Inventors Starting with C

Savio Cagliostro [info] Cagliostro's Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board with combination pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96) Turkish Great Chess VI. Large variant adding an Archbishop and a General (Amazon). (10x10, Cells: 100) Cagliostro's Chess. Savio Cagliostro of Okeechobee Florida invented this variant in latter quarter of 20th c. Adds extra cardinal and amazon to capa., more...
Michel Caillaud [info] Circe Chess problem 2. Helpstalemate circe chess problem.
Grant Cairns [info] Pillow Chess . Chess on a Pillow-shaped board.
Andrew Caldwell [info] Barca. Twelve animals fight over watering holes in nice looking commercial game. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Mike Calkoviks [info] Imperial Chess III. Four-player all-against-all game on a cross-shaped board.
Jim Callan [info] Go-Chess (tm). Place your own pieces on a large board.
Thomas Cameron [info] Capture the Flag Chess. A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board. (7x6, Cells: 42) Capture-the-flag Chess . A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board.
W. S. Campling [info] Check, or Combination Chess. Pieces may combine in couples and triplets. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Luiz Carlos Campos [info] Afterlife Chess. A game based on Ancient Egyption mythology, played on four boards totaling 42 squares. (Cells: 42) Mono-dimensional Chess. Small, one dimensional variant with unorthodox pieces. (1x10, Cells: 10) Ramayana Chess. Chess variant inspired by the Ramayana epic. (Cells: 84) , more...
David Cannon [info] Chess on a Soccer Ball. Missing description (Cells: 32) Chess on Steroids. Pieces increase their powers with those of the pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) Diamond Chess 306. Missing description (22x24, Cells: 306) , more...
Jose Raul Capablanca [info] Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) Capablanca Chess. 8x10 board variant by the grandmaster. Capablanca Chess 10x10. 10x10 board variant by the grandmaster., more...
Hector H. Carreño [info] Argess. White and Black have different starting positions. (8x8, Cells: 64)
D. Pietro Carrera [info] Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80) Carrera Chess. 10x8 version described in 1617. Carrera's Chess. Play this 10x8 historical variant on Jocly. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Jose Carrillo [info] Ajax Bigamous Chess. Bigamy meets Ajax Orthodox Chess! (9x8, Cells: 72) Ajax Chess. All pieces have can play one square in any direction, the Mastodon leaper complements the Knight. (10x10, Cells: 100) Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. (10x8, Cells: 100) , more...
Alan Cartwright [info] StrategiChess . Large multi-player, multi-board chess variant. (14x14, Cells: 196) StrategiChess II . Large, multi-player, mult-board variant with new piece types. (14x14, Cells: 196)
Alessandro Castelli [info] Broederschap Schaak (Brotherhood Chess). Stukken mogen geen stukken van dezelfde soort slaan. (Dutch Language) Liars Chess. You may lie about the move you have made.
Eugenio Castillo [info] XieXie -- Xiangqi Computer Program. Xiangqi Computer Program XieXieMaster 1.0.10 released!
Zachary Catlin [info] Conveyor Chess. Large variant with conveyor belt on middle of board. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Alessio Cavatore [info] Shuuro. Large variant where you build your own army. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Jean-Louis Cazaux [info] A catalog of 3D-printable chess variant pieces. A catalog of 3D-printable chess variant pieces, with drawings, photographs and printable links. (8x8, Cells: 64) Piece Graphics Library by Jean-Louis Cazaux. Collection of piece graphics, specially made for use in Zillions-of-Games, by J.-L.Cazaux. (8x8, Cells: 64) Bigorra. A 16x16 board chess with all pieces from my variants. (16x16, Cells: 256) , more...
Carlos Cetina [info] Bishops Conversion Rule. Rule for variant where bishops start on equal colored squares, with sample games. Cellular Chess. One step towards Joe Joyce's ideal of playing chess on an 100x100 board. (30x30, Cells: 900) Cetina Random Chess. Play with a sissa and a chancellor from a randomly generated setup., more...
R Stephen Chafe [info] Pirates-Henge-Ho. Small variant with pirates theme. (5x7, Cells: 38)
James G. Chapman [info] Diamond Chess II. Game on diamond-shaped board with 98 triangular cells.
Nigel Chapman [info] Intrigue. Players each select a pawn which holds the king's secret position. Intrigue. Capturing a particular pawn places the enemy king on the board.
Mannis Charosh [info] N-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) Chess Draughts. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Knight Relay Chess. Knights confer their movement ability on units they defend. Popular variant., more...
Doug Chatham [info] All the Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) Bachelor Chess. Win by mating your opponent, or marrying off your King. (7x6, Cells: 42) Bingo Chess. A cross between Chess and Bingo. (Cells: 41) , more...
Claude Chaunier [info] The Hitchhiker's Guide to Chess. Several chess variants in the context of a Socratic dialog. Ajedrez Inercia. Missing description Anti-Magnetisch schaak (Anti Magnetic Chess). Stukken die gezet hebben trekken aan en stoten af over rechte lijnen (Dutch Language), more...
Jack V. Cheiky [info] Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. (Cells: 279) Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. Geodesic Chess. Played on a spherical grid of hexagons and pentagons.
