 
• Finals Format:  8 Players double-elimination knockout, 3+0 blitz, rated.
  Matches will consist of a countdown clock format, player with most pts at the end wins.
• Finals Date & Time:  November 6 at 12 p.m. ET / 18:00 CET with live broadcast.

Are you excited for the Chess.com Crazyhouse Chess Championship? What other variants would you like to play in future championship series? Let us know in the comments below! 🤪

so sad I can't be here for it

Cool

Nice

I call Bughouse, 'Double Crazyhouse'.

Nice

I join

I'll join!

👍 nice

Hello

yep

How many games played are required to join?

Where is the link to the tournament? Trying to see the standings. I can see the games being played, but there's no link for the event.

How can 1 join the tournament ?

I am very glad to meet you! I am impressed about the games and the app

Hit the big Join the Qualifiers! button, from there you'll be able to join the events happening.

Nice

That's nice

Nice

dude, it,s $7500.