Chess Terms Beginning with 'C'

C20
C45 4…Qh4
c5 Break
c5-break
C50
C53
C54
c6-c5 break
Caffeine blitzer
Caïssa
Calculation
calculation exercises
Calculation Techniques
calculation training
calculation tree
Cambridge
Cambridge Springs
Cambridge Springs Attack
Cambridge Springs Defense
Camel
Canard Opening
Candidate
candidate master
Candidate Move
candidate moves
candidate-moves
CandidateMove
CandidateMoves
Candidates
Candidates Tournament
Candidates_Tournament
Capablanca chess
Capablanca Variation
Captain
capture
Carls Defence
Carlsbad
Carlsbad structure
Carlsen
Caro Kann Defense
Caro Kann Defense Accelerated Panov Attack
Caro Kann Defense Accelerated Panov Modern Variation
Caro Kann Defense Accelerated Panov Open
Caro Kann Defense Advance Bayonet Attack
Caro Kann Defense Advance Botvinnik Carls Defense
Caro Kann Defense Advance Bronstein Variation
Caro Kann Defense Advance Prins Attack
Caro Kann Defense Advance Short Variation
Caro Kann Defense Advance Short Variation with
Caro Kann Defense Advance Tal Variation
Caro Kann Defense Advance Van der Wiel Attack
Caro Kann Defense Advance Van der Wiel Dreyev Defense
Caro Kann Defense Advance Variation
Caro Kann Defense Breyer Variation
Caro Kann Defense Bronstein Larsen Variation
Caro Kann Defense Campomanes Attack
Caro Kann Defense Classical Flohr Variation
Caro Kann Defense Classical Maroczy Attack
Caro Kann Defense Classical Spassky Lobron System
Caro Kann Defense Classical Spassky Seirawan Variation
Caro Kann Defense Classical Spassky Variation
Caro Kann Defense Classical Variation
Caro Kann Defense De Bruycker Defense
Caro Kann Defense Euwe Attack
Caro Kann Defense Exchange Rubinstein Variation
Caro Kann Defense Exchange Variation
Caro Kann Defense Fantasy Variation
Caro Kann Defense Fantasy Variation Maroczy Gambit
Caro Kann Defense Goldman Variation
Caro Kann Defense Gurgenidze Counterattack
Caro Kann Defense Gurgenidze System
Caro Kann Defense Hillbilly Attack
Caro Kann Defense Hillbilly Schaeffer Gambit
Caro Kann Defense Karpov Kasparov Attack
Caro Kann Defense Karpov Main Line
Caro Kann Defense Karpov Smyslov Variation
Caro Kann Defense Karpov Tiviakov Fischer Attack
Caro Kann Defense Karpov Variation
Caro Kann Defense Main Line
Caro Kann Defense Masi Variation
Caro Kann Defense Mieses Gambit
Caro Kann Defense Modern Variation
Caro Kann Defense Panov Attack
Caro Kann Defense Panov Fianchetto Defense
Caro Kann Defense Panov Modern Carlsbad Line
Caro Kann Defense Panov Modern Defense
Caro Kann Defense Panov Modern Mieses Line
Caro Kann Defense Rasa Studier Gambit
Caro Kann Defense Spike Variation
Caro Kann Defense Tartakower Forgacs Variation
Caro Kann Defense Tartakower Variation
Caro Kann Defense Two Knights Attack
Caro Kann Defense Two Knights Mindeno Exchange Line
Caro Kann Defense Two Knights Mindeno Retreat Line
Caro Kann Defense Two Knights Mindeno Variation
Caro Kann Defense Ulysses Gambit
Caro Kann Defense von Hennig Gambit
Caro-Kann
Caro-Kann - Botvinnik-Carls Defense - 4. c3
Caro-Kann - Botvinnik-Carls Defense - 4. c3 cxd4
Caro-Kann - Botvinnik-Carls Defense - 4. c3 Nc6
Caro-Kann Advance Variation
Caro-Kann Classical
Caro-Kann Defence
Caro-Kann Defence - Advance Variation
Caro-Kann Defense
Caro-Kann Defense 2.Nc3-d5
Caro-Kann Defense Exchange
Caro-Kann Defense Exchange Variation
Caro-Kann Defense Gurgenidze System
Caro-Kann Defense Main Line
Caro-Kann Defense Panov Attack
Caro-Kann Defense: 2.Nf3
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Modern Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Botvinnik-Carls-Defense
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Bayonet Attack
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Bronstein Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Prins Attack
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack
Caro-Kann Defense: Apocalypse Attack
Caro-Kann Defense: Arkell-Khenkin Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Campomanes Attack
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: De Bruycker Defense
Caro-Kann Defense: Diemer Gambit
