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| Miscellaneous ! Daily chess news, by Chessbase - chessbase.com ! The Week in Chess - chesscenter.com Chessdom.com - chessdom.com Chess Ninja's Daily Dirt
- chessninja.com Chess Vibes is an up-and-coming chess news site, noted for its videos - chessvibes.com Russian chess news, translated to English - chessintranslation.com ! By far the best Russian chess news site - e3e5.com (Use your browser's translate button.) The most visited Russian chess news site with rich photo reports, online commentaries, and a lively forum - chesspro.ru (Use your browser's translate button.) Chess Today, the first Internet-based daily chess newspaper (paid subscription required) - chesstoday.net A chess portal. User-submitted information arrive in the form of RSS feeds, podcasts, embedded objects, flash video, or any scripts/apps that return content. - yourchess.net Women in chess, news - goddesschess.com Correspondence chess news - ccn.correspondencechess.com Winboard and chess engine news - wbec-ridderkerk.nl Training & Improvement !! Chessbase's Steve Lopez writes "How to improve at chess" part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (Here is the shorter version of the above -chessbaseusa.sectorlink.org) !! Chess training (for kids) - chesskids.com/kidzone (This link is for kids to use themselves, so they may learn. It's all FREE and *very* thorough.) ! If you're an instructor--or just a parent--looking for material on how to teach chess to kids, use the following link: chesskids.com. Be sure to also take a look at ChessKid.com. Want to hire an instructor? You can try here:chessclub.com/activities/teachers.html or here: chess.com/coaches. Basic Chess Tips - princeton.edu/ Chess Corner's Chess Tutorial (more good info) - chesscorner.com Dan Heisman's site (great
for beginners) - danheisman.com
or mywebpages.comcast.net Exeter Chess Club: Chess learning materials and links - exeterchessclub.org.uk Coaching Links - exeterchessclub.org.uk How to get to 1900 Elo - entertainmentjourney.com ! Study 62 of "The most instructive games of chess ever played" - chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection !! Endgame training! Pick and endgame theme and test your endgame skills vs a computer - chessvideos.tv/endgame-training Tutorials, tactics, and mating themes are covered at - sudburychess.org.uk ! Chess visualization training: blindfold chess, square color speed quiz, and knight moves - chessvideos.tv/chess-visualization-trainer Get chess visualization
training and
increase
your calculation ability by playing blindfold chess. Solve these
problems "blindfolded" at this site - chesseye.alexander Pay for online training at - chessmasterschool.com Games showcasing the "Greek Gift" (a bishop sacrifice on f7 or f2) - chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection ! Time Management Tips - chesscafe.com/text/heisman40.pdf (backup copy here) & chesscafe.com/archives/archives.htm#Novice%20Nook ! Have a computer analyze your game. Find out where you went wrong - chess.com/home/computer_analysis_demo.html
Help with Chess Annotation Learn Algebraic Notation: chesshouse.com/howto/How-to-Read-and-Write-Chess-Notation.asp You can also learn algebraic notation here: uschess.org/beginners/read Don't completely understand algebraic notation? Us the automatic annotator here: exeterchessclub.org.uk/annotate.html How to improve your chess
annotation - exeterchessclub.org !! 23,800+ Free Tactics Puzzles on the Chess Tactics Server - chess.emrald.net !! The Adaptive Tactics Server (ATS) learns where your weaknesses are and gives you problems to help you in those areas: snufflenose.com ! Five levels of tactics puzzles from the Rybka folks, "Chess Tasks" - chessok.com ! 11,000+ Free Tactics Puzzles at Chess Tempo: chesstempo.com ! Chess.com tactics trainer - chess.com/tactics ! ChessKid.com tactics trainer - chesskid.com/tactics Chess Flashcards, usable on iPhones even - ichessflashcards.com Braille Chess's Puzzle
Collection - braillechess.net Chess Training: Tactics - chesstactics.org WT Harvey's tactics site - wtharvey.com Exeter Chess Club's Tactics Tests - exeterchessclub.org.uk Chess Lodge: Puzzles on particular themes every week: chesslodge.com Supposedly deeper chess problems - chess-problems.org A site with links to more tactics puzzles - reluctant-messenger.com Mating and endgame practice problems - chess-poster.com/chess_problems Solve these problems
"blindfolded" at this
site
- chesseye.alexander Tactics software (Convekta's Chess Tactics Art 3.0) - products.convekta.com
Openings ! Your four opening choices - exeterchessclub.org.uk/Openings A quick survey of the openings - chesscorner.com/tutorial/openings ! ChessOK's Opening Database - chessok.com !
