WWW Chess Resources

Chess Reference Desk

  • Chess FAQ (Mark Crowther)
  • Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Chess, as maintained by Dr. Stephen Pribut
  • Chess Archives
  • Chess Space
  • Chesslinks Worldwide
  • FIDE Laws of Chess
  • usenet groups
  • Rudolf Steinkellner's games database
  • Retrograde analysis and mathematical chess
  • Internet Chess Library
  • Chess links (Yahoo)
  • Chess Problem Server
  • PCA Chess ratings
  • Herbert Groot Jebbink's Chess Page is an extensive index to chess sites on the Web.
  • Games Collections (by player) (Chess Space)

    Chess Publications

  • Inside Chess
  • The Chess Connection WWW Magazine
  • Mark Crowther's Chess Home Page (The Week in Chess)
  • Maclin Times chess page
  • Chess Informant Home Page
  • Down the Diagonal (Huntsville, AL)

    International and National Organizations

  • Chess Federation of Canada
  • United States Chess Federation (maintained by the Chess Center of Northern NJ)
  • International Computer Chess Association

    Chