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ChessCraft. An Android app for playing Chess variants.
ChessCraft. Missing description (Cells: 64)
- Chessembly. Open Board Setup, Free Placement Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chessenat. Game from Columbia with custodial captures.
Chessence. Variant on a 9 x 6 board with 8 missing squares, immobile Kings, and 9 pieces whose movement depends on their spatial relation. (6x9, Cells: 46)
- Chessence. Small variant with many possible winning conditions.
- Chessence. Units move and capture depending on their proximity to their colleagues.
Chessence 
. Variant on a 9 x 6 board with 8 missing squares, immobile Kings, and 9 pieces whose movement depends on their spatial relation.
Chessence of Jim Winslow. Movement is dictated by relation to friendly pieces.
- Chesseract. Four dimensional chess variant. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256)
- Chesseract . Four dimensional chess variant.
- Chessers. Pieces may ride pawns to the end ranks.
- Chessex. Hexagonal chess variant for two or three players. (Cells: 169)
- Chessgi. Captured units become yours to drop onto the board.
- Chessgi . Captured units become yours to drop onto the board.
- Chessgi. Play this hybrid of Chess and Shogi.
- Chessgi. Drop the pieces you take from your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chesshire-Cat Playeth Looking-Glass Chessys 
. A pamphlet describing several fanciful chess variants.
- Chesshire-Cat Playeth Looking-Glass Chessys, Part 2 . 2nd part of a pamphlet describing several fanciful chess variants.
- Chesshousers. A review.
- Chessical Cubism or Chess in Space . Pamphlet describing 3 dimensional chess ideas.
Chessicons . Set of chess piece and related chess icons.
- Chessky. Dice rolls determine how the units move.
- Chessling . Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces.
- Chessling. Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces.
- Chessma 84. Game with elements of Chess and Ultima on a board with two levels with special corner squares. (2x(10x10), Cells: 84)
- ChessMage (tm). A Living Fantasy Chessworld.
- ChessMaker. A simple program for creating Chess diagrams.
- ChessMatch. Chess variant with a hand of cards that allow movement.
Chessmayne. Chess Dictionary.
- Chessmen-At-Arms. A wargame with chess pieces.
- Chessmic. Commercial, expensive, three-dimensional chess from Germany.
- ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board.
- Chessnuts 1999. Chessnuts is the newsletter of the Circular Chess Society. This is the 1999 issue.
- Chessoids: SuperPawn and NeutronChess. A large and complicated chess variant. (11x10, Cells: 111)
- Chessopoly. Board with a hole in the middle where pawns move clockwise. (12x12, Cells: 128)
- Chessopoly . Board with a hole in the middle where pawns move clockwise.
- Chessquarters. Variants obtained by rearranging the quarters of the chessboard. (Cells: 64)
- ChessV. Program for playing numerous Chess variants against your PC.
- ChessVariants.zrf. 17 variants in 1 file.
- ChessWar. Strategic game played with chess pieces.
- ChessXp. 10x10 Chess, strictly derived from the 8x8 architecture.
- Chess_AB. Pawns may move backwards; and may promote to captured pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chestria. Each player has 11 randomly selected pieces in this game of placement and flipping. (3x(5x5), Cells: 43)
- Cheversi. A mix of chess pieces and reversi-like strategy. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Cheversi Solitaire. Solitaire version of Cheversi. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chevron Ranks. Pieces use the "ranks" based on the Glinkshy/McCooey analogues to FIDE Pawn ranks. (11x11, Cells: 91)
- Chex. Cards with pieces form the board.
- Chex. Cards with pieces form the board.
Chex: photo's. Photo's of a chess variant formed of cards with chess piece symbols.
- Chexs. Chess for two to six persons on hexagonal board.
- cHEXx. Multiplayer chess variant on hexagonal board. (Cells: 211)
- chexx. Another variant of hexagonal chess. (Cells: 63)
- Chezzle. Chess-like game played with puzzle pieces.
- Chicken Chess. Combines Losing and Benedict Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chickens and Dragons.
A piece's allowed moves depend on what's on its neighbour squares. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chieftain Chess. Large variant using 4 royal pieces with command control, multi-piece moves and pieces that may shift direction as they move.
- Chieftain Chess. Missing description (16x12, Cells: 192)
- Chigorin Chess. Knights and Chancellor vs. Bishops and Queen.
- Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights.
- Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chimera Chess. The highlight of this chess variant are the Chimera pieces, which are substantially enhanced versions of the orthodox Knight.
