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| Miscellaneous ! What's New in Chess Today - http://www.chessbase.com/ ! The Week in Chess - http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html Chessdom.com - http://www.chessdom.com/ Chess Ninja's Daily Dirt -
http://www.chessninja.com Chess Today, the first Internet-based daily chess newspaper (paid subscription required) - http://www.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. - http://www.yourchess.net/
Puzzles, Training & Improvement Puzzles !! 23,800+ Free Tactics Puzzles on the Chess Tactics Server - http://chess.emrald.net/ !! The Adaptive Tactics Server (ATS) learns where your weaknesses are and gives you problems to help you in those areas: http://www.snufflenose.com/ats/index.php ! Five levels of tactics puzzles from the Rybka folks, "Chess Tasks" - http://chessok.com/?page_id=359 ! 11,000+ Free Tactics Puzzles at Chess Tempo: http://chesstempo.com/ ! Chess.com tactics trainer - http://www.chess.com/tactics Chess Flashcards, usable on iPhones even - http://www.ichessflashcards.com/ Braille Chess's Puzzle Collection -
http://www.braillechess.net Chess Training: Tactics - http://www.chesstactics.org/ WT Harvey's tactics site - http://www.wtharvey.com/index.html Exeter Chess Club's Tactics Tests - http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/Tactics/tactidx.html Chess Lodge: Puzzles on particular themes every week: http://www.chesslodge.com/ A site with links to more tactics puzzles - http://reluctant-messenger.com/chess-advanced.htm Mating and endgame practice problems - http://www.chess-poster.com/chess_problems/chess_problems.htm Solve these problems "blindfolded" at this site
- http://chesseye.alexander Tactics software (Convekta's Chess Tactics Art 3.0) - http://products.convekta.com/193/2/
Training & Improvement ! Tips for improvement for the average player from Steve Lopez of Chessbase - http://chessbaseusa.sectorlink.org/TNote.aspx?TNoteUrl=tn/Issues_Current/2003_0330.htm !! Chess training (for kids) - http://www.chesskids.com/kidzone/index1.shtml (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: http://www.chesskids.com/ (Again, it's all FREE.) Basic Chess Tips - http://www.princeton.edu/ Chess Corner's Chess Tutorial (more good info) - http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/learn.htm Dan Heisman's site (great for beginners) - http://www.danheisman.com/ or
http://mywebpages.comcast.net Exeter Chess Club: Chess learning materials and links - http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/ Coaching Links - http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/links.html How to get to 1900 Elo - http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/index1.htm ! Study 62 of "The most instructive games of chess ever played" - http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1000119 Get chess visualization training and increase
your calculation ability by playing blindfold chess. Solve these
problems "blindfolded" at this site -
http://chesseye.alexander Pay for online training at - http://www.chessmasterschool.com/ Games showcasing the "Greek Gift" (a bishop sacrifice on f7 or f2) - http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1001821 ! Time Management Tips - http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman40.pdf (backup copy here) & http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/archives.htm#Novice%20Nook ! Have a computer analyze your game. Find out where you went wrong - http://www.chess.com/home/computer_analysis_demo.html
Help with Chess Annotation Learn Algebraic Notation: http://www.chesshouse.com/howto/How-to-Read-and-Write-Chess-Notation.asp You can also learn algebraic notation here: http://www.uschess.org/beginners/read/ Don't completely understand algebraic notation? Us the automatic annotator here: http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/annotate.html#auto How to improve your chess annotation -
http://www.exeterchessclub.org
Openings ! Your four opening choices - http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Openings/4choices.html A quick survey of the openings - http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/openings/opening_survey.htm ! Shredder Chess' Opening Database (great resource for correspondence chess) - http://www.shredderchess.com/online-chess/online-databases/opening-database.html ! ChessOK's Opening Database - http://chessok.com/?page_id=352 ! ChessGames.com's Openings Explorer -
