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• Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
• Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Bughouse. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Byzantine chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

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• BacCanCat. 4-player variant with Cannons and Arrows, Cathedralling, and alternative ways to win. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
• Bach Dang Chess. On board with 88 squares, with crafts and other special pieces and rules. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Vu Q Vo.
• Bach Dang Chess . Game on board of 88 squares, with Ships and other special pieces and rules. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Vu Q Vo.
• Bachelor Chess. Win by mating your opponent, or marrying off your King. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Doug Chatham.
• Bachelor Chess. Play this game from the 42-square contest with the PBM system! (7x6, Cells: 42) By Doug Chatham.
• Bachelor Chess . Win by mating your opponent, or marrying off your King. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Doug Chatham.
• Bachelor Chess. All pieces promote. Win in the usual way or by joining king and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Doug Chatham.
• Bachelor Kamil. Combines ideas from Bachelor Chess and Wildebeest Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
• Bachelor Kamil. Play by E-mail! Combines ideas from Bachelor Chess and Wildebeest Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Charles Gilman. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
• Bachelor Nearlydouble. Applying the Nearlydouble principle to Bachelor Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
• Bachelor Nimrod. Small variant with one each of distinctive Nimrod pieces, and of Knight. (6x6, Cells: 36) By Charles Gilman.
• Back-to-Back Chess . Both sides start "Back-to-Back", seperated by an uncrossable line on a specially-shaped 100 square board. (14x8, Cells: 100) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul Kreutzer.
• Back-to-Back Chess. Both sides start "Back-to-Back", seperated by an uncrossable line on a specially-shaped 100 square board. (14x8, Cells: 100) By Paul Kreutzer.
• Backward Pawns. Pawns move both ways. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Chris Daly.
• Backwards Stalemate Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
• Baladćna. The way figures can move is dynamic, determined by their 'powers'. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Martin Miller.
• Balaklava Chess. Many pieces have additional knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
• Balaklava Chess . All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
• Balaklava Chess. All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
• Balanced Game, The. A game that requires a calm equilibrium. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Simon E Jepps.
• Balanced Swap Chess. Move has second part where a swap is made on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Balbo's Chess. Odd-shaped board, bishops as powerful as knights. (Cells: 68) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: M G Balbo.
• Balbo's Chess. Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks. (11x10, Cells: 70) Author: Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: M G Balbo.
• Balbo's chess. Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks. (Cells: 68) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: M G Balbo.
• Balbo's Chess . Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks. Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: M G Balbo.
• Ball's AKA Military Chess . Variant on 10x10 board with military-themed short-range pieces where the goal is to occupy one of your opponent's center squares. Author: Marek14 .
• Bank Chess. Regular Chess only Drops come from Pocketings. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
• Bank Chess . Put your assets on the bank for later use! 6 Variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Karl Scherer. Inventor: Karl Scherer and Denis van Straten.
• Bank of Scotland -- Main Branch. Progressive Variant where each check earns the player an extra move, and check ends turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bob Bruce and Bruce R Trone.
• Bank of Scotland -- Modern Branch. Progressive Variant where each check gives a player another move, and move is ended by check or move to defended square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bob Bruce and Bruce R Trone.
• Bankhouse Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Barasi Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards; pawns are Berolina. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Paul Barasi.
• Barasi chess . Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Paul Barasi.
• Barasi Chess. Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Paul Barasi.
• Barbershop Quartet. Toroidal Variant with Dual Direction Bishops. (5x10, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
• Barc. Jumps as knight but only `narrow backwords' or `wide forwards'. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: Panos Louridas.
• Bario . Pieces are undefined until they move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: M Winther. Inventor: Panos Louridas.
• Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alex . Inventor: Panos Louridas.
• Bario Shogi. A shogi game with pieces that can be change typed. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Barion . A variant of the chess variant Bario. (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario. (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Baroque Chess. Java applet that plays the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jesse Plymale. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
• Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
• Baseball Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By George William Duke.
• Baseball Chess 2. (9x9, Cells: 81) By George William Duke.
• Baseball Chess Hits & HomeRuns. (9x9, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
• Baseline chess. Start chess with main pieces in different order on baselines. Overview of several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Baseline chess with Fischer rules. Start with dropping major pieces on baseline, a variant that uses rules from Fischer Random Chess but is not random. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ken Regan.
• Basic Bestiary. Like Wildeurasian Bestiary but without the Hopping-capture pieces. (13x12, Cells: 156) By Charles Gilman.