- Chimera Chess. Chimeras cannot capture or be captured, but swap positions with the enemy units.
Chinese and Korean Chess Links. Comprehensive list of links to Chinese and Korean chess pages.
- Chinese Checkers Chess . Some pieces may make multiple jumps as in Chinese Checkers.
- Chinese Chess. Play Xiang Qi, the Chinese form of Chess.
- Chinese Chess. Information on book on Xiangqi.
- Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)
- Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). Number of players is probably comparable to FIDE chess players.
Chinese Chess by H. T. Lau. Book on the fundamentals of Chinese Chess.
- Chinese Chess for Beginners. Missing description
- Chinese Chess for Beginners. Missing description
- Chinese Chess Pack. Contains a detailed play guide and strategic hints and tips for the game.
- Chinese Chess variant for 7 players. Missing description (19x19, Cells: 361)
- Chinese Chess.. An strong Zillions implementation plus a description of the world's most popular game.
- Chinese court. Missing description
- Chipps. Let all pieces gain a chip by moving to the other side of 4 by 8 board. (4x8, Cells: 32)
- Chitty-Chatty Chess. Four-handed partnership game intended to introduce newcomers to Chess.
- Chivalrous Attrition. Two knights jump over and may not go to visited squares. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chivalry. With 30 pieces on a 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Chogi. A step further further to shogi from chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chogi. Cross between Shogi and Chess.
- Chogo-44. Game with pawns and kings with co-enclosure capture.
- Chogo44. Game with pawns and kings with co-enclosure capture. (7x8, Cells: 44)
- Choice chess. Propose five moves and your opponent selects one for you. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Choiss. First place your squares, then your pawns, then your pieces, then move.
- Choiss. Starting with a 2x2 center, players assemble a 64 square board of any shape before play.
- Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn.
- Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Choson chess. Korean game, resembling Shogi, mentioned in a novel.
- Christmas Tree Chess. Missing description (6x(11x11), Cells: 126)
- Chromopolis. `Almost' colorbound pieces on a cylindrical board of 40 squares. (7x6, Cells: 40)
- Chu Kagamigi. Larger extension of Kagamigi, with pieces biased toward the center. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Chu Seireigi. Variant of Chu Shogi playable with drops. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Chu Seireigi. Variant of Chu Shogi playable with drops. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Chu Shogi. Shogi variant on 12 by 12 board.
- Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!)
Chu Shogi. Play this large Japanese Shogi variant on Jocly.
- Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion.
- Chu Shogi Applet. An applet script for playing Chu Shogi. (12x12, Cells: 144)
American Chu Shogi Association. Missing description
- German Chu Shogi Association. Missing description
- Chu Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Chu Shogi set.
- Chu Shogi Western . Missing description
- Church Chess. Seven Bishops replace all backrow pieces other than the King.
- Chutes and Ladders Chess. Game played on two boards with two sets with user placed and removed chutes and ladders connecting the boards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ciccolini's Chess. Large variant from the early 1800's.
- Cincinnati 4-Way Chess . Four player chess variant from Cincinnati.
- Cincinnati 4-way Chess. Four player chess variant from Cincinnati. (Cells: 101)
- Cincinnati Four-Way Chess. Four player chess variant from Cincinnati.
- Circe Chess. Captured pieces return to their original square. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Circe Chess. Classic variant in which pieces are returned to their squares of origin if possible.
Circe Chess problem 1. Series selfmate circe chess problem.
- Circe Chess problem 2. Helpstalemate circe chess problem.
- Circe Progressive Chess. Combination of Circe and Progressive Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Circe Progressive Chess. Progressive variant where captured pieces return to their original square.
- Circe Progressive Chess. The usual way in which Circe chess is played today.
- Circe Vulcanici. Progressive Circe chess, units returning as in the non-progressive game, waiting if needed until the square becomes available.
Circe-Grasshopper. Leaps on Queen-lines to move or capture, and any piece leapt over returns to its starting square.
- Circean Chess. Large variant in which pawns evolve into kings.
- Circular. Missing description
- Circular Capa Chess. Play circular chess with added archbishops and chancellors on a 5x16 round board. (5x16, Cells: 80)
- Circular Capa Chess. Play circular chess with added archbishops and chancellors on a 5x16 round board.
- Circular Chess. PBM Preset for Circular Chess.
- Circular Chess. Play this modern form of Circular Chess on Jocly.