Caro-Kann Defense: Edinburgh Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Endgame Offer
Caro-Kann Defense: Endgame Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Euwe Attack
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation, Rubinstein Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Fantasy Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Goldman Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Gurgenidze Counterattack
Caro-Kann Defense: Hillbilly Attack
Caro-Kann Defense: Hillbilly Attack, Schaeffer Gambit
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Labahn Attack
Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line
Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy Variation, Maróczy Gambit
Caro-Kann Defense: Masi Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense, Fianchetto Gambit
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Main Line
Caro-Kann Defense: Rasa-Studier Gambit
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Retreat Line
Caro-Kann Defense: von Hennig Gambit
Caro-Kann Defensive Variations
Caro-Kann Exchange Variation
Caro-Kann Exchange Variation, Rubinstein, 7.Qb3 Qd7
Caro-Kann Panov Attack
Caro-Kann Two Knights Attack
Caro-Kann Two-Knights
Caro-Kann_Defense
Caro-Kann-Defense
Caro-Kann-Defense-Advance-Variation
Caro-Kann-Defense-Exchange-Variation
Caro-Kann: 2.f4
Caro-Kann: 2.Ne2
Caro-Kann: 2.Nf3
Caro-Kann: Advance Variation
Caro-Kann: Advance, 3...Bf5
Caro-Kann: Advance, 3...c5 4.dxc5
Caro-Kann: Advance, 3...c5 4.dxc5 Nc6
Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.c3
Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Nc3 e6
Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Nf3 e6
Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2
Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5
Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3
Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O
Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7
Caro-Kann: Advance, Main Line, 6.Nge2
Caro-Kann: Breyer Variation
Caro-Kann: Breyer, 3.Nd2
Caro-Kann: Breyer, 3.Nd2 e5
Caro-Kann: Breyer, 3.Nd2 g6
Caro-Kann: Breyer, Main Line
Caro-Kann: English Variation
Caro-Kann: English, Exchange
Caro-Kann: English, Exchange, 4...Nf6 5.Bb5+
Caro-Kann: English, Exchange, 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5
Caro-Kann: Exchange, 3...cxd5
Caro-Kann: Exchange, 3...Qxd5
Caro-Kann: Exchange, 4.Bd3
Caro-Kann: Exchange, 4.Bd3 Nc6
Caro-Kann: Exchange, 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3
Caro-Kann: Exchange, 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 g6
Caro-Kann: Exchange, 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6
Caro-Kann: Exchange, 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nf3
Caro-Kann: Exchange, 4.Nf3
Caro-Kann: Exchange, 4.Nf3 Nf6
Caro-Kann: Exchange, Rubinstein, 6...Bg4
Caro-Kann: Exchange, Rubinstein, 7.Qb3 Qc8
Caro-Kann: Gurgenidze: 4.e5
Caro-Kann: Gurgenidze: 4.Nf3 Bg7
Caro-Kann: Maroczy (Fantasy), 3...dxe4
Caro-Kann: Maroczy (Fantasy), 3...e6
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik, 4...e6
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik, 4...Nf6
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik, 5...e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.Bd3
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik, 5...e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik, 5...e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik, 5...e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik, 5...e6 6.Nf3 Nc6
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik, 5...g6 6.Nf3
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik, 5...g6 6.Qb3
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik, 5...Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik, 5...Nc6 6.Nf3
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik, 5...Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4: 9.gxf3 Nb6
Caro-Kann: Two Knights, 3...Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe4
Caro-Kann: Two Knights, 3...Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6
