On Friday, October 7th, the Hart House Chess Club hosted its annual Bughouse Championship to crown the best bughouse team in the Club! Congratulations to IM Nicholas Vettese and his partner, Denis, for becoming HHCC’s 2022-2023 Bughouse Champions!

23 2-player teams registered for the 6 round swiss event, which was played during HHCC’s weekly casual play.

Gallery:

Final Standings

	Team Name	Combined Rating	Points	Better Buchholz Tiebreaker
1	Nicholas/Denis	4900	6	21
2	peepeepoopoo man	2400	5	19
3	Chol Matthew	2200	5	18.5
4	IBG	4274	4	21.5
5	Alligators Angry	2800	4	20
6	Solo Sacrifice	0	4	15
7	_ Ubermensch	0	4	14.5
8	Kole/Kevin	3000	3.5	16.5
9	Solo	950	3.5	16
10	Swindle Uncle	3200	3	22
11	Engineers Team	3400	3	18.5
12	Rick Cookie	2400	3	17
13	Nicholas/Jason	1591	2	18
14	Degenerate Gambiter 2	2100	2	16.5
15	AD/Albert	0	2	16
16	Knook	0	2	15
17	Unrateddd/No Idea	0	2	14
18	Abarca’s	1300	2	12
19	J & J	1500	2	11
20	Wow/peepeepoopoo man	2400	0.5	13.5
21	No Idea	0	0.5	13
22	rdmp/Solo	2200	0	13.5
23	Brain Chip Hans’	0	0	12

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Original Event Info:

The HHCC Bughouse Championship is happening Friday, October 7th from 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm! You can sign up at the Hart House Reading Room anytime between 4 pm – 7:30 pm the day of. If you don’t have a team, you can register as a “solo,” and we will pair you up.

Free entries for all members and the prize will be a $25 gift card for the two players of the winning team! (for non-members it will be a fee of $5)

Bughouse is a popular variant of chess that is played with teams of 2 players. The goal of this tournament is to get you to engage with others and have fun! It should be a fun night!