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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. 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 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. Play this hybrid of Chess and Shogi.
- Chessgi. Drop the pieces you take from your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chessgi. Captured units become yours to drop onto the board.
- Chessgi . Captured units become yours to drop onto the board.
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.
- ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 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.
- Chessopoly. Board with a hole in the middle where pawns move clockwise. (12x12, Cells: 128)
- 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)
- Chieftain Chess. Missing description (16x12, Cells: 192)
- Chieftain Chess. Large variant using 4 royal pieces with command control, multi-piece moves and pieces that may shift direction as they move.
- Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights.
- Chigorin Chess. Knights and Chancellor vs. Bishops and Queen.
- Chimera Chess. Chimeras cannot capture or be captured, but swap positions with the enemy units.
- Chimera Chess. The highlight of this chess variant are the Chimera pieces, which are substantially enhanced versions of the orthodox Knight.
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. Information on book on Xiangqi.
- Chinese Chess. Play Xiang Qi, the Chinese form of Chess.
- 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. Cross between Shogi and Chess.
- Chogi. A step further further to shogi from chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 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. Starting with a 2x2 center, players assemble a 64 square board of any shape before play.
- Choiss. First place your squares, then your pawns, then your pieces, then move.
- Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn.
- 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. Play this large Japanese Shogi variant on Jocly.
- Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!)
- Chu Shogi. Shogi variant on 12 by 12 board.
- Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion.
- Chu Shogi Applet with Assorted Tsumeshogis. An applet for playing Chu Shogi, complete with an AI, a Position Lab, and a collection of Tsumeshogi problems. (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. Classic variant in which pieces are returned to their squares of origin if possible.
- Circe Chess. Captured pieces return to their original square. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Circe Chess problem 1. Series selfmate circe chess problem.
- Circe Chess problem 2. Helpstalemate circe chess problem.
- Circe Progressive Chess. The usual way in which Circe chess is played today.
- 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 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 . Chess on a round board with modern pieces.
- Circular Chess. D. Reynolds's Circular Chess, a modern version of a Byzantine variant (with zrf).
- Circular Chess. Chess on a round board. (16x4, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Circular Chess. Unique circular board. Sells boards, pieces, and software.
- Circular Chess. PBM Preset for Circular Chess.
- Circular Chess. Play this modern form of Circular Chess on Jocly.
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. Missing description
- Citadel. Simple chess variant from early 20th century on 45 degrees turned board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 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. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 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.
- 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.
- Clockwork Orange Chess. Condition your opponent's pieces to be non-violent.
- 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. 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)
- Cobra Chess . Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces, including the Cobra.
- 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 . 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. Coherent Chess on the Game Courier.
- 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. Large chess variant with combination pieces.
- 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.
- 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. (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.
- 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. The Queen may have a companion. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Companion Chess. Missing description (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. Carrera pieces given additional falcon movement ability are added to wide 8 row board.
- Complete Permutation Chess. Game with all possible combinations of Falcon, Rook, Bishop and Knight on the back row. (16x8, Cells: 128)
- 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. Propose two moves and your opponent selects one for you. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Compromise Chess. If you have two legal moves, your opponent may.
- 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. Animals fight on 7 by 7 board.
- Congo. Demian Freeling's Congo on the Game Courier.
- Connect Chess. Players win by forming a link between the first and last ranks of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Connect Chess. Win by connecting the opposite ranks with a chain of mutually supporting units.
- 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.
- Convergent Chess. Attack king directly or move to its home square on board with 40 squares. (6x6, Cells: 40)
- 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. Both kings and queens are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Coregal Chess. King and Queen(s) are royal.
- 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. FIDE but subtracting rook pawns and setting pieces up in house in middle.
- Corridor Chess. Setup by Tony Paletta.
- Corrugated Chess. A minimally-3d answer to the problem of symmetric-array 9-file variants. (9x8, Cells: 72)
- Cosmic Chess. Website with program that lets you play this game against others on the WWW.
- Cosmic Chess. Macrocosm and microcosm. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 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. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Courier 'de la Dama' . Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and other changes for more dynamic play.
- Courier Chess. Play this historic Chess variant with Jocly.
- Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. (12x8, Cells: 96) (Recognized!)
- Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe.
- 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. A cross between Courier de la Dama and Wildebeest Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Courier de los Combinados. Variant with the most Basic Combinations of Knight, Camel, FIDE pieces, with ferzes, wazirs and guards.
- 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. More modern version of Courier Chess, with Queen added.
- Courier-Spiel . This is a more modern variant of Courier Chess in 19th.
- 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.
- Crazy 38's. On strange board with 38 squares. (Cells: 38) (Recognized!)
- 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.
- Create Member Submitted Item. Chess Variant Pages members can post their own items to the site!
- 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. Popular in Australia.
- Cross Chess. Game played on a cross-shaped board. (Cells: 64)
- Cross Chess . Game played on a cross-shaped board.
- 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. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512)
- Cross3D Chess . 3D Chess game where pieces are arranged in a cross shape.
- 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. Missing description
- Crown Prince Chess. One Knight on each side is replaced by a Crown Prince. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 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. Introducing the Culverin cannon, which is dropped among standard pieces (zrf exists).
- Culverin Chess. The Culverin is a cannon that can move like a king but must jump to capture (+zrf).
- 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. First and eighth files connect.
- Cylinder Chess. Play Cylindrical Chess on Jocly.
- 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.
- Dada. The colorbound chess variant. (7x10, Cells: 70)
- 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. Shogi variant on 15 by 15 board. (Link.).
- Dai Shogi. Large armies including a multi-capturing Lion battle each other on a big board. (15x15, Cells: 225)
- 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 can see all of your pieces, but only those of your opponent that you attack.
- Dark Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are.
- 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)
- Darts chess. Darts are thrown to decide with which piece to move.
- Dave's Example Game. This is Dave Howe's example of a user-posted game. (2x2, Cells: 4)
- David Pritchard. Death notice.
- Davis Variation of Suicide Chess. Win by checkmate or by loosing your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- DCP.WOZ Chess. Large variant with unorthodox pieces. (9x10, Cells: 90)
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