• Basic Chess. Variable baseline chess without drawing lots. Restrict Rooks to a and h files, and King to d or e files. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
• Basilisk Chess. Introducing the Basilisk cannon, with standard pieces (zrf exists). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Bastardo. 4-player game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bastardo for President. Cut-throat four-player variant where one of your pieces is secretly President and thus royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Bastardo Hallowe'en. Halloween-themed cut-throat four-player variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Bastille Chess . Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul DeWitte.
• Bastille Chess. Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul DeWitte.
• Batak Chess. Indonesian culture where chess is very popular. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Battery Chess. Battery Chess on the Game Courier. (5x10, Cells: 46) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Battery Chess. Chess on a Battery shaped board, with lots of batteries. (5x10, Cells: 46) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Battle Chess. Move as many of your units as you like, once each, each turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Battle Chieftain Chess . Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes. (10x11, Cells: 84) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Craig Daniel.
• Battle Chieftain Chess. Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes. (10x11, Cells: 84) By Craig Daniel.
• Battle Line. A military-style variant with 48 pieces per side. (30x20, Cells: 600) By Joe Joyce.
• The Battle of the Animals. Simulated conflict between animal kingdoms. (7x9, Cells: 63) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Battle Room Chess. Win by getting four of your pieces in or around your enemy's gate. (6x10, Cells: 47) By John Smith.
• Battler Chess. Game with powerful King, and improved Bishops, Knights and Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Modest Solans.
• BD. A piece which has the combined movement of the bishop and the dabbabah. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Bear Chess. Russian variant with new piece. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mikhail Sosnovsky.
• Beastmaster Chess . Large chess variant with a fantasy theme, emphasizing leaping pieces. (8x11, Cells: 84) By Glenn Overby II.
• Beastmaster Chess. Large chess variant with a fantasy theme, emphasizing leaping pieces. (8x11, Cells: 84) By Glenn Overby II.
• Beau Monde Chess. Large variant where pieces move with variations of the Queen move. (11x10, Cells: 100) By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi) . 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Glenn Overby II.
• Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi). A 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Glenn Overby II.
• Bede. A piece which has the combined movement of the bishop and the dabbabah. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Bedlam. Play this hybrid of Fusion Chess, Metamorph Chess, and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Bedlam . A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. By Fergus Duniho.
• Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Behemoth Chess. Chess with a randomly moving, uncapturable Behemoth piece that can capture multiple pieces in a turn. By Donald Seagraves.
• Beirut Chess. One unit is secretly carrying a bomb. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
• Belfry Chess.. Introducing the Belfry, which moves like a rook, and can hurl pieces over its head (zrf available). (10x8, Cells: 68) By M Winther.
• Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Bellows Chess . The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
• Ben 39. Pieces move on squares and corners of board with 37 fixed and two movable squares. (Cells: 39) By Ben Good.
• Benedict Chess . Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
• Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
• Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
• Bennekom Double Move Chess. Move twice per turn with the same piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Bennie Prince's Chess. Units not under attack may be removed and returned, one at a time. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Bent Riders. A discussion of pieces, like the Gryphon, that take a step then move as riders. By Ralph Betza.
• The Bermuda Chess Angle. Pieces can vanish in a central grid (The Bermuda Chess Angle) depending on dice-determined coordinates. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Berolina Chess. Pawns move diagonally and capture straight ahead. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Berolina Chess. Classic variant with different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson and Antoine Fourričre.
• Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Berolina Grid Chess. Combination of Berolina Chess and Grid Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Berolina Grid Chess. Popular with NOST. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Berolina Pawn. Pawn variant that takes straight and moves diagonally forward. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: E. Nebermann.
• Berolina Plus Pawn. Improved Berlonia Pawn that can also capture to the side. Author: Sergey Sirotkin.
• Berserker Pawns. Pawns may go berserk to protect their King and once per game in addition. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
• Beryl Chess. Variant on board of 39 triangles. (Cells: 39) By Alexandre Muńiz.
• Besiege Chess. Double height chess board, where black is surrounded by white. (8x16, Cells: 128) By Köksal Karakus.
• Besiege Chess. Each side has two sets of armies, the black ones are in the middle and whites on top and bottom. (8x16, Cells: 128) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Besiege Chess. Large variant with White on either side, Black in center. (8x16, Cells: 128) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Besiege Chess . Large variant with White on either side, Black in center. (8x16, Cells: 128) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Betza Notation. A primer on the leading shorthand for describing variant piece moves. Author: Glenn Overby II and Ralph Betza. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Betza's Flying Circus. 4 Levels but only four pieces of two kinds can move on three of the levels. (8x8x4, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Betza's Flying Circus. Bombers and interceptors fly above the chess board. By Ralph Betza.
