seems you already solve the problem, you should be gettiing connection or try to add some node.  Anyone have list of Chesscoin addnode?  Mine is running fine even without additional addnode, though I need to run it under some proxy IP though

edit:
I have some address here

addnode=70.180.225.70:7323
addnode=98.213.214.114:7323
addnode=188.166.35.49:7323
addnode=83.84.114.74:7323
addnode=78.158.148.121:7323

include that to ChessCoin.conf