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• Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

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• 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). A 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Glenn Overby II.
• Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi) . 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. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• 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.
• 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) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: 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) By 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: Marek14 . Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Besiege Chess. Large variant with White on either side, Black in center. (8x16, Cells: 128) Author: Ed Friedlander. 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. Bombers and interceptors fly above the chess board. By 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 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.

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