Caro-Kann: Two Knights, 3...Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4
Caro-Kann: Two Knights, 3...Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.g3 Nf6
Caro-Kann: Two Knights, 3...Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6
Caro-Kann: Two Knights, 3...dxe4
Caro-Kann: Two Knights, 3...dxe4 4.Nxe4
Caro-Kann: Two Knights, 3...dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6
Caro-Kann: Ulysses Gambit
Caro–Kann
Caro–Kann Defense
CaroFormation
Carr Defense
castle
Castled king
castling
castling rights
Catalan
Catalan Opening
Catalan Opening – Closed
Catalan Opening Closed
Catalan Opening Closed Botvinnik Variation
Catalan Opening Closed Main Line
Catalan Opening Closed Traditional Variation
Catalan Opening Open
Catalan Opening Open Defense
Catalan Opening Open Defense Classical Line
Catalan Opening Open Defense Modern Sharp Variation
Catalan Opening: Closed
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation, Rabinovich Variation
Catalan Opening: Open Defense
Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line
Catalan Structure
Catalan-style
Catalan: 3...Bb4+
Catalan: 3...Bb4+ 4.Bd2
Catalan: 3...Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7
Catalan: 3...Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7
Catalan: 3...Bb4+ 4.Nd2
Catalan: 3...c5
Catalan: 3...c5 4.Nf3
Catalan: 4...Bb4+
Catalan: 4...Bb4+ 5.Bd2
Catalan: 4...Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O
Catalan: 4...c5
Catalan: 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2
Catalan: 4.Nf3 Be7
Catalan: 4.Nf3 c5
Catalan: 4.Nf3 c6
Catalan: 4.Nf3 dxc4
Catalan: Closed, 5.Nf3 O-O
Catalan: Closed, 6.O-O
Catalan: Closed, 6.O-O c6 7.Qc2 b6
Catalan: Closed, 7.Qc2 c6
Catalan: Open, 5.Nf3 a6
Catalan: Open, 5.Nf3 Bb4+
Catalan: Open, 5.Nf3 Bd7
Catalan: Open, 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 b5
Catalan: Open, 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5
Category
Caveman attack
CCT
CECP
Centaur
center
center control
Center Game
Center Game Accepted
Center Game Accepted Hall Variation
Center Game Accepted Kieseritzky Variation
Center Game Accepted Normal Variation
Center Game Accepted Paulsen Attack
Center Game Accepted Paulsen Berger Variation
Center Game Beyer Gambit
Center Game: Berger Variation
Center Game: Hall Variation
Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation
Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit
Center Game: Normal Variation
Center Game: Paulsen Attack Variation
Center Game: Ross Gambit
Center Game: von der Lasa Gambit
Center pawn
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Chigorin Defence
Chigorin Defense
Chinese
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Classical_chess
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clearance
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Closed Sicilian Defense Chameleon Variation
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Closed Sicilian Defense Fianchetto Smyslov Variation
Closed Sicilian Defense Fianchetto Variation
Closed Sicilian Defense Grand Prix Attack
Closed Sicilian Defense Grand Prix Schofman Variation
Closed Sicilian Defense Grand Prix Variation
Closed Sicilian Defense Korchnoi Defense
Closed Sicilian Defense Portland Attack
Closed Sicilian Defense Traditional Fianchetto Botvinnik Defense
Closed Sicilian Defense Traditional Line
Closed Spanish
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CM
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Coffeehouse
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Colle
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Colle System Rhamphorhynchus Variation
Colle System Rubinstein Bogoljubov Defense
Colle System Rubinstein Classical Defense
Colle System Rubinstein Opening
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Colle: 3...Bf5, Alekhine Variation
Colle: 3...Bg4
Colle: 3...c5
Colle: 3...c5 4.c3 Nc6
Colle: 3...c6
Colle: 3...e6 4.Bd3 c5
Colle: 3...e6 4.Nbd2
color complex
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CP
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Last updated 2025-11-09