2 vs 2 feature (unrated)

There is a type of chess that is called something like "doubles", where two people play against another two and when someone takes a piece from their opponent, it goes to their friend and they can put it anywhere on board as long as it is their move. (On a move you either put a piece, if you have one or make a regular move) However some extra modifications would also be necessary - you can put pawns only from 2nd to 6th rank and when you are in checkmate and you have a piece you can put to block it you can do it. Also as soon as one player is checkmated their team loses. Ideally you would be able to see both boards and pieces you can put on your board. Also timing would be useful.

I am sure this would quickly become popular but it would need coding "a bit".

Just chiming in that there is a Wikipaedia page here for further reading (contains pictures):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bughouse_chess

I can't see this happening, but I guess you could make a donation if you would *really* like to see this happen. ;)

Nice, but I don't think the developer care any of our ideas..

Words from a cheater, that cant move his piece without engine.

And actually Thibault discussing all of the upcoming features before it's made. So yes, he cares.

It is called Bughouse or Crazyhouse and you can play it at echochess.com.

It would be an interesting feature to have added to lichess, but I don't see it being added in the near future. I think that lichess would need a lot more attention to have such grandiose side features.