ChessGames.com's Openings Explorer - chessgames.com ! 365 Chess Openings Explorer - 365chess.com/opening !
New In Chess Opening Reference - newinchess.com Shredder Chess' Opening Database (great resource for correspondence chess) - shredderchess.com/online-chess/online-databases Play through 61 different openings and their variations at - sudburychess.org.uk List of Openings by Position and Name - ChessVideos.tv or Geocities.com Get the general gist of openings at chess-poster.com - chess-poster.com/openings Chess opening training software - chesspositiontrainer.com "Chess opening secrets revealed" - chesscoach1950.blogspot.com ! "The premier opening theory site" (yearly subscription) - chesspublishing.com
Endgames (& Endgame Tablebases) !! Endgame training! Pick and endgame theme and test your endgame skills vs a computer - chessvideos.tv/endgame-training ! ChessOK's Endgame Tablebase - chessok.com !
Shredder Chess' Endgame Tablebase - shredderchess.com ! All of the currently published Nalimov Tablebases can be queried online (incl. 6-men databases) for free through this one site - k4it.de/index.php ! Nalimov Tablebase Server - lokasoft.nl !? 7-piece tablebase wins (and other very long wins) - gothicchess.com Common Chess Endings - chess-time.com Basic endgame strategy - chessville.com/instruction
Book Reviews ! Jeremy Silman's Book Reviews - jeremysilman.com/book_reviews ! John Watson's Book Reviews - chesscenter.com Chess Cafe's Book Reviews - chesscafe.com/archives Chess.co.uk's Book Review List: chess.about.com
Find Chess Books Looking for an out of print chess book? Try this guy in NY - fredwilsonchess.com Second-hand, rare, out-of-print chess books - chessbooks.co.uk Everyman chess books - everymanchess.com Gambit books - gambitbooks.com Quality Chess book seller
- qualitychess.co.uk Play at Chess Tournaments Search for over-the-board chess tournaments in your area (USA) - uschess.org Tournaments in the Kansas City Area - kansascitychesstournaments.com, Westport Chess Club, The Kansas City Chess Club in the Northland, Scholastics in the Northland, Scholastics in Independence , Other scholastic tournaments locally and in the Midwest Tournaments in Missouri - mochess.org/Tournaments.htm Official USCF rated tournaments in Missouri - mochess.org/Calendar.htm Tournaments in Kansas - kansaschess.org/htdocs/UpcomingTournaments.htm Play Chess Against Other People Online !! Internet Chess Club (a.k.a. ICC) - chessclub.com - It costs about $40/year, but if you're serious about your chess, this is the place to be. ! Play live chess (bullet, blitz, regular, or long games) for free at - chess.com or gameknot.com Play blitz chess for free at - uchess.com Play chess at work with an intentionally minimalist interface - chessatwork.com Play live chess at FICS--completely free - freechess.org (If this interface isn't for you, then you can connect to FICS through babaschess.net .) Play live chess at PlayChess.com for free (requires their client software) - playchess.com If you want, you can also play live chess at - zone.msn.com/en/chess or games.yahoo.com/board-games. (If you're looking for a better chess community, however, I would play somewhere other than these two sites.) ! Play correspondence chess online - chess.com or redhotpawn.com. Or chessworld.net or schemingmind.com or iccf.com or iccfus.com or queenalice.com or chessontheweb.com or ficgs.com or chesscorner.net or chess-knights.com or chessatwork.com
Play Chess Online Against a Computer Play against Rybka - chessok.com Play against Shredder - shredderchess.com/play-chess-online.html Play against the computer at Chess.com - chess.com/play/computer.html ChessGames.com's computer - chessgames.com/perl/engine Jester Chess - A very strong opponent, or a weak one: you choose the level to play against. Can play many different versions of chess, too, including an option for playing Shuffle Chess (similar to Fischerandom) called "Throne of Chaos." Thinking Machine 4 - This program, although a weak player, is equipped with a beautiful graphic display that provides a window into the computer's thinking process. WebChess - Play against the GNU Chess engine on the web. Java Chess - Another java-based chess engine. FreeArcade Chess - If you find the other chess games difficult, try this one. Its playing strength is estimated to be that of a turnip.
