Links
| Chess site for beginning and intermediate players. Learn the rules and basic strategies of chess. |
 chess.about.com/| Chess teaching site with rules, strategies, openings, and advice information on past champs. |
www.academicchess.com/| The governing body and organizers of the Hastings International Chess Congress. |
www.bcf.org.uk/| The official web site for the Free Software Foundation's chess program. This can be used as an engine for Xboard & Winboard. |
www.gnu.org/software/chess/chess.html| Encyclopedia entry provides hyperlinked information about history, play, literature, and computer games. |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess| Includes photos and articles about chess and its history. |
www.chessarch.com/arch.shtml| Book reviews, endgame studies, and columns on various chess topics. |
www.chesscafe.com/| Ezine with broad coverage, from the opening to the endgame, from history to gossip, special section on Whiz Kids. |
www.chesscity.com/| A complete chess resource containing a comprehensive chess tutorial, book and software reviews. |
www.chesscorner.com/| Informants are chess books in print and on CD of recent games. Most are annotated by top players. |
www.sahovski.com/| Clear instructions on how the chess pieces move. |
www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/intro.html| Commercial magazine with chess news, articles, and game analyzations. |
www.chessmail.com/| Reporting on international and UK chess news including the German Bundesliga and the UK 4NCL. |
ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/John_Katrin_Sharp/| Comprehensive, general site with downloads, rules, information, histories and links for a large number of chess variants. |
www.chessvariants.com/| Free site with for-pay premium services. Requires client which can be downloaded (Windows only) or play with Java client in browser. |
www.chess.net/| Free online chess lessons and quizzes for kids. Resource center for parents and teachers. |
www.chesskids.com/| An annotated bibliography of musical compositions related to chess. |
www.greschak.com/muschess.htm| A free chess server with players of all levels, with lectures to help you improve your play. |
www.freechess.org/| Specialty site devoted to chess players who enjoy playing various opening gambits. |
www.gambitchess.com/| Promotes computer chess programming, holds competitions with "computer" players, and publishes a quarterly journal. |
www.cs.unimaas.nl/icga/| Recognised international federation in the domain of chess, which was founded on July 20, 1924 in Paris. FIDE is recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the supreme body responsible for the game of chess and its Championships. |
www.fide.com/| Top level competition for serious players. Chess variants are played here as well. There is a small fee for use of the service. |
www.chessclub.com/| Chess improvement, tips and tricks, challenges, information, and shopping. |
www.justchess.biz/| Chess played with cards. Each card breaks the rules in a wild and unpredictable way, giving the game more twists and turns than a roller coaster. |
www.sjgames.com/knightmare/| Organized chess problem archive that allows viewing in GIF and ASCII format. |
www.logicalchess.com/| Home base for two British publications, The Week In Chess (TWIC) and Chess Monthly. Downloadable games to study and move-by-move analysis of live events. |
www.chesscenter.com/| Chess encyclopedia with information about chess players, events, and openings. |
www.maskeret.com/mecca/index.shtml| Chess problems with narrative about how each came about and what really happened after the position. |
www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess/chess.html| Information for chess students or teachers. Has chess camps in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia. |
www.chessctr.org/| Official website and online store for the US Chess Federation. The USCF is the official sanctioning body for tournament chess in the United States. |
www.uschess.org/| Wholesale Chess is the #1 online chess store for chess sets, clocks, pieces, boards, and equipment. |
www.wholesalechess.com/| Play online chess with opponents from beginners to grandmasters. World Chess Network provides free online chess and premium feature rich chess games. |
www.worldchessnetwork.com/ | |
