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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.

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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 . 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 Chess. Play this game from the 42-square contest with the PBM system! (7x6, Cells: 42) By 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) By 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) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: 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. 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. (11x10, Cells: 70) Author: Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: M G Balbo.
• 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. 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 . 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 Chess. Regular Chess only Drops come from Pocketings. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
• 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 . 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.
• Barasi Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards; pawns are Berolina. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. 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: M Winther. Inventor: Panos Louridas.
• 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: 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. Chess on a Battery shaped board, with lots of batteries. (5x10, Cells: 46) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Battery Chess. Battery Chess on the Game Courier. (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) By Craig Daniel.
• 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 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.

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