http://www.chessgames.com/perl ! New In Chess Opening Reference -
http://www.newinchess.com List of Openings by Position and Name - http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/moves.htm Get the general gist of openings at chess-poster.com - http://www.chess-poster.com/openings/openings.htm Chess opening training software: http://www.chesspositiontrainer.com/ "Chess opening secrets revealed" - http://chesscoach1950.blogspot.com/ ! "The premier opening theory site" (yearly subscription) - http://www.chesspublishing.com/
Endgames (& Endgame Tablebases) Common Chess Endings - http://www.chess-time.com/common_chess_game_endings.html Basic endgame strategy - http://www.chessville.com/instruction/instr_begin_basic_end_intro.htm ! ChessOK's Endgame Tablebase - http://chessok.com/?page_id=361 ! Shredder Chess' Endgame Tablebase - http://www.shredderchess.com ! All of the currently published Nalimov Tablebases can be queried online (incl. 6-men databases) for free through this one site - http://www.k4it.de/index.php?topic=egtb&lang=en ! Nalimov Tablebase Server - http://www.lokasoft.nl/tbweb.htm !? 7-piece tablebase wins (and other very long wins) - http://www.gothicchess.com/javascript_8x8_chess_endings.html
Book Reviews ! Jeremy Silman's Book Reviews - http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews/book_reviews.html Chess Cafe's Book Reviews - http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/reviews.htm ! John Watson's Book Reviews -
http://www.chesscenter.com/bookreview.html
Find Books Looking for an out of print chess book? Try this guy in NY - http://www.fredwilsonchess.com/ Second-hand, rare, out-of-print chess books - http://www.chessbooks.co.uk/
Play Chess Play Chess Online Against Other People ! Play live chess (blitz or longer games) for free at - http://www.chess.com/play/live.html or http://gameknot.com/ Play blitz chess for free at - http://www.uchess.com/ Play real-time chess at FICS--completely free - http://www.freechess.org/ (If this interface isn't for you, then you can connect to FICS through http://www.babaschess.net .) Play real-time chess at PlayChess.com for free (requires their client software) - http://www.playchess.com/ ! Internet Chess Club (pay to play) - http://www.chessclub.com/ ? If you want, you can also play real-time chess at - http://zone.msn.com/en/chess/default.htm or http://games.yahoo.com/board-games Play correspondence chess online - http://www.chess.com/ or http://www.redhotpawn.com/ or http://www.chessworld.net/ or http://www.schemingmind.com/ or http://www.iccf.com/ or http://www.iccfus.com/ or http://www.queenalice.com/ or http://www.chessontheweb.com/ or http://www.ficgs.com/ or http://www.chesscorner.net/ or http://www.chess-knights.com/ or http://www.chessatwork.com/
Play Chess Online Against a Computer ChessGames.com's computer - http://www.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) - http://www.iccfus.com/ International Correspondence Chess Federation - http://www.iccf.com/ US Chess Federation's Correspondence site - http://www.uschess.org/cc/ Correspondence Chess League of America - http://www.chessbymail.com/ CorrespondenceChess.com - http://www.correspondencechess.com/ The Campbell Report - http://www.correspondencechess.com/campbell/ Ralph Marconi's Correspondence Site - http://www.correspondencechess.com/marconi/ American Postal Chess Tournaments - http://www.correspondencechess.com/apct/index.htm The Campbell Report's list of correspondence chess sites - http://www.correspondencechess.com/campbell/clinks.htm#ccsites
Email Chess International Email Chess Club - http://www.chess-iecc.org/ International Email Chess Group - http://www.iecg.org/ Party Games - this website has links to various chess-related websites. E4EC Chess Club - Server based correspondence chess games and tournaments via email. SIR-scacchi in rete (English & Italian E-mail chess site) 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
Tournaments Search for over-the-board chess tournaments in your area (USA) - http://www.uschess.org/tla Tournaments in Missouri - http://www.mochess.org/Tournaments.htm Play other versions of chess - http://www.chessvariants.com About Fischer Random Chess (a.k.a. Chess960) - http://www.chessvariants.com/diffsetup.dir/fischer.html Fischer Random Chess position generator - http://www.chessgames.com/perl/fischerandom Variants seem to be popular at http://www.schemingmind.com and http://www.caissa.com/
