1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE CHiPS SURVEY
2.1. Target Selection
2.2. Optical Follow-up Observations
3. PISCO OBSERVATIONS AND DATA PROCESSING
3.1. PISCO Image Reduction
3.2. Seeing Estimation and PSF Models
3.3. Source Extraction
3.4. Star-Galaxy Separation
3.5. Photometric Calibration
3.6. Photometric Verification
4. CLUSTER FINDING ALGORITHM
4.1. Photometric Redshift
4.2. Aperture Selection and Redshift Histogram
4.3. Richness Correction
4.4. Flux-Limited Nature of Previous Surveys
5. X-RAY DATA REDUCTION
6. DISCUSSION
6.1. Updating Flux-Limited Surveys
6.2. Rarity of Clusters Hosting Extreme Central Galaxies
6.3. Planck Cluster Candidates
6.4. Missing Known Clusters in the Survey
6.5. eROSITA
7. SUMMARY