- Circular Chess. D. Reynolds's Circular Chess, a modern version of a Byzantine variant (with zrf).
- Circular Chess . Chess on a round board with modern pieces.
- Circular Chess. Chess on a round board. (16x4, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Circular Chess. Unique circular board. Sells boards, pieces, and software.
Circular Chess Championship for 2002 Announced. Missing description
- The Circular Chess Society. Organization for players of Circular Chess.
- Circular Chess Society Information Pack. Rules of Circular Chess and Information on the Circular Chess Society. (Cells: 64)
- Circular Chess Tournament for 2005. 10th Anniversary World Circular Chess Tournament.
- Circular Chess World Championship 2000. Article from Variant Chess.
- Circular Chess World Championship 2003. Missing description
- Circular Chess, Improved. Circular Chess where Bishops and Queens are crooked, and all Pawns go in the same direction. (2x16, Cells: 64)
- Circular Perspective Chess . Pieces must travel through a central point to get to the opponent's side of the board.
- Circular Perspective Chess. Pieces must travel through a central point to get to the opponent's side of the board.
- Citadel. Simple chess variant from early 20th century on 45 degrees turned board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Citadel. Missing description
- Citadel - 8 & 9 rank. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72)
- Citadel Chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadels.
- Citadel Chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadels. (10x10, Cells: 104)
- Citadel Shatranj . A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadel.
- Citadelir chess. Grand chess + Tamerlane chess + Omega Chess.
- Clairvoyant Chess. Players predict what opponent will do to gain advantages.
- The Clash of Civilization Chess (Shuffle Version). Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- The Clash of Civilizations Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- The Clash of Civilizations Chess (Updated) . Missing description
- Clash of Command. Chesslike game with pieces that change and leave behind other pieces on special board. (Cells: 41)
- Clash of Command . Chesslike game with pieces that change and leave behind other pieces on
special board.
- The Clash of Continents Chess . Missing description
- Clash of the Civilizations Chess - new setup. Clash of theCivilizations -new setup. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Classic Average. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Classic sum. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Classic sum - light version. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90)
- The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Second edition of the Encyclopedia of Chess Variants, now arranged by category.
- Claustrophobia. Played utilizing 46 squares of a chessboard, using new unique pieces, all of which can be represented by the standard pieces. (5x8, Cells: 46)
- Claustrophobia Chess. game is lost if King has no space to move.
- Clear of knights chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Cleopatra Chess . No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side.
- Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side.
- Cleopatra Chess. Dan Troyka game, similar to Benedict Chess but with only one color-changing piece. Cleopatra "seduces" any piece she sees.
- Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts.
- Clockwork Orange Chess. Condition your opponent's pieces to be non-violent.
- Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Clockwork Orange Chess . Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts.
- Closing Time. During certain turns, you must move pieces out of a central area of the board (`the pub'). (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Club Xiangqi. An online club for playing Xiang Qi.
- The CMG 7th Computer Olympiad (announcement). Missing description
- Co-Regal Chess. Take the enemy King/Queen and checkmate the remaining monarch to win.
- Coalition. Missing description
- Cobra Chess . Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces, including the Cobra.
- Cobra Chess. Link featuring piece that occupies four squares at once, the cobra, moves like a rook but can leap over friendly pieces.
- Cobra Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces, including the Cobra. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Codrus. Missing description
- Coffee Chinese Chess. A freeware Java applet for playing Chinese Chess.
- Cohen's Error Chess. Columbia Cannon Chess, only with Korean style cannons.
- Coherent Chess. Coherent Chess on the Game Courier.
- Coherent Chess . Variant on 9 by 9 board with special knights.
- Coherent Chess. Variant on 9 by 9 board with special knights. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Coherent Chess (updated). http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/coherent.html.
- Coin. Missing description
- Cold War Chess. A long and very challanging game against all odds.
- College Mess. Smess variant played using a Smess board & set. (7x8, Cells: 56)
- Color Chess. Four player chess variant on 11 by 11 board. (In Hungarian).
- Color Chess. Freeware program playing variant on 36 colored squares.
- Color Chess. Chess variant on board with 39 squares with five different colors. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- Color Square Shogi. Shogi with color squares you place at beginning of game. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Colorbound. Missing description
- Colorbound Chess. Pieces never change their squares’ color, so army is divided into two halves – attacking and defending. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- The Colorbound Clobberers. A team for Chess with Different Armies with many colorbound pieces.