General Chess Sites and Chess Directories General Chess Sites (w/lots of info) Chessville.com - http://www.chessville.com/ Chess-Poster.com - http://www.chess-poster.com/ Exeter Chess Club - http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/ Professor Chess - http://www.professorchess.com/
More Chess Links ! Chessopolis (probably the largest chess links site on the 'Net) http://www.chessopolis.com/new.htm ! Lots of links - http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ --NEW Links, sorted by category, at ChessGuide.com - http://www.chessguide.com/ ! Just Chess' list of chess links - http://www.justchess.biz/ --NEW Links to other link sites - http://www.academicchess.com/contact/linkspages/chess-links-pages.htm
Useful Links for (e-)Mail Correspondence Players Keep track of your correspondence games for free at: http://www.theandrew.com/projects/programming/cc/ A freeware program for keeping track of your
games: http://webs.ono.com/a.valverde Forms for Correspondence Chess players in Adobe PDF - http://www.professorchess.com/downloads/pdf_free/correspondence_forms.pdf
Chess Radio, Video, etc. ! Chess FM, which uses audio and video to report on chess - http://www.chess.fm/ Chess videos - http://www.chessvideos.tv/ Chess videos - http://www.videochess.net/
Game Collections & On-line Databases ! On-line Database of Positions - http://www.chesslive.de/ ! Chess Database of 2,000,000 Games (1485 - present) - http://www.chesslab.com/PositionSearch.html ! New In Chess -
http://www.newinchess.com ! Over 3.5 million games at 365Chess.com - http://www.365chess.com/ Over 800,000 games; updated regularly - http://www.gensunasumus.com/searchajax/ Chess Database and Position Annotator - http://www.chess-database.com/index.html ! Classic Games Online - http://www.chessgames.com/ Chess-Ref.org (games are sorted by player or opening) - http://chess-ref.org/ ChessZone.org chess databases - http://www.chesszone.org/bases/bases.html Free on-line database and openings explorer - http://www.wildchess.org/ Lessons in endgame strategy by Jan van Reek - http://www.endgame.nl/strategy.htm
Download PGN / SCID files GAMES Lars Balzer's Site - http://www.chessgameslinks.lars-balzer.info/ ! Chess Assistant (Convekta) - http://www.convekta.com/databases.asp ! PGN Mentor - http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html Pitt.edu - http://www.pitt.edu/~schach/Archives/ftpstat.html ! Chessville - http://www.chessville.com/downloads/misc_downloads.htm G. Ossimitz's Chess Page - http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/~gossimit/c/chess.htm BritBase - http://bcmchess.co.uk/britbase/ International Correspondence Chess games archive - http://gamesarchive.iccf.com/ 1.74 million games - http://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" - http://www.chessopeningspgn.com/chess/Openings.html Openings - A http://cap.connx.com/a-openings/, B http://cap.connx.com/b-openings/ C http://cap.connx.com/c-openings/, D http://cap.connx.com/d-openings/, E http://cap.connx.com/e-openings/ Supreme Chess's game collection sorted by ECO codes - http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-game-collection-a.html FICS Correspondence Chess database - http://www.ficgs.com/databases/chess.pgn LatestChess.com archive chess games - http://www.latestchess.com/archiveGames.php ! Weekly posts with games from tournaments around the world - http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twicp.html ! Weekly downloads of new games - http://chessok.com/?page_id=694 Annotated chess databases by Jan van Reek - http://www.endgame.nl/downloads.html
TABLEBASES Crafty's Endgame Tablebases - ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/TB/ ! Many endgame tablebases for download here--great resource - http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/tablebases-online/
PUZZLES 1,001 Tactical Exercises (in PGN format) - http://www.chessville.com/downloads/downloads_tactical_exercises.htm
ECO/MCO ECO downloads -
ftp://ftp.cs.kent.ac.uk/pub