Correspondence Chess through the Mail International Correspondence Chess Federation (US) - iccfus.com International Correspondence Chess Federation - iccf.com US Chess Federation's Correspondence site - uschess.org/cc Correspondence Chess League of America - chessbymail.com CorrespondenceChess.com - correspondencechess.com The Campbell Report - correspondencechess.com/campbell Ralph Marconi's Correspondence Site - correspondencechess.com/marconi American Postal Chess Tournaments - correspondencechess.com/apct The Campbell Report's list of correspondence chess sites - correspondencechess.com/clinks
Email Chess International Email Chess Club - chess-iecc.org International Email Chess Group - iecg.org Play email chess at PostcardChess.com - postcardchess.com E4EC Chess Club - Server based correspondence chess games and tournaments via email. SoundKeepers.com - SoundKeepers.com is an e-mail chess site. It has printable chess boards, score book, and 4000 games. It also has a Chess Clock that people can download for their PC. THORG (Thematics Organization) - An e-mail chess club devoted entirely to thematic games. FRCEC - Fischer Random Chess email Club
Chess Variants Play chess variants against other people at schemingmind.com or caissa.com ! Explore other versions of chess--I had no idea there were so many--with a java applet - chessvariants.com or pathguy.com/chess/ChessVar.htm About Fischer Random Chess (a.k.a. Chess960) - chessvariants.com/fischer Fischer Random Chess position generator - chessgames.com/perl/fischerandom
General Chess Sites and Chess Directories General Chess Sites (w/lots of info) Chessville.com - chessville.com Chess-Poster.com - chess-poster.com Exeter Chess Club - exeterchessclub.org.uk Professor Chess - professorchess.com Chess Boss - chessboss.com
More Chess Links ! Chessopolis (probably the largest chess links site on the 'Net) chessopolis.com/new.htm ! Lots of links - worldchesslinks.net ! Just Chess' list of chess links - justchess.biz Links, sorted by category, at ChessGuide.com - chessguide.com Chess Theory's list of (many) chess links - chess-theory.com Links to other link sites - academicchess.com/contact/linkspages
Useful Links for (e-)Mail Correspondence Players Keep track of your correspondence games for free at: theandrew.com A freeware program for
keeping track of your
games: webs.ono.com/a.valverde Forms for Correspondence Chess players in Adobe PDF - professorchess.com/downloads
Chess Radio, Video, etc. ! Chess FM, which uses audio and video to report on chess - chess.fm Chess videos - chessvideos.tv Chess videos - videochess.net
Game Collections & On-line Databases ! On-line Database of Positions - chesslive.de !