- Colorboundmost and Nearly Colorboundmost Chess. Games with all pieces either completely or almost completely colorbound. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Colorful Osmosis Chess . All basic pieces are colorbound or colorwithching and can create compounds. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Colorful Osmosis Chess. All basic pieces are colorbound or colorwithching. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Colossus. 10x10 chess with 4 Rooks, 4 Knights, 4 Bishops, 10 Pawns, 1 Queen and 1 King!
- Colossus. Large-board chess with standard pieces and double the number of bishops, rooks and knights. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Colossus . With twice the number of Rooks, Bishops and Knights. Also includes 5 new variants with exotic pieces.
- Colour Chess. Pieces paint the squares they leave, allowing other pieces to move as them. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Colour Chess and Lure. Chess Variant where the board is different every time you play, and you can control what pieces your opponent can move next.
- Columbia Cannon. Missing description
- Columbiad Chess.. Introducing the Columbiad, combining a cannon and a Cannonrider, on an H-board (zrf exists).
- Combat Chess II. A wargame-like chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Combination Chess. Pieces give their movement capabilities to friendly pieces in their zone of influence. (Cells: 39)
- Combination Chess . Pieces give their movement capabilities to friendly pieces in their zone of influence.
- Combination Chess. Large chess variant with combination pieces.
- Combined Arms Brigade Chess. New movement for traditional Chess pieces with a modern military theme. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Combining Knightmare Chess . When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move.
- Combining Knightmare Chess. When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Combo Modern Day Chess. Guard replaces the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Command and Maneuver: A Tale of Two Countries. This is a diceless wargame,. (24x12, Cells: 288)
- Commando Pawn Chess . Once a Pawn crosses the midpoint of the board, it moves like a Berolina Pawn.
- Commedia dell'Arte Chess. A Pawnless variant with themed pieces on a 10x10 board with 5 square groups of 4 cells removed. (10x10, Cells: 80)
- Comments on Grand Chess. Notes on Grand Chess and a variant. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Commodore Chess. Featuring the Commodore piece (also called Leo) on a Gustavian board.
- Commoner. Moves to any adjacent square, like a King, but not royal.
- Communist Chess. When you capture an opponent's piece, you must destroy one of your own pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Compact Chess. Small version popular in South Africa.
- Compact Hex Chess. 2 normal hex armies on a board reduced to sides of length 5. (9x9, Cells: 61)
- Companion Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Companion chess. The Queen may have a companion. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Complementarity - Part I. With Short Range Project in mind, list of a highly specific set of pieces defined by simplest compounds.
- Complete Chess. with a riding and a leaping piece family.
- Complete Chess . on big board with riding and leaping piece families. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Complete Permutation Chess. Game with all possible combinations of Falcon, Rook, Bishop and Knight on the back row. (16x8, Cells: 128)
- Complete Permutation Chess. Carrera pieces given additional falcon movement ability are added to wide 8 row board.
- Complex Allegiance Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 96)
- Complex Allegiance Chess (6 player). Missing description
Complexity of Large Variants. Some comments about the complexity of large chess/checkers variants.
- Complicacious Chess. Variant in which Chess piece change type. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Compound Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Sergeant pawns & armies of compound pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Compound Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Sergeant pawns & armies of compound pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Compound Courier Custom Chess. Game uses the Courier 12x8 board and adds knight compound pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Compromise Chess. If you have two legal moves, your opponent may.
- Compromise Chess. Propose two moves and your opponent selects one for you. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Compton Medieval Chess. Large variant with three new pieces.
- Comrade Chess. Comrade instead of Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- The Concise Guide to Chess Variants. Missing description
- Conclave Ecumenical Chess. Large variant with wide variety of Rook and Bishop compounds. (9x12, Cells: 108)
- Condi Chess. Speed chess with the clock twelve meters from the board.
- Conditional Chess. In addition to a normal move, a player states a move that is executed if a certain condition holds. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Conditional Quantum Chess. You may move to two squares each turn, but only one is a real move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Confederation Chess. Two pieces can fuse into a stronger unit, and can dissociate.
- Configuration Chess. Some pieces are rearranged before play begins, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf).
- Configuration Chess. King and queen swap with other pieces before play begins - enormous variety! (with zrf).
- Confusion Chess 1b. Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Confusion Chess1b . Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely.
- Congo. Animals fight on 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49)
- Congo. Demian Freeling's Congo on the Game Courier.
- Congo. Animals fight on 7 by 7 board.
