Chess. Play Chess online with other people, using Game Courier, a PBM system that works with any web browser on any computer. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Cancellation Rules. Capturing results in left-over pieces based on the difference in point values of the two pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeff Zeitlin.
Cannibal Chess . Pieces get the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 .
CARDCHESS. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
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. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
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. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
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. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
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. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
Cardmate . Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Ivan Derzhanski.
Cardmate. Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Ivan Derzhanski.
Carnival of the Animals. A nearly-FIDE variant with Eurofighter Pawns (first implementation on an 8x8 board) dice (two aside for preference) which mutate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Cavalier. Piece from RennChess that steps one diagonally then slides orthogonally, or steps one orthogonally then slides diagonally. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Eric Greenwood.
Cavalier Chess . All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalry Chess . A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Cavalry Chess. A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Centennial Chess . 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: John William Brown.
Centennial Chess. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. (10x10, Cells: 100) By John William Brown.
Centennial Chess. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: John William Brown.
Chad. Castles and walls in a strategic deep chess variant. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Christian Freeling.
Chain of Fools. Game with a Chess set where the goal is form chains of defended pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
Chakra. Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Christian Freeling.
Chakra . Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Chamaeleon. Multiplayer variant with pieces moving differently depending on square color. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Wolfgang Großkopf.
Chameleon. Chess variant on board of 41 colored squares, where pieces change type depending on color of square the move to. (7x7, Cells: 41) By Tony Quintanilla.
Chameleon . Chess variant on board of 41 colored squares, where pieces change type depending on color of square the move to. (7x7, Cells: 41) 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. (6x7, Cells: 42) By P. D. Magnus.
Chameleon Chess . Each player has a King and 11 Chameleons whose moves are determined by the type of square they are on. (6x7, Cells: 42) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: P. D. Magnus.
Chatter Chess. Variant based on the idea of line chatter where rider pieces can switch to other friendly pieces' lines of movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Chess. Play Chess online with other people, using Game Courier, a PBM system that works with any web browser on any computer. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess Battle . Military-themed Chess variant on a large board, invented in the Soviet Union in 1933. (12x12, Cells: 128) Author: Roger Norling. Inventor: A. S. Yurgelevich.
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. (8x8, Cells: 41) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Francois Tremblay.
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. (8x8, Cells: 41) By Francois Tremblay.
Chess Olympic . Kings, Queens and Pawns have additional moves, and victory is by capture instead of checkmate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess Playing Application. Also plays: Elena Chess, Do-or-Die, Demi Chess, Diana Chess, Half Chess, HP Chess, Haynie's PC, and Courtyard. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: André Heuner.
The Chess Plus Deck. Traditional chess spliced with Dvorak cards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess Soccer . Chess Soccer game on a 9x9 board with no Pawns, no Captures, two goals and one ball. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
Chess2000 . Website of commercial chess variant with cards.
Chess3. Three dimensional board with three board parts. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) By James Melander.
Chess3. Chess-Cubed, a commercial, three level chess game. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: James Trimm.
Chess37 . A chess variant on a board with 37 squares where pieces outside of the center 9 squares move like Kings. (Cells: 37) Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: David Howe.
Chess37. A chess variant on a board with 37 squares where pieces outside of the center 9 squares move like Kings. (Cells: 37) By David Howe.
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) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
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) Author: Alfred Pfeiffer. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
Chessence. Units move and capture depending on their proximity to their colleagues. (6x9, Cells: 46) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
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. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
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. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
Chessma 84. Game with elements of Chess and Ultima on a board with two levels with special corner squares. (10x10x2, Cells: 84) By Antoine Fourrière.
ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
Chessnuts 1999. Chessnuts is the newsletter of the Circular Chess Society. This is the 1999 issue. Author: Rob Stevens.
cHEXx . Multiplayer chess variant on hexagonal board. (Cells: 211)
Chezzle. Chess-like game played with puzzle pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jarrod Aden.
Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Choiss. Starting with a 2x2 center, players assemble a 64 square board of any shape before play. (Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter A. Victor.
Church Chess. Seven Bishops replace all backrow pieces other than the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
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) By Ralph Betza.
Circe Chess. Classic variant in which pieces are returned to their squares of origin if possible. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Pierre Montreal.
Circe Vulcanici. Progressive Circe chess, units returning as in the non-progressive game, waiting if needed until the square becomes available. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
Circe-Grasshopper. Leaps on Queen-lines to move or capture, and any piece leapt over returns to its starting square. By Ben Good.
Circular Chess, Improved. Circular Chess where Bishops and Queens are crooked, and all Pawns go in the same direction. (2x16, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Clash of Command. Chesslike game with pieces that change and leave behind other pieces on special board. (Cells: 41) By Peter Stobbe.
Clash of Command . Chesslike game with pieces that change and leave behind other pieces on
special board. (Cells: 41) By Peter Stobbe.
Cleopatra Chess . No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
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) By Peter Aronson.
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) By Peter Aronson.
Commando Pawn Chess . Once a Pawn crosses the midpoint of the board, it moves like a Berolina Pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
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) By Charles Gilman.
Conditional Chess. In addition to a normal move, a player states a move that is executed if a certain condition holds. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Cosmic Chess. Website with program that lets you play this game against others on the WWW. (x7, 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) By Sergey Sirotkin.
Courier Chess. A painting of a Courier Chess game by the famous Dutch painter Lucas van Leyden, from 1510. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Courtyard. Combines the ease of learning checkers with the challenge and variety of chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: Leonard Kalich.
Cuban Chess. 10x10 variant from Havana with Vampire Bats that move as King, Knight or Zebra. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: German A. Mentz.
Cube Chess. Chess board is a cube with 4 playable sides, each with a 4x4 grid. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
Cube+ . Three dimensional chess variant with 38 squares. (3x4x3, Cells: 38) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Cube+. Three dimensional chess variant with 38 squares. (3x4x3, Cells: 38) By Jim Aikin.
Cubic Chess . Three dimensional chess variant on 7 by 7 by 7 board. (Link.). (7x7x7, Cells: 343)