• Betza's Three Dimensional Chess Games. Several 3d-chess variants by Ralph Betza. By Ralph Betza.
• Betza, Ralph. An interview with the `Grandmaster of Chess Variant Design'. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Ralph Betza.
• Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: David Crockett.
• Beyond Omega. Large abstract variant with radial and oblique pieces requiring rotation. (15x15, Cells: 225) By Charles Gilman.
• Bibliografia scacchistica, annotata. Author: Mario Velucchi.
• Bicapture Chess. You may capture, and be checked by, your own units. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Bid Chess. Players bid for special pieces or powers. By Roger Cooper.
• Bifocal Chess. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! (9x9, Cells: 81) By Antoine Fourričre.
• Bifocal Chess. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! (9x9, Cells: 81) By Antoine Fourričre.
• Bifocal Chess . A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! (9x9, Cells: 81) By Antoine Fourričre.
• Bifold Halfgi. Bifold pieces are able to combine with other same-colored bifold pieces and move as a single normal sized piece. By David Howe.
• Bifold Halfgi. A variant of Halfgi, but with half-sized pieces. By David Howe.
• Big Battle. Commercial chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Milne. Inventor: M. K. Morrison.
• Big Battle . Large (10x10), commercial variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Milne. Inventor: M. K. Morrison.
• Big Battle. Large (10x10), commercial variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By M. K. Morrison.
• Big Board Chess. On a 10 by 10 board with individual opening setup. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Alfred Schönfelder.
• Big Board Chess. Large set with setup phase. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Alfred Schönfelder.
• Big Chess . Chess variant on a 14 by 8 square board with extra Pawns, Knights and Bishops. (14x8, Cells: 112) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
• Big Chess. Ordinary chess pieces on an elongated 8 x 14 board with three times as many bishops and two times as many knights. (14x8, Cells: 112) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
• Big Chess. Chess variant on a 14 by 8 square board with extra Pawns, Knights and Bishops. (14x8, Cells: 112) By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Big Outer Chess. Large variant with concentric circles on the board, so there is less concentration on the centre. (12x12, Cells: 148) By Peter Blanchard.
• Big Outer Chess . Large variant with concentric circles on the board, so there is less concentration on the center. (12x12, Cells: 148) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Peter Blanchard.
• Big Pawn Chess . (10x10, Cells: 100) By Ken Franklin.
• Bigsiege Chess. Combining the length of Besiege Chess with the width of Doublewidth Chess. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
• Bilateral Chess. Game on 12x8 board adding Lions, switching Cannons, Wizards and pushing Elephants, but keeping the standard array in the middle. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Antoine Fourričre.
• Bilateral Chess . Game on 12x8 board adding Lions, switching Cannons, Wizards and pushing Elephants, but keeping the standard array in the middle. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Antoine Fourričre.
• Bilateral Group Simultaneous Chess. Simultaneous chess, but with two groups of rotating players. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: B. Eshuis.
• Billiards Chess. Bishops and queens bounce off the edges. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Billiards progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where queens and bishops bounce against the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fabio Forzoni.
• Binary 1010. Pieces alternate with their binary counterpart in regard to turning off and on. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Bingo Chess. A cross between Chess and Bingo. (Cells: 41) By Doug Chatham.
• Biparite Chess. Small chess variant with two phases. (5x7, Cells: 43) By Timothy R. Newton.
• Bird Shogi. Tori Shogi, or Bird Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Steve Evans. Inventor: Ohashi Soei.
• Bird's Chess. Large variant by the grandmaster. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henry Bird.
• Bird's Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 8 board from 19th century England. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and John Gollon. Inventor: Henry Bird.
• Birds and Ninjas. Two simple checkmate problems for the game. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
• Birds and Ninjas. Strategically rich chess-like game with powerful dual range orthogonal flying pieces, and short-range diagonal leapers. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
• Birds and Ninjas . Featuring the Flying Bombers that fly over to capture, and the short-range Ninja Guards that capture two enemy pieces at once. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
• Birds and Ninjas. Immaculately balanced game features pieces with unique fly-over capture ability and short-range diagonal leapers. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
• The Birth of Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Eric van Reem. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
• Bishogi. An attempt to take the FIDE army further towards Shogi than Chessgi does. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Bishop. Moves arbitrary number of unobstructed squares diagonally. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• The Bishop Adjustment Rule. By Jose Carrillo.