- Connect Chess. Win by connecting the opposite ranks with a chain of mutually supporting units.
- Connect Chess. Players win by forming a link between the first and last ranks of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Connect Shoot Kill. A mix of dots and boxes with chess pieces.
- Connected Chess. Pieces are removed when they are no longer adjacent to any other piece.
- Conquer II. The goal of the game is to conquer the opponent's army and to add it to your own army. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Conquer the opponent's army. Captured pieces change sides immediately, occupying the square the capturer moved from. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Conquest ®. A popular board game, designed and marketed by Donald Benge. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Conservative Capablanca Chess. Alternative, more traditional Capablanca chess setup.
- Constable Chess. Introducing the Constable piece on an H-shaped board. A game for attacking players. With zrf.
- Constable-Spiel. Chess on a 16x8 board with an assortment of pieces. (16x8, Cells: 128)
- Constabulary Chess. Chess on an 8x10 board with compound piece types added. (8x10, Cells: 80)
- Construction. Chess pieces are modelled after construction vehicles. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Construction Chess. The idea for this variant is to give each player the possibility to construct his own chess army.
- The Consuls. Chess with two Kings and Pawns that can capture as Bishop, Knight, and Rook on the enemy side.
- Contact Chess. Connecting pieces enhances movement, attack and defense. Powerful pawns and kings.
- Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description
Contest to design a 10-chess variant. Cebrating 10 years of Chess Variant Pages with a contest to design a chess variant.
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 38 squares.. Missing description
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 39 squares.. Missing description
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 40 squares. Missing description
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 41 squares. Missing description
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 42 squares. Missing description
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 43 squares. Missing description
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 44 squares. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition.
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 84 spaces.. 84 Spaces Contest begins!
- Contest to design a chess variant with exactly 32 turns.. Missing description
- Contest: Hexagonal chess problem solving, 2001. Missing description
- Contest: Large variant design, 1999. Missing description
- Contest: the 9 Queens Problem. Put 9 queens and 1 or 2 pawns such that queens do not see each other. Send your solution before Feb 29, and win a book!
- Continental Chess. Continental Chess is Chess Variations with many types of pieces such as stepper, leaper, hopper and rider. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Continuous Chess. There are no 'squares' on the board, and pieces are not restricted to moving discrete distances.
- Contragrasshopper. Moves as queen but must always jump first.
- Contramatic Chess. You must not check the opposing king, or leave him in check.
- Contramatic Chess. This king can walk right into check! The goal for this king is to get checkmated.
- Contrast Chess. Pieces lose or gain strength depending on the colour of the square they stand on. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Convergent Chess. Attack king directly or move to its home square on board with 40 squares. (6x6, Cells: 40)
- Convergent Chess . Attack king directly or move to its home square on board with 40 squares.
- Conversion Chess. A co-chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Conversion Chess. I chose this one to represent the entire family of co-chess.
- Conveyor Chess. Large variant with conveyor belt on middle of board. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Coordinator. Takes in `coordination' with king.
- Coordinator Chess. Dekle's Coordinator Chess, featuring the Coordinator that captures in coordination with the king (with zrf).
- Copper, Silver, Gold: An Indestructible Metallic Alloy. Game with indestructible metallic alloys. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Copycat Chess. New piece added which copies move of just-moved piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Copyright and the Chess Variant Pages. Missing description
- Coregal Chess. King and Queen(s) are royal.
- Coregal Chess. Both kings and queens are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Coregal Chess . Both kings and queens are royal.
- Coregal Chess 2. King and Queen(s) are royal. Queens may not cross a square under attack.
- Corner Chess. Two or four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board with pieces starting in the corners. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Corner Chess. Fast-paced variant without pawns.
- Corner Chess II. Tony Paletta's modern version of Farmer's Chess.
- Corner Rooks Skirmish. All pieces except the Rooks are pushed forward a rank.
- Corner-square chess. Taking is only allowed when your king is on a cornersquare. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- A Cornucopia of 9x9 Corner variants. The title speaks for itself. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Coronation Chess. Bishop and rook can fuse to replace the queen.
- Corral Chess. Force the opponent to the center in this 45/46 Cell Contest entry. (2x(5x9), Cells: 46)
- Corral Chess.. Force the opponent to the center in this 45/46 Cell Contest entry.
- Correlator Chess. Introducing the Correlator which captures by correlating with the king (with zrf).