New In Chess - newinchess.com ! Over 3.5 million games at 365Chess.com - 365chess.com ! Classic Games Online - chessgames.com Chess Database of 2,000,000 Games (1485 - present) - chesslab.com Over 800,000 games; updated regularly - gensunasumus.com/searchajax Chess Database and Position Annotator - chess-database.com Chess-Ref.org (games are sorted by player or opening) - http://chess-ref.org ChessZone.org chess databases - chesszone.org/bases Free on-line database and openings explorer - wildchess.org Lessons in endgame strategy by Jan van Reek - endgame.nl
Download PGN / SCID files GAMES Lars Balzer's Site - chessgameslinks.lars-balzer.info ! Chess Assistant (Convekta) - convekta.com/databases.asp ! PGN Mentor - pgnmentor.com/files.html Pitt.edu - pitt.edu ! Chessville - chessville.com G. Ossimitz's Chess Page - uni-klu.ac.at BritBase - bcmchess.co.uk/britbase International Correspondence Chess games archive - gamesarchive.iccf.com 1.74 million games - top-5000.nl/pgn.htm A database (one big PGN
file) of ~1.4
Million
games - ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub "Encyclopedia of chess openings" - chessopeningspgn.com/chess Openings - A cap.connx.com/a-openings, B cap.connx.com/b-openings C cap.connx.com/c-openings, D cap.connx.com/d-openings, E cap.connx.com/e-openings Supreme Chess's game collection sorted by ECO codes - supreme-chess.com FICS Correspondence Chess database - ficgs.com/databases/chess.pgn LatestChess.com archive chess games - latestchess.com/archiveGames.php ! Weekly posts with games from tournaments around the world - chesscenter.com/twic/twicp.html Weekly downloads of new games - chessok.com/?page_id=694 Annotated chess databases by Jan van Reek - endgame.nl/downloads.html
TABLEBASES Crafty's Endgame Tablebases - ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu ! Many endgame tablebases for download here--great resource - kirill-kryukov.com/chess
PUZZLES 1,001 Tactical Exercises (in PGN format) - chessville.com/downloads
ECO/MCO ECO downloads -
ftp://ftp.cs.kent.ac.uk/pub
Other Chess Downloads ! ChessBase Light - chessbase.com/download/cblight Winboard - ftp.gnu.org/gnu/winboard SCID - a free chess database application - scid.sourceforge.net ChessDB - Another free chess database application based on SCID. It has a few more additions to SCID - chessdb.sourceforge.net Miscellaneous downloads at Chessville - chessville.com/downloads Many chess programs - schackportalen.nu/English More chess programs - chess.com/downloads Even more chess programs - enpassant.dk/chess/softeng.htm Chesspad PGN Viewer - pgn.freeservers.com or here Lots of chess help at ProfessorChess.com - professorchess.com/downloads
Which engine is the best? That depends on which "governing" body you consult, the time controls used, and other settings such as "Ponder ON or OFF", etc., etc. Read about it here: wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_engine See how all engines do vs. each other at computerchess.org.uk or inwoba.de ! Download generic opening books (books that aren't designed to one particular engine's advantage) to test your engines against at 1) americanfoot.free.fr/echecs/hsbook.htm (by Harry Schnapp, who writes opening books for Rybka and possibly others) 2) kirill-kryukov.com/chess/tools/opening-sampler/pgn (I like the Adam Hair books) 3) sedat-chess.110mb.com
Players' Websites, Blogs, and User Forums Players' Websites/Blogs Pictures of Chess Greats - chess-poster.com/great_players World Champions - chess-poster.com/english/world_champions.htm Hikaru Nakamura - hikarunakamura.com Gata Kamsky - 01chess.com Susan Polgar's blog - susanpolgar.blogspot.com Jennifer Shahade - jennifershahade.com Garry Kasparov - kasparov.com Magnus Carlsen - blog.magnuschess.com Vladimir Kramnik - kramnik.com Forums & Discussion Boards ! Chess Exchange's chess forums - chessexchange.com/forum Chess.com chess forums - chess.com/forum RedHotPawn.com chess forum - redhotpawn.com/board Talk Chess' computer chess forum - talkchess.com/forum St. Louis Chess forum - stlchess.com A web gateway to chess newsgroups - chessbanter.com