Changcai Chen [info] ChessCraft. Missing description (Cells: 64)
ChessArena [info] ChessArena.io. Real-time, many-player, "io-style" game.
Persian Chess [info] Chess 911. 9x9 board plus corner squares, compounds, and special diagonals. (9x9, Cells: 85)
Joshua Chou [info] Play Chess on the Dot on Game Courier. Play this adaptation of Chess to a spherical board on Game Courier.
Matthew Chrzaszcz [info] Crown Prince Chess. One Knight on each side is replaced by a Crown Prince. (8x8, Cells: 64) Crown Prince Chess. Missing description
Guiseppi Ciccolini [info] Ciccolini's Chess. Large variant from the early 1800's.
Donald Cimics [info] Multi-Dimensional Multi-Player (MDMP) Chess. 2-8 player Chess, traditional and alternate armies, optional laser. Multi-Dimensional Multi-Player (MDMP) Chess. 2-8 player Chess, traditional and alternate armies, optional laser.
Ted Clancy [info] Home Columns Chess. A piece cannot be captured when in its 'home' column. A Simple Proposal. Variant where promotion may occur on the 7th or 8th rank, and may be delayed, but only to captured pieces.
Benjamin Clarke [info] English Random Chess. Standard chessmen on a 10x10 board, with randomized piece setup. (10x10, Cells: 100) English Random Chess. Play this game with standard chessmen on a 10x10 board, with randomized piece setup.
Oliver Clarke [info] Trade-up Chess. Chess where you trade-up your pieces with pieces in your hand. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Eric S. Clayton [info] dUchess. Chess on two levels. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) Four Row Chess. Missing description (Cells: 208) mettamorphachess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
John Cleaveland [info] Ludus Chessunculus. Game played on Hexagonal board with non-standard pieces.
Pierre Clequin [info] Tempete sur l'Echiquier. Pack of cards that change chess rules when played. French original version of Knightmare Chess. Lots of fun. Tempete sur l'Echiquier (PBM). Play by mail rules.
Philip M. Cohen [info] Nemesis Chess. Some pawns are replaced by the Nemesis, which moves only toward the enemy king and cannot be captured by pawns or kings. Null chess. Capture squares are destroyed when vacated. Tutti-Frutti Chess. With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) , more...
Travis Compton [info] Compton Medieval Chess. Large variant with three new pieces.
Stuart Conquest [info] Knightrider Bouncy Chess. Diagonal runners bounce off the walls; knights are knightriders. Knightrider Bouncy Chess II. Pieces bounce off of walls, Knightriders can't capture each other.
Tim Converse [info] Infinite Chess. Chess on on infinite board.
Jeremy Cooper [info] Chess Kingdom. 4-player variant, on a 20x20, plus-shaped board. Standard pieces. (20x20, Cells: 364)
John Cooper [info] Zeitgeist. Variant with simultaneous movement.
Roger Cooper [info] Bid Chess. Players bid for special pieces or powers. Free Placement. Game starts with players alternatingly placing pieces on board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Random Pieces. A 20 game match is played, with each player receiving a number of pieces equal in value to the game number. (8x8, Cells: 64) , more...
Frederick S. Copley [info] Chesica. Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Chesica . Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess.
Adam Corbally [info] Pawn Blackhole Chess. Each side is split into two and grouped into corners. Pawns play towards the center.
Michael Corinthios [info] Ministers Chess. Commercial variant on a 9x9 board with an extra Queen (called a Minister).
Jeff Cornell [info] Delta-Nabla Chess. Chess translated to a triangular grid as naturally as possible. Grand Alamos Chess. FIDE, but with an initial setup reminiscent of Grand Chess. Joust Chess. Rotating pieces, long range movement, adjacent capture, both in one turn using different directions., more...
Mike Cosgriff [info] Strand. Three dimensional game with pawns and kings that move along straight lines and must remain adjacent. (4x(4x4), Cells: 64)
E. Joseph Cossman [info] Military Chess. 19th century commercial chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Steve Costa [info] Fibonacci (Sequence) Chess. Move your opponent's pieces on certain turns. (8x8, Cells: 64) The Prisoner's Dilemma. Checkmate the King and rescue the Prisoner to win. (Cells: 84)
Gianni Cottogni [info] 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.
Lawrence Crane [info] Presto chess. First player who checks with untakable piece wins. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Jeremy Craner [info] Qianhong. Chinese Chess for Windows.
J. E. H. Creed [info] Machine Gun Chess. Attacked units are removed. The object is to remove. Piececlopedia: Querquisite. A piece whose move changes depending on the file on which it starts its move.
David Crockett [info] Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Nuno Cruz [info] Courier 'de la Dama'. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and other changes for more dynamic play. (12x8, Cells: 96) Modern Kamil. Two variants that add the Camel to the standard Orthochess array on enlarged boards. (10x10, Cells: 100) Samarcanda. Variant of Mideast Chess with Crooked Bishops. (10x10, Cells: 100) , more...
E. I. Csaszar [info] Real chess. Players start with placing their major pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
William A Curtis [info] Royal Chess. Chess on an extended board with Royal Guard pieces added.