- Corridor Chess. Setup by Tony Paletta.
- Corridor Chess. FIDE but subtracting rook pawns and setting pieces up in house in middle.
- Corrugated Chess. A minimally-3d answer to the problem of symmetric-array 9-file variants. (9x8, Cells: 72)
- Cosmic Chess. Macrocosm and microcosm. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Cosmic Chess. Website with program that lets you play this game against others on the WWW.
- Cost Progressive Chess. Pieces cost varing amounts of movement points to move, and each turn you get more movement points to move them with. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Cotati Chess. Promotion of a Pawn wins the game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Counsellor Chess . Variant on 12 by 8 board that adds Elephants and Counsellors.
- Counsellor Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board that adds Elephants and Counsellors. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Countdown. Ten player game with sf-theme. (10x(), Cells: 100)
- Countdown Queens. Each queen can make at most 7 moves in the whole game.
- Counter Chess. Units may not capture those taller than they are.
- Courier 'de la Dama' . Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and other changes for more dynamic play.
- Courier 'de la Dama'. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and other changes for more dynamic play. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. (12x8, Cells: 96) (Recognized!)
- Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe.
- Courier Chess. Play this historic Chess variant with Jocly.
- Courier Chess. Early German version.
- Courier Chess . A large historic variant from Medieval Europe.
- Courier Chess. A painting of a Courier Chess game by the famous Dutch painter Lucas van Leyden, from 1510.
- Courier Chess (modified). Missing description (8x12, Cells: 96)
- Courier Chess - Modified. Fourth and Fifth Courier Chess variant modifications....
- Courier Chess - Printable Rule Booklet - FREE DOWNLOAD. Easy to Print Concise Rule Booklet of the Medieval Courier Game.
- Courier Chess Moderno. A modern variant of the historical variant Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Courier Chess VIII. A re-imagining of Courier Chess, on a smaller board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Courier de los Combinados. Variant with the most Basic Combinations of Knight, Camel, FIDE pieces, with ferzes, wazirs and guards.
- Courier de los Combinados. A cross between Courier de la Dama and Wildebeest Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Courier Elephant. Missing description
- Courier Eurasion Chess. Eurasian Chess meets Courier-Spiel.
- The Courier Game. Description of Courier Chess, with printable pieces and board. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Courier Leapale. Extrapolating Courier Kamil to 3 dimensions. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216)
- Courier-Spiel. 19th century variant of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Courier-Spiel . This is a more modern variant of Courier Chess in 19th.
- Courier-Spiel. More modern version of Courier Chess, with Queen added.
- Courrier Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Courtyard. Combines the ease of learning checkers with the challenge and variety of chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Courtyard . Variant on 5 by 8 board.
- Courtyard. Variant on 5 by 8 board. (5x8, Cells: 40)
- Courtyard Photographs. Photo's of constructed set of 40 squares variant.
- Coward Chess . King captures usual/moves a sq. only by switching places.
- Cowardly Crew. After a capture, adjacent pieces can change sides. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Cows and Butterflies. A simple Chess-like game of exchanges and promotions.
- Cows and Butterflies . A simple Chess-like game of exchanges and promotions.
- Crab. Jumps as knight but only `narrow forwards' or `wide backwards'.
- Crab Chess (Chess4). Blocked flank pawns are have an additional jump move to empty square (with zrf).
- Crazy 38's. On strange board with 38 squares. (Cells: 38) (Recognized!)
- Crazy 38's . On strange board with 38 squares.
- Crazy 38's. Ben Good's Crazy 38's on the Game Courier.
- Crazy 38's: A Final Word. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: Drops. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: Gameplay. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: Notation. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: The Bishop. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: The Board. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: The Gold General. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: The Home Square. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: The King. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: The Knight. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: The Object of the Game. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: The Pawn. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: The Pieces. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: The Rook. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: The Silver General. Missing description
- Crazy 38's: The Starting Setup. Missing description
- Crazy Lightning Chess. Speed chess combined with an umpire calling out random rule changes.
- Crazyhouse. Play this two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!)
- Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Crazyhouse . A two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!)
- Crazyhouse Chess. One-board Bughouse.
- Crazyhouse Kriegspiel. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Crazyhouse No Retreat Morphy Chess. Normal Crazyhouse except pieces cannot move backwards.
- Crazyhouse No Retreat Morphy Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- CrazyKrieg. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- CrazyWar. CrazyWar is normal Crazyhouse with extra pieces.