• Bishop Chess. Bishops do not capture and cannot be captured. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Bishop Knight Morph Factor. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
• Bishop Knight Morph Factor. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Bishop, Reflecting. Moves as a Bishop, but can also reflect off of multiple sides of the board. Author: Peter Aronson.
• Bishopper. Moves along diagonal line to first square after jumped over piece. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Bishops. Commercial four-player game. (12x12, Cells: 132) By Ed .
• Bishops. Rules of Play. (12x12, Cells: 132)
• Bishops Conversion Rule. Rule for variant where bishops start on equal colored squares, with sample games. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Carlos Cetina.
• Bishops moving puzzle. Puzzle to move bishops across the board without attacking each other, as appearing in computer game The 7th Guest. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Bison. Makes (1-3)-jump or (2-3)-jump. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Black and White Chess. Two moves per turn, the first from a white square, the second. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• The Black Ghost. Betzan attempt to remedy White's first move advantage in FIDE by giving Black a noncapturing but capturable teleporting piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• The Black Ghost. Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Black Hole Chess . Variant on board with 100 squares with hole in middle of board, combination pieces and hiding squares for kings. (9x11, Cells: 100) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: David Short.
• Black Hole Chess. Variant on board with 100 squares with hole in middle of board, combination pieces and hiding squares for kings. (9x11, Cells: 100) By David Short.
• Black Hole Chess. Pieces moved to the center four squares of the board fall into your hand. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
• Black Hole Chess. Game with missing center and two extra spaces just behind the kings. (10x12, Cells: 100) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Short.
• Black Holes . On 5 by 8 board with holes as pieces which also can be used for transport. (5x8, Cells: 40) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Juraj Lörinc.
• Black Holes. Sample game 3. By Juraj Lörinc.
• Black Holes. Sample game 4. By Juraj Lörinc.
• Black Holes. On 5 by 8 board with holes as pieces which also can be used for transport. (5x8, Cells: 40) By Juraj Lörinc.
• Black Holes. Sample game 2. By Juraj Lörinc.
• Black Holes. Sample game 1. By Juraj Lörinc.
• Blackburne's Proposal. QR becomes a marshall, QB becomes a pegasus, and KB becomes a queen are enhanced. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: S. S. Blackburn.
• Blackjack Chess. If the point value of your remaining units totals 21, you win. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
• Blackjack Chess. Reduce the point value of your pieces to exactly 21 points and win the game. Or do it the old-fashioned way. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good and Adrian Alvarez de la Campa. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
• Blackjack chess. Win also if the value of pieces you have is exactly 21 points. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
• Bland Chess. Chess, but with no diagonal movements (aside from that built within the Knight). (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black.
• Bland Chess. Chess with no diagonal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Bland Chess 46. Orthogonal moves only on a board with 46 squares. (6x8, Cells: 46) Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black and Gary K. Gifford.
• Bland Chess 46. A 46 square variant of Bland Chess. Allows for War Machine, Knight, and/or Modern War Machine use. (6x8, Cells: 46) Author: Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford and (zzo38) A. Black.
• Blind Chess. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)
• Blind Shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• BlindChess. A blindfold program (optional board), good for training (DOS freeware). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Blindfold. Shareware program. Visualize and remember a sequence of chess positions. By Aleksey Bartashnikov.
• Blindfold Chess. One of the oldest chess variants, where one of the players is blindfolded (zrf available). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Blizzard Chess . Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry (with all patch levels). (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alfred Pfeiffer. Inventor: Blarney.
• Blizzard Chess. Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Blarney.
• Blizzard Chess. What would Chess be like if it had been developed by the computer industry? (8x8, Cells: 64) By Blarney.
• Blockade Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• BlockChess. Decimal variant with standard pieces starting out in the corners. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Ronald W Brierley.
• Blocschach. Not only is the size of the back rank squared, so is its composition. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Charles Gilman.
• Blood Brothers Chess. Pieces defend others of their kind regardless of location. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen and R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Blue Chess. White and Black have additional, differing victory conditions. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ingo Althofer.
• Blue Chess or Deep Blue Vs. Kasparov Chess. Tribute to a famous game with three shades of blue and different options for each player to achieve a win. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ingo Althofer.
