User:Ben79487/chess variant ideas

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These are Ben79487's ideas for chess variants.

Orthodox pieces and unorthodox rules[edit]

Bouncy bishops[edit]

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b8 up-right arrow
h8 up-right arrow
a7 black cross
g7 up-right arrow
b6 up-left arrow
f6 up-right arrow
c5 up-left arrow
e5 up-right arrow
d4 white bishop
c3 down-left arrow
e3 down-right arrow
b2 down-left arrow
f2 down-right arrow
h2 up-right arrow
a1 down-left arrow
g1 black cross
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The white bishop may bounce on walls only one time. It bounces on "x" squares.

Bouncy Bishops is a variant of chess when bishops bounce off walls only one time, as shown on the diagram.