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- Create Member Submitted Zillions Item. Chess Variant Pages members can post their own Zillions files to the site!
- Creating Hexagonal Board Graphics. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Creation Chess. Pieces on the far rank may give birth to hybrids.
- Creative Chess. Load your own units as you like.
- Credo Chess for Three. Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK.
- Credo Hexagonal Chess ("Rose Chess"). Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK.
- Cripple Chess. The king may move only to capture.
- Critters: Chesimals III. Chesimals redesigned.
- Crooked Bishop. Moves in a diagonal zigzagline.
- The Crooked Bishop. Missing description
- The Crooked Bishop. Revisiting the Crooked Bishop.
- Crooked Board Chess. Variant on a board of standard size but odd shape. (8x12, Cells: 64)
- Crooked Chess. Chess variant with pieces inspired by the Sissa piece.
- Crooked Queen. Moves in a diagonal zigzagline or like a Rook.
- Cross Chess. Game played on a cross-shaped board. (Cells: 64)
- Cross Chess . Game played on a cross-shaped board.
- Cross Chess. Popular in Australia.
- Cross-Eyed Chess . Two player variant on cross-shaped board.
- Cross-Eyed Chess. Two player variant on cross-shaped board. (12x12, Cells: 84)
- Cross3D Chess . 3D Chess game where pieces are arranged in a cross shape.
- Cross3D Chess. 3D Chess game where pieces are arranged in a cross shape. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512)
- Crossbishop Chess. Introducing the Crossbishop piece, with interesting cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable).
- Crossbishop_Chess (8x10). A big-board variant featuring the new Crossbishop piece, an advanced cannon relative (Zillions file downloadable).
- Crossfire. A game with 'darts' and 'double darts' (crossfire). (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Crossover Chess. Two player variant with crossshaped board. (12x12, Cells: 64)
- Crossover-piece Dual Direction Variants. Variants adding different moves in the dual direction to already dual pieces. ()
- Crossroads. Crossing the diagonals generate figures. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Crossrook Chess. Introducing the Crossrook, a versatile piece with cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable).
- Crosstunnel. A cross between Tunnelchess and Fivequarters. (4x(8x8), Cells: 196)
- Crouching Stepper, Hidden Rider. Xiang Qi pieces' moves lengthen and shorten with location. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Crowd Chess 1: Safety in Numbers. More pieces can occupy the same square - you can only form or move to a crowd by a non-capturing move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Crowd Chess 2: All Go Together. More pieces can occupy the same square and share the same fate. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Crowded Angle 10x10 Chess . Variant where pieces are set up in a L-shape on a 10x10 board.
- Crown. Players secretly decide whether their king or queen (who moves like the king) is royal.
- Crown Chess. Place your own units on the board, starting with the king,.
- The Crown of Krithala. Pieces move a crown which the opponent wants to capture.
- Crown Prince Chess. One Knight on each side is replaced by a Crown Prince. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Crown Prince Chess. Missing description
- Crowned Knight. Moves as Knight or Man. Also known as Centaur.
- Crowned Rook. Moves as Rook or Ferz. Also known as Dragon King.
- Cruise Pawns. Pawns can shoot away like cruise missiles. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Crush Chess. After every 10 moves, the perimeter disappears.
- Crushed Chess. After every 10 turns, the perimeter disappears.
- The crushing conquerers. another experimental chess with different armies army. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- CSIPGS (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic) Chess Variants. Variants on csipgs Chess and a handy overview of its rules.
- csipgs Chess. Design and buy new chess pieces during play. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Cuarenta . Played only of the light-colored squares of a 9 by 9 board.
- Cuarenta. Played only of the light-colored squares of a 9 by 9 board.
- Cuban Chaturang. 10x10 variant from Havana with Vampire Bats that move as King, Knight or Zebra.
- Cuban Chess. 10x10 variant from Havana with Vampire Bats that move as King, Knight or Zebra.
- Cube Chess. Chess board is a cube with 4 playable sides, each with a 4x4 grid. (4x(4x4), Cells: 64)
- Cube Shogi. Shogi with cube-shaped pieces.
- Cube+. Three dimensional chess variant with 38 squares. (3x(3x4), Cells: 38)
- Cube+ . Three dimensional chess variant with 38 squares.
- Cube-Surface Board Chesses. Missing description (6x(8x8), Cells: 384)
- Cubic Chess. Three dimensional chess variant on 7 by 7 by 7 board. (Link.). (7x(7x7), Cells: 343)
- Culverin Chess. The Culverin is a cannon that can move like a king but must jump to capture (+zrf).
