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Caïssa. Christian Freeling's game with a royal queen. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Cambodian Chess. Historic 9x9 game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Canadian Chess. Captured units are replaced immediately. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Canadian Chess II. Queens are replaced as rooks, rooks as bishops, etc. Pawns are not. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Canadian Progressive Chess. Usually Canadian Chess is played progressively. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cannon Chess. Rooks and Bishops move and capture after the style of Chinese cannons. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Capablanca Chess. 8x10 board variant by the grandmaster. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca Chess 10x10. 10x10 board variant by the grandmaster. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capapranka Chess. A cap renders a square and any occupant non-functional. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Capped Pawn Chess. White must checkmate with a move of the KBP or lose. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Capricorn Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Capture the Flag Chess. As in the kids' tag game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Capturing Progressive Chess. Scotch Chess, but if no capture is made the count drops back to one. Author: Ed Friedlander.
CardChess for Four. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
CardChess for Teams. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
CardChess for Three. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
CardChess for Two. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Carnivore Chess. Each turn, also move an uncapturable predator. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Carrera Chess. 10x8 version described in 1617. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: D. Pietro Carrera.
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Cavalry Chess. Enhanced moves for all pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Center of Attention Chess. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Johan Richter.
Centerless Chess. No center pawns or squares. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Central Chess. Move twice per turn, once in center and once on edge. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chad. Christian Freeling's simple game of complex strategy. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Chameleon Chess. Begin with 16 pawns which evolve. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Chance Chess. Randomizer determines what units you may move. Free move out of check. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chancellor Chess. Classic 9x9 board with rook-knight. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
Chaos Chess. Random starting positions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Allen Jett.
Chatty Chess. Four-handed game using normal board and pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chaturanga for Four. Ancient partnership game, sometimes said to be the. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chaturanga for Four -- Machiavellian Version. Cutthroat new version. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Zimmerman.
Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cheapmate Chess. You may make one illegal move in order to checkmate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert Price.
Cheapo. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Check Force Chess. The player giving check decides how the opponent escapes. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce R Trone.
Checkers Chess. Pieces may not move backwards until they have visited the. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
Checkless Chess. You may not check unless it is mate. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Andy Lewicki.
Cheshire Cat Chess. When a unit leaves a square, the square vanishes. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Cheshire Cat Chess, 10 x 10. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Cheskers. The most popular cross between checkers and chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
Chess 3D. A java applet that plays a three dimensional chess variant. By Marius Soska.
Chess Addresses. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Veli Toukomies.
Chess Draughts. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
Chess for Three . Website with Java server for three player chess.
Chess in the Third Dimension. Three-D proprietary game from Skor-Mor. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chess Mazes. Chess based maze puzzles.
Chess Playing Application. Also plays: Elena Chess, Do-or-Die, Demi Chess, Diana Chess, Half Chess, HP Chess, Haynie's PC, and Courtyard. Author: André Heuner.
Chess Variant Applets. Ed Friedlander's Chess variants applet site. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chess with Reserves. Load your units during the game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: E. Slater.
Chess-Merels. Lining up three units in a row captures the last enemy unit moved. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chessapeak Four-Handed Chess. Based on Chessapeak Challenge, arguably the best commercial four-player chess game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chessenat. Game from Columbia with custodial captures. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chessence. Units move and capture depending on their proximity to their colleagues. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
Chessers. Pieces may ride pawns to the end ranks. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Chessgi. Captured units become yours to drop onto the board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chessky. Dice rolls determine how the units move. Author: Ed Friedlander.
ChessMatch. Chess variant with a hand of cards that allow movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wayne Eberhart.
Chex. Cards with pieces form the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David L. Smith.
Chimera Chess. Chimeras cannot capture or be captured, but swap positions with the enemy units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). Number of players is probably comparable to FIDE chess players. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chitty-Chatty Chess. Four-handed partnership game intended to introduce newcomers to Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
Choiss. Starting with a 2x2 center, players assemble a 64 square board of any shape before play. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter A. Victor.
Church Chess. Seven Bishops replace all backrow pieces other than the King. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Ciccolini's Chess. Large variant from the early 1800's. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Guiseppi Ciccolini.
Cincinnati Four-Way Chess. Four player chess variant from Cincinnati. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Circe Chess. Classic variant in which pieces are returned to their squares of origin if possible. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Pierre Monréal.
Circe Progressive Chess. The usual way in which Circe chess is played today. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
Circe Progressive Chess. Progressive variant where captured pieces return to their original square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
Circe Vulcanici. Progressive Circe chess, units returning as in the non-progressive game, waiting if needed until the square becomes available. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
Circean Chess. Large variant in which pawns evolve into kings. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Circular. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Citadel. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Citadel Chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadels. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Coalition. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Codrus. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Coffee Chinese Chess. A freeware Java applet for playing Chinese Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Pham Hong Nguyen.
Cohen's Error Chess. Columbia Cannon Chess, only with Korean style cannons. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Coin. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Colorbound. Missing description By Ed Friedlander.
Columbia Cannon. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Compact Chess. Small version popular in South Africa. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Compromise Chess. If you have two legal moves, your opponent may. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Confederation Chess. Two pieces can fuse into a stronger unit, and can dissociate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Congo. Animals fight on 7 by 7 board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Connect Chess. Win by connecting the opposite ranks with a chain of mutually supporting units. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Contramatic Chess. You must not check the opposing king, or leave him in check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Conversion Chess. I chose this one to represent the entire family of co-chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Coregal Chess. King and Queen(s) are royal. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Coregal Chess 2. King and Queen(s) are royal. Queens may not cross a square under attack. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Corner Chess. Fast-paced variant without pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Derek Nalls.
Corner Chess II. Tony Paletta's modern version of Farmer's Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Corner Rooks Skirmish. All pieces except the Rooks are pushed forward a rank. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Coronation Chess. Bishop and rook can fuse to replace the queen. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Corridor Chess. Setup by Tony Paletta. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Counter Chess. Units may not capture those taller than they are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl O. Hill.
Courier Chess. Early German version. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Crazyhouse Chess. One-board Bughouse. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Creation Chess. Pieces on the far rank may give birth to hybrids. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce Trove.
Creative Chess. Load your own units as you like. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Marve Meirovitz.
Credo Chess for Three. Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Credo Hexagonal Chess ("Rose Chess"). Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cripple Chess. The king may move only to capture. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David B. Pritchard.
Cross Chess. Popular in Australia. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Leigh Miller.
Crown Chess. Place your own units on the board, starting with the king,. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Crown Prince Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Matthew Chrzaszcz.
Crush Chess. After every 10 moves, the perimeter disappears. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cuban Chess. 10x10 variant from Havana with Vampire Bats that move as King, Knight or Zebra. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: German A. Mentz.
Cursed Chess. Squares where you have slain an enemy become uncrossable. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeremy Dunn.
Cutthroat ForChess. Four players, each playing alone, on an ordinary board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Rogers.
Cylinder Chess. First and eighth files connect. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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10 'Sold commercially' entries listed	3 'Chess combined with some other game or sport' entries listed
1 'Solitaire game, puzzle or chess problem' entry listed	3 'Xiangqi, or Xiangqi-based' entries listed

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