Chess Quotes xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess/quotes chesscorner.com/quotes/chess_quotes
Chess History & Classic Games Chess history - chesshistory.com An illustrated history of chess - ancientchess.com ! Historical chess photographs - rogerpaige.me.uk ! The "Immortal Game" Anderssen vs. Kieseritzky 1851 - chess.com/article/view/the-immortal-game The "Game of the (20th) Century" Byrne vs. Fischer, 1956 - chessbase.com; the following link has a lot of commentary on that game: geocities.com/lifemasteraj/byrne-fisch_1.html
Rules, Governing Bodies, & Organizations Rules & Glossary of Terms FIDE's Official Rules of Chess - fide.com/official/handbook.asp Rules, sorted and categorized - chessclub.com/resources/rules Glossaries of Chess Terms - chess-poster.com/english/glossary.htm or wikipedia.org/glossary_of_chess or Chess World's Hitchhiker's Guide to Chess Glossary "Chessopedia" - chess.com/chessoped Governing Bodies of Chess FIDE (World Chess Federation) - fide.com USCF (US Chess Federation) - uschess.org Kansas City, MO, Area Chess Organizations Kansas City Chess Club - kansascitychessclub.com Heart of America Chess Association - chessmasterbob.com Midwest Chess Academy - midwestchess.com KC Scholastic Chess Association - kcchess.org Blue Valley Library Chess Club - freewebs.com/bvchessclub Collector's Cache, 13354 College Blvd, Lenexa, KS 66210. (NE intersection of College Blvd and Pflumm) Wednesdays 4-7pm. Call 913/338-2273 KC Public Library - Main branch at 4801 Main St. Sundays 1-5pm. Use Meetup.com to find other
people in KC
who
want to meet for a game of chess - chess.meetup.com/cities Chess Organizations Outside the Kansas City, MO, Area Frontier Chess Association of St. Joseph, MO - frontierchess-stjomo.tripod.com Lawrence, KS, Chess Club - Mondays 7p-12a at the Perkins on W 23rd St. University of Missouri Chess Club - muchess.students.missouri.edu Topeka, KS, Chess Club - sites.google.com/site/topekachessclub Anatoly Karpov Chess School in Lindsborg, KS - anatolykarpovchessschool.org Joplin, MO, Chess Club - joplinchess.org Springfield, MO, Chess Club - springfieldparkboardchessclub.com St. Louis Chess Club - saintlouischessclub.org
Chess Associations in or near Missouri Missouri Chess Association - mochess.org Kansas Chess Association - kansaschess.org Iowa State Chess Association - iowachess.org Nebraska State Chess Association - nsca.nechess.com Oklahoma Chess Association - ochess.org Illinois Chess Association - illinoischess.org Arkansas Chess Association - arkansaschess.org
Player Rankings & Rating Calculators Player Rankings FIDE's current list of best players - fide.com/ratings USCF's current list of best players - uschess.org/ratings/top Live, current--unofficial--ratings for players > 2700 - chess.liverating.org !? Top chess player rankings through history - chessmetrics.com FIDE historical ratings - mark-weeks.com/chess/ratings Fischl's Chess Statistics - members.aon.at/sfischl
Rating Calculators Elo Rating and Performance Calculator - chess.cern.ch/ratings/elocalc.en Rating Calculator - chess-poster.com/english/elo_calc/elo_calculator What is your Elo rating vs. winning probability? Find out here.
Miscellaneous The benefits of playing
chess - deanofchess.com I.Q. and Chess, by Bill Wall - geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378 Cheating & Chess - geocities.com/Area51/Realm/8655/ENGLISH Tournament tools: Register for tournaments, watch/compare your rating to other club members, class mates, etc. - mychessrating.com Chess Tournament Etiquette - gatewaychess.org Tournament jargon - St Louis Chess Club/Tournament-Life-Abbreviations-and-Terms How to pronounce those strange chess words - chess.com/pronounce-that-chess-word ! Chess clothes - endgameclothing.com !!
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