• Blue Chip Chess. Fun variant where each turn you get to create an off-limits square for your opponent . (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Neal Turner.
• Blue Chip Chess. A chip, moved each turn by the players, denotes a square where pieces may not go to. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Neal Turner.
• Bluff Chess. Players moving their pieces into danger may risk losing the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robbie Manson.
• Blunderbuss Chess. Pieces are poorer shots than in Rifle Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Board and Table Games (From Many Civilizations). Author: R. C. Bell.
• Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations. Author: R. C. Bell.
• Board Image Utility. A web based application being developed on the Chess Variants Wiki that creates images of CV boards and positions. By Graeme C Neatham.
• Boardgaminginfo.com. Site that has information on how to play board games. Author: Anthea Rock.
• Boardroom Chess. A wide and varied board provides for a deep and lengthy game. (16x10, Cells: 160) By Simon E Jepps.
• Bodlaender, Hans. An interview with the founder of the Chess Variant Pages. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Various.
• Bodyguard Chess. A 9x9 variant, with a Bodyguard and two Kwaggas per side (zrf available). (9x9, Cells: 81) By M Winther.
• Bolyar Chess. A historical variant, native to Bulgaria, with imaginative rules (zrf available). (10x11, Cells: 76) Author: M Winther.
• Bomb Chess. Queen's Rook moves as king and can explode. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Duncan Suttles.
• Bombalot. Bombs can wipe out most pieces on the board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bruce Harper.
• Bombardier Chess. Introducing the Bombardier, combining a rook with a camelrider (zrf exists). (10x8, Cells: 68) By M Winther.
• Bomber Chess I. Pawns can be made to explode. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
• Bomber Chess II. Pawns can be made to explode, and always explode when. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
• Bomber Chess III. Pawns and pieces can be made to explode. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
• BomberChess. A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Adam Norberg.
• BomberChess . A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
• Bomberman . Variant on 8 by 10 board with bombs and diffusers. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Bryan Lambert.
• Bomberman Chess. Variant on 8 by 10 board with bombs and diffusers. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Bryan Lambert.
• Bomberman Chess. Two "bombs" and a "defuser" spice up this 10 x 8 game. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Bryan Lambert.
• Bomberman Chess Photographs. Variant on 8 by 10 board with bombs and diffusers. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Bryan Lambert.
• Bookie Chess. An online game generator which combines chess and gambling. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tyler Wong.
• Books on Kriegspiel. Author: David Li.
• Boolean Rithmomachia . (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Boolean Rithmomachia. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Booster Chess. Pawns push friendly pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Booster Chess . Pawns push friendly pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• BordahBee. A two-move, two-board game with restrictions for the second move according to the first move. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
• BordahBee, A Two-Board Game (two 8x8 boards). (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Border Wars . Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi. (Cells: 42) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
• Border Wars. Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi. (Cells: 42) By Jared B. McComb.
• Border Wars II. Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects. (Cells: 44) By Jared B. McComb.
• Border Wars II . Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects. (Cells: 44) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
• Borg Queen. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Borg Queen. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Bosma chess. King that is attacked three or more times is not considered to be in check. Fairy chess problem theme. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: R. Bosma.
• Bosworth. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for two to four players using cards as pieces. (6x6, Cells: 32)
• Bottleneck Chess. Most pieces start the game locked up in two bottleneck parts of the board. (Cells: 41) By Köksal Karakus.
• Bottleneck Chess . Most pieces start the game locked up in two bottleneck parts of the board. (Cells: 41) By Köksal Karakus.
• Bowman. Moves as knight, and takes a piece that is an additional knightsmove in same direction away. Author: Ben Good.
• Boyscout. Moves in a diagonal zigzagline. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. de A. Almay.
• BrainKing.com. Play by email site that lets you play several chess variants. By Filip Rachunek.
• Brand X Random Chess. Play Chess with a randomized setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Braves' Chess. Solves the problem of draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolańos Mures.
• Breakthrough Chess. Pieces must "break through" a zone of neutral blocks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• Brett Rules . Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Juraj Pivovarov.
• Brett rules . Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Juraj Pivovarov.
• Brett Rules. Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Juraj Pivovarov.
• Brickchucking Chess. Pieces can only move forward, but attack the king in any direction. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Alan Holloway and Gary Smith.
• The Bridge 41. 41 square board with bridge in the middle. (5x9, Cells: 41) By Hubert Lamontagne.
