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Tissar Chausar strategy: how to show first and lose fewer points
Updated 25 October 2026
Tissar Chausar is a race: one Chausar (4 cards) and two Tissars (3 cards each), with at least one pure run. The winner shows with 0 points and everyone else counts what is left in their hand. Good play means getting close to a show quickly, while keeping your points low in case someone else shows first.
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1. Build the pure run first
Without a pure run (a run of one suit with no wild card standing in) no show counts, however many wild cards you hold. So from the first draw, look for two or three cards of one suit that are next to each other and build that run before anything else.
2. Use the Yarak (wild cards) well
- Every card of the Yarak rank is wild for the deal and counts 0 points.
- Never throw a wild card. It can fill the gap in a run or the missing card of a set.
- Use wild cards for your second and third meld, not for the pure run.
3. Choose flexible cards
Two cards side by side (5♣ 6♣) can become a run with a 4 or a 7: two ways in. Two cards with a gap (5♣ 7♣) need exactly the 6: one way in. Keep the flexible ones and throw the gapped ones first.
4. Read the open pile
- When the next player picks a card from the open pile, they are building around it. Don't throw them its neighbours or the same rank.
- Cards that nobody picks up are safe to throw again later.
- Take from the open pile only when the card completes or clearly improves a meld; otherwise you show the table what you are collecting.
5. Cut your points late in the deal
If someone shows, you pay for every card not in a meld: A, K, Q and J count 10, number cards their face value, wild cards 0. Once the deal goes on for a while, throw your high unmatched cards first. The most anyone can lose in one deal is 80 points, and a wrong show also costs 80.
6. Know when to show
Show only when your 10 cards plus the card you took really make Chausar + Tissar + Tissar with at least one pure run. Check twice: a wrong show is the most expensive mistake in the game.
Play Tissar Chausar with 2 to 4 players
Questions
What is the most important rule in Tissar Chausar?
You need at least one pure run (one suit, no wild card) before your show counts. Build it first.
Should I throw a wild card in Tissar Chausar?
No. Wild cards (the Yarak rank) count 0 points and can fill any gap, so always keep them.
How many points can you lose in Tissar Chausar?
At most 80 points in one deal. A wrong show also costs the full 80.