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Cambodian Chess 
. Mysterious 9x9 "Cambodian" Chess game that seems unknown in Cambodia. Author: Ivan Derzhanski.
- Cannibal Chess . Pieces get the powers of a piece they take. Author: Marek14 .
- Cannon Chess . Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. Inventor: Peter Michaelsen.
- Cannon Shogi . Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. Inventor: Peter Michaelsen.
- Cannons and Crabs . A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers). Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
- Cannons of Chesstonia . Cannons launch a Pawn, Wazir, Ferz and Stone to increase strategical and tactical play. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Canonical Chess Variants . A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess. By Tony Paletta.
- Canopus . Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid. By Roberto Lavieri.
- Capablanca Shatranj
. Capablanca Chess with Chancellor and Archbishop replaced by Shatranj type pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Capablanca's chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
- Captain Spalding Chess . Find an Elephant in your Pajamas. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Capture-the-flag Chess . A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Thomas Cameron.
- Cardmate . Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games. By Ivan Derzhanski.
- Carnage . Features new pieces that attack by detonation, withdrawal, approach, and immobilization. By Charles Daniel.
- Carrera Drop Chess. Game with extra cannons. By Namik Zade.
- Castle Chess . White must prevent black from castling. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
- Castle Siege Chess . Byzantine Chess merged with 6x6 chess board. By Richard VanDeventer.
- Catapults of Troy . Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Cavalier Chess . All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
- Cavalry Chess . A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
- Cazaux Chess. Some chess variants invented by Jean-Louis Cazaux, along with some others. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- CC chess . Missing description By Namik Zade.
- CCC-FF . Missing description By Namik Zade.
- CCC-FF(updated) . Missing description By Namik Zade.
- CCC-FF(updated) with zrf.file. Missing description By Namik Zade.
- CCChess new generations. Missing description By Namik Zade.
- CCChess-FF(In-Yan variant). Missing description By Namik Zade.
- Centaur Chess . All pieces except Pawns move backwards as Knights. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Centaur Royal and Double Centaur Royal . Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
- Centennial Chess . 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. Author: David Howe. Inventor: John William Brown.
- The Central Squares . 3d chess variant where all three levels share their central squares. By João Pedro Neto.
- Chakra . Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
- Chameleon . Chess variant on board of 41 colored squares, where pieces change type depending on color of square the move to. By Tony Quintanilla.
- Chameleon Chess . Each player has a King and 11 Chameleons whose moves are determined by the type of square they are on. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: P. D. Magnus.
- The Chance Game . Missing description By Namik Zade.
- Changling Chess. Rooks become Bishops and Bishops become Rooks when moved. By Karl Scherer.
- Charge Chess . Pieces must move forwards or sideways until they hit the last row. By Jeremy Pflasterer.
- Chaturaji modern-variant (4-handed Chaturanga without dice) . Missing description By Emmanuel Baud.
- Chaturanga . Version with fancy graphics. Author: David Howe.
- Chaturanga . Oldest known form of chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
- Chaturanga . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
- Chaturanga 10x10. Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Chaturanga 4-84 . An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces on an 84-square board. By Peter Aronson.
- Chaturanga-Shatranj-Senterej . Oldest known version of Chess plus Arabic Chess plus a guess at Ethiopian Chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
- Chazz . Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
- Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move. By Robert Price.
- Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move. Author: Gary Baydo. Inventor: Robert Price.
- Cheer Chess. All pieces are boosted by sideline Cheerers. By Ken Franklin.
- Cheshire Cat Chess . When a unit leaves a square, the square vanishes. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Chesica . Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
- Cheskers . Cross-variant between chess and checkers. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
- Cheskers and Grand Cheskers . Cross-variant between chess and checkers, with variants on larger boards. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
- Chesquerque . Variant played on a quadruple Alquerque board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: George Dekle.
- Chess - The Speed Game . Chess on a 5 by 6 board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: ? denOude.
- Chess 2000 . Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Gerhard Josten.
- Chess 68 . 8 x 8 board with 4 extra corner squares, two extra piece types.
- Chess Battle . Military-themed Chess variant on a large board, invented in the Soviet Union in 1933. Author: Roger Norling. Inventor: A. S. Yurgelevich.
- Chess Cubed. Played within a 4x4x4 cube. By Larry L. Smith.
- Chess II . Two extra files with two additional pieces (princes) on each side. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jesse A. Obligacion.
- Chess in the Fast Lane . The 64-squares of a regular Chess board are grouped into 41 "regions" producing a small board that looks full size. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Francois Tremblay.
- Chess Olympic . Kings, Queens and Pawns have additional moves, and victory is by capture instead of checkmate. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Redzo Kolakovic.
- Chess on a 12 by 12 Board . Orthodox chess but with additional squares around the setup. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Doug Vogel.
- Chess on a Board with 37 Squares . Game with full Chess arrays minus a Pawn on a 37 square board without any corners. Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
- Chess on a Larger Board with not so few Pieces Dropped . Game with an interesting mix of Orthochess and Exotic pieces, some of which start in-hand. By Antoine Fourrière.
- Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added . On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces. By David Howe.
- Chess on a Soccer Ball . Chess played on the 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons of a soccer ball. By David Cannon.
- Chess on the Rainbows. Players must retain a piece on all 6 colors of a 6-color board.