Other Chess Downloads Winboard - http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/winboard/ SCID - a free chess database application - http://scid.sourceforge.net/download.html ChessDB - Another free chess database application based on SCID. It has a few more additions to SCID - http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/ Miscellaneous downloads at Chessville - http://www.chessville.com/downloads/misc_downloads.htm Many chess programs - http://www.schackportalen.nu/English/emjukvara.htm More chess programs - http://www.chess.com/downloads Even more chess programs - http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/softeng.htm Chesspad PGN Viewer - http://www.pgn.freeservers.com/chesspad.html or here Lots of chess help at ProfessorChess.com - http://www.professorchess.com/downloads/
Free Chess Engines
See how all engines do vs. each other: http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/ What's the best move in a certain position? Use this free online position analyzer - http://www.chesslab.com/PositionSearch.html
Players' Websites, Blogs, and User Forums Players' Websites/Blogs Pictures of Chess Greats - http://www.chess-poster.com/great_players/great_players.htm World Champions - http://www.chess-poster.com/english/world_champions.htm ! Susan Polgar's blog - http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/ Magnus Carlsen - http://blog.magnuschess.com/
Forums & Discussion Boards Chess.com chess forums - http://www.chess.com/forum/ RedHotPawn.com chess forum - http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/threadlist.php?subject=Only_Chess&forumid=9 A web gateway to chess newsgroups - http://www.chessbanter.com/
Chess Quotes http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/quotes.html http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess/quotes.htm
http://www.chesscorner.com/quotes/chess_quotes.htm http://www.chessville.com/misc/Quotes/misc_trivia_quotes_chess_is.htm
Chess History & Classic Games Chess history - http://www.chesshistory.com/ ! The "Immortal Game" Anderssen vs. Kieseritzky 1851 - http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-immortal-game The "Game of the (20th) Century" Byrne vs. Fischer, 1956 - http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3434; the following link has a lot of commentary on that game: http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/byrne-fisch_1.html
Rules, Governing Bodies, & Organizations Rules & Glossary of Terms FIDE's Official Rules of Chess - http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101 Rules, sorted and categorized - http://www.chessclub.com/resources/rules/ Glossary of Chess Terms - http://www.chess-poster.com/english/glossary.htm ChessWorld's Hitchhiker's Guide to Chess (a glossary) - http://www.letsplaychess.com/chessclubs/learn_glossary.asp "Chessopedia" -
http://www.chess.com/chessoped How to pronounce those strange chess words - http://www.geocities.com
Governing Bodies of Chess FIDE (World Chess Federation) - http://www.fide.com/default.asp USCF (US Chess Federation) - http://www.uschess.org/
Kansas City / Midwest Chess Organizations The Chess Club (by Ken Fee) - http://www.powerpawn.net/ Midwest Chess Academy (by Tim Steiner) - http://www.midwestchess.com/ KC Scholastic Chess Association - http://www.kcchess.org/ Missouri Chess Association - http://www.mochess.org/ Kansas Chess Association - http://www.kansaschess.org/ Use Meetup.com to find other people in KC who
want to meet for a game of chess - http://chess.meetup.com/cities Iowa State Chess Association - http://www.iowachess.org/ Nebraska State Chess Association - http://nsca.nechess.com/ Oklahoma Chess Association - http://www.ochess.org/
Player Rankings & Rating Calculators Player Rankings FIDE's current list of best players - http://www.fide.com/ratings/top.phtml? USCF's current list of best players - http://www.uschess.org/ratings/top/index.php Live, current--unofficial--ratings for players > 2700 - http://chess.liverating.org/ !? Top chess player rankings through history - http://www.chessmetrics.com/ FIDE historical ratings - http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/ratings/ Fischl's Chess Statistics - http://members.aon.at/sfischl/stat.html
Rating Calculators Elo Rating and Performance Calculator - http://chess.cern.ch/ratings/elocalc.en.shtml Rating Calculator - http://www.chess-poster.com/english/elo_calc/elo_calculator.htm What is your Elo rating vs. winning probability? Find out here.
Miscellaneous The benefits of playing chess -
http://www.deanofchess.com I.Q. and Chess, by Bill Wall - http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/iq.htm Cheating & Chess - http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Realm/8655/ENGLISH/Main_ENG.htm !! = Extraordinary site |
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