- Culverin Chess. Introducing the Culverin cannon, which is dropped among standard pieces (zrf exists).
- Cupid Chess 3. Pieces trace out geometrical patterns suggested by the way they are designed.
- Curiouser and Curiouser . A pamphlet describing several fanciful chess variants.
- Cursed Chess. Squares where a piece is taken become forbidden for the capturing player. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Cursed Chess. Squares where you have slain an enemy become uncrossable.
- Curved Space. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (7x(), Cells: 64)
- Custodian Chess. A combination of Chess and ancient Tafl games. (7x7, Cells: 49)
- The Custom Crushers. A 'build it yourself' Chess with Different Armies army inspired by the Corps from 12 Augmenters Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Cutthroat ForChess. Four players, each playing alone, on an ordinary board.
- Cutty Camels. Army for Chess with Different Armies that features Wizard from Omega Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- CVP Hall of Champions. See who has prevailed in all the competitions we've ever held, and hints about the future.
- CwDA: the Shatranjian Shooters. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Cycle Chess. Variant on a board with 39 cells, three of which are special. (6x6, Cells: 39)
- Cycle Chess . Variant on a board with 39 cells, three of which are special.
- Cyclohex. 3-player round hex variant. (24x5, Cells: 120)
- Cylinder Chess. Play Cylindrical Chess on Jocly.
- Cylinder Chess. First and eighth files connect.
- A Cylinder chess puzzle - 1. Missing description
- A Cylinder chess puzzle - 2. Missing description
- Cylindrical Chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Cylindrical Chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected.
- The Cylindrical Cinders. Army for Chess with Different Armies where many of the pieces can move as if the board was a cylinder.
- Cypher Chess. Game with novel piece.
- Czech Chess. Drop pawns by checking the King. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- D B Extreme ! (Doppelganger BordahBee Extreme). Doppelganger BordahBee Combo with Very High Capturing Potential.
- d10 Chess. Roll a ten sided die (d10) every turn to determine which pieces may be moved. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- d4 d6 chess. Dice determine the number of steps you can move with your piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Dabbaba. Freeware program playing chess and a number of chess variants.
- Dabbabah. Historical piece leaping two squares horizontally or vertically.
- Dabbabante Chess. Variant played on a 10x10 board with Super Dabbabah pieces.
- Dabbabante Chess. 2,0 runner need not stop for intervening units.
- Dabbabante Chess. Played on a 10x10 board with Super Dabbabah pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Dada. The colorbound chess variant. (7x10, Cells: 70)
- Dada. The colorbound chess variant.
- Dagger Chess. Hexagonal variant on board with 39 squares. (Cells: 39)
- Dai Dai Shogi. Extremely large Shogi variant invented in the 17th century.
- Dai Dai Shogi. Historical large Shogi variant. (17x17, Cells: 289)
- Dai Dai Shogi Western. Missing description (17x17, Cells: 289)
- Dai Kagamigi. Even larger version of Kagamigi, with pieces biased toward the center. (15x15, Cells: 225)
- Dai Mitregi. Still larger Mitregi offshoot, replacing the Generals with longer-range pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Dai Seireigi. Variant of Dai Shogi playable with drops. (15x15, Cells: 225)
- Dai Seireigi. Variant of Dai Shogi playable with drops. (15x15, Cells: 225)
- Dai Shogi. Large armies including a multi-capturing Lion battle each other on a big board. (15x15, Cells: 225)
- Dai Shogi. Shogi variant on 15 by 15 board. (Link.).
- Dai Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Dai Shogi set.
- Dai-Dai Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Dai-dai Shogi set.
- Dai-Ryu Shogi. Large Shogi variant with new pieces. (9x16, Cells: 144)
- Danadazo. Game played on the 47 edges of a grid with rounded corners, borrowing elements from Tafl. (Cells: 47)
- Dark Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are.
- Dark Chess . You can see all of your pieces, but only those of your opponent that you attack.
- Dark Chess II. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are.
- Dark Chess variants. Possible other rules for Dark(ness) Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Darkness Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Dart Chess. Chess on a 6x6 board with a new piece: the Dart. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- Dart Chess . Chess on a 6x6 board with a new piece: the Dart.
- Dartboard Chess. circular all-three-compounds variant, with different orthogonal ranges on different files. (5x20, Cells: 100)
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