- Chess Soccer . Chess Soccer game on a 9x9 board with no Pawns, no Captures, two goals and one ball. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
- Chess with Batteries . Special Battery piece which augments the powers of other pieces. By Roberto Lavieri.
- Chess with Cyclical Armies . Whenever a piece moves, it changes to another type of piece of vaguely similar value. By Peter Aronson.
- Chess with Different Armies . Play chess but with different types of armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Chess with Different Armies . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Chess with Different Armies . Massive version of Chess with Different Armies with index page and many experimental armies. Author: Peter S. Hatch. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Chess with Different Armies . Play chess but with different types of armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Chess with Different Periods . A Turn-related variant of Los Alamos Chess. Players may play with many modest variants. By Yu Ren Dong.
- Chess with Ultima, Rococo and Supremo Pieces . A series of variants with the Orthochess array transplanted to a 10x10 board and various exotic pieces added. By Peter Aronson.
- Chess without pawns . Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. Author: Mats Winther. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
- Chess37 . A chess variant on a board with 37 squares where pieces outside of the center 9 squares move like Kings. Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: David Howe.
- Chessapawn . Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting. By Robert Price.
- Chessence . Variant on a 9 x 6 board with 8 missing squares, immobile Kings, and 9 pieces whose movement depends on their spatial relation. Author: Alfred Pfeiffer. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
- Chesseract . Four dimensional chess variant. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
- Chessgi . Captured units become yours to drop onto the board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- 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. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
- ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
- Chessopoly . Board with a hole in the middle where pawns move clockwise. Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- ChessVariants.zrf. 17 variants in 1 file. By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Chinese Checkers Chess . Some pieces may make multiple jumps as in Chinese Checkers. By Ken Franklin.
- Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Gianni Cottogni.
- Chu Shogi. Shogi variant on 12 by 12 board.
- Chu Shogi Western . Missing description Author: Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Cincinnati 4-Way Chess . Four player chess variant from Cincinnati. Author: Robert Price.
- Circular Chess . Chess on a round board with modern pieces. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
- Circular Perspective Chess . Pieces must travel through a central point to get to the opponent's side of the board. Author: Andrew Juell.
- Citadel Shatranj . A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadel. Author: Marek14 .
- The Clash of Civilizations Chess (Updated) . Missing description By Namik Zade.
- Clash of Command . Chesslike game with pieces that change and leave behind other pieces on
special board.
- The Clash of Continents Chess . Missing description By Namik Zade.
- Cleopatra Chess . No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. By Dan Troyka.
- Clockwork Orange Chess . Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. By Fergus Duniho.
- Cobra Chess . Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces, including the Cobra. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Derick Peterson.
- Coherent Chess . Variant on 9 by 9 board with special knights. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Carlos Cetina.
- Colossus . With twice the number of Rooks, Bishops and Knights. Also includes 5 new variants with exotic pieces. By Charles Daniel.
- Combination Chess . Pieces give their movement capabilities to friendly pieces in their zone of influence. By David Howe.
- 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. By Peter Aronson.
- Commando Pawn Chess . Once a Pawn crosses the midpoint of the board, it moves like a Berolina Pawn. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Complete Chess . on big board with riding and leaping piece families. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Thomas .
- Confusion Chess1b . Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Convergent Chess . Attack king directly or move to its home square on board with 40 squares. By A.J. Winkelspecht.
- Coregal Chess . Both kings and queens are royal. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Counsellor Chess . Variant on 12 by 8 board that adds Elephants and Counsellors. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: R. Douglas Wells.
- Countdown Queens. Each queen can make at most 7 moves in the whole game.
- Courier 'de la Dama' . Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and other changes for more dynamic play. By Nuno Cruz.
- Courier Chess . A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. Author: Francis Monkman.
- Courier-Spiel . This is a more modern variant of Courier Chess in 19th. By Yu Ren Dong.
- Courrier Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
- Courtyard . Variant on 5 by 8 board. Author: Marek14 .
- Coward Chess . King captures usual/moves a sq. only by switching places. By Ken Franklin.
- Cows and Butterflies . A simple Chess-like game of exchanges and promotions. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jennifer Aronson.
- Crazy 38's . On strange board with 38 squares. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Ben Good.
- Crazyhouse . A two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Crazyhouse No Retreat Morphy Chess. Normal Crazyhouse except pieces cannot move backwards. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- CrazyWar. CrazyWar is normal Crazyhouse with extra pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Cross Chess . Game played on a cross-shaped board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Leigh Miller.
- Cross-Eyed Chess . Two player variant on cross-shaped board. Author: Dan Troyka. Inventor: Uri Bruck.
- Cross3D Chess . 3D Chess game where pieces are arranged in a cross shape. By Stephane Burkhart.
- Crowded Angle 10x10 Chess . Variant where pieces are set up in a L-shape on a 10x10 board. By Uwe Wiedemann.
- Cuarenta . Played only of the light-colored squares of a 9 by 9 board. By Mark Thompson.
- Cuban Chaturang. 10x10 variant from Havana with Vampire Bats that move as King, Knight or Zebra. Author: Ivan Derzhanski. Inventor: German A. Mentz.
- Cube+ . Three dimensional chess variant with 38 squares. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jim Aikin.
- Cycle Chess . Variant on a board with 39 cells, three of which are special. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Andy Kurnia.
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