• The Bridge41 . 41 square board with bridge in the middle. (5x9, Cells: 41) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Hubert Lamontagne.
• Brigadier Chess. Introducing the powerful Brigadier piece on a 68-square Gustavian board. (10x8, Cells: 68) By M Winther.
• The British Chess Variant Society.
• British Chess ZRF . ZRF for British-themed variant with a royal Queen + Lions, Unicorns & Dragons. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
• Brookschach. 3d variant with three unconconventional subsets of Queen move. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Brotherhood chess. Pieces cannot take pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
• Brotherhood Chess. A piece cannot capture one of its own kind. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Antoine Fourričre. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
• Brotherhood Chess . A piece cannot capture one of its own kind. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
• Brotherhood Chess. A piece cannot capture one of its own kind. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
• Brouhaha. Preset for Brouhaha, a game that brings the ruckus! (8x8, Cells: 72) By Greg Strong.
• Brouhaha. Like Chess, but it really brings the ruckus! (8x8, Cells: 72) By Greg Strong.
• Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant from the 1960's. (Cells: 84) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Yakov Brusky.
• Brutalis . A program that helps to solve helpmates, with options for composing. Author: Jens Baek Nielsen.
• Buccaneer Chess. Introducing the Buccaneer and the bounce-move, whereby the piece bounces diagonally away from its course (zrf available). (10x8, Cells: 80) By M Winther.
• Buczo's Chess. Large board game with extra Knights and underpromotion available on 8th and 9th ranks. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Buczo.
• Buffalo. Triple compound leaper. (Cells: 64) Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Frank Maus.
• Bug Eyed Monster Chess. A non-royal unit may make any move which, in FIDE chess, some other. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Bughouse. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Bughouse Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) Author: Karl Scherer.
• Bughouse Chess. Two boards. Units captured move to opposite board. Popular variant. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Bughouse Chess. Usually called Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Bughouse Links. Comprehensive list of Bughouse resources. (8x8x2, Cells: 128)
• Bughouse.net. Extensive website with information on Bughouse. (8x8x2, Cells: 128)
• Building a Tridimensional Chess Board. (x7, Cells: 64) Author: David E. Rutan.
• Building an 8 by 8 by 8 board. On how to design a three dimensional chess board. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Ralph Betza.
• Building chess. Add a square after every move. () Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi and Sergey Sirotkin.
• Building Chess. Variant that starts with a board of 25 squares, but each player adds a square after their move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Bulgarian Chess. Web page in Bulgarian with an English version of the page. Slow. (Cells: 76)
• Bungalow Shatranj. King can not flee from checks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Vitya Makov.
• Burmese Chess. Sittuyin preset uses a mix of equivalent pieces from Alfaerie Set. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
• Burmese Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Burmese Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: M Winther.
• Burmese Chess. Most popular form in Burma. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Burmese Traditional Chess. An article that discusses chess as it was played in Burma. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Dr. Peter Nicolaus.
• Bushi shogi. Shogi variant on a two-square board! Bushi means Samurai. (1x2, Cells: 2) By Georg Dunkel.
• Bushi Shogi. Extremely small shogi variant played with cube pieces. (1x2, Cells: 2) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Georg Dunkel.
• Butters Chess. Capture by moving adjacent rather than by displacement. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Buypoint Chess. Buy your fighting force - each piece costs a number of points. By Ralph Betza.
• By Rook Or By Crook . Chess in the round on a hexagonal board with 42 trapezoidal squares. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jeff Rients.
• By Rook Or by Crook. Chess in the round on a hexagonal board with 42 trapezoidal squares. (Cells: 42) By Jeff Rients.
• Byelorussian Cheskers . Crossover between chess and Russian draughts. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: N. N. Grushevsky.
• Byelorussian Cheskers. Crossover between chess and Russian draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: N. N. Grushevsky.
• Byelorussian Chesskers. Pieces promote to "Damkas" in this Chess Checkers Hybrid. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann and N. N. Grushevsky.
• Byzanatine Chess. Circular 16x4 Shatranj variant. (Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Byzanatine Chess II. A different account of the old circular game. (Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Byzantine Chess . A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64) Author: Robert Price.
• Byzantine chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Byzantine Chess endgames. Queen vs Pawn. Endgame analysis for historic round chess variant. (Cells: 64) Author: Ernst Saperow.
• Byzantine Chess Theory. Towards the theory of Byzantine Chess. (Cells: 64) Author: Ernst Saperow and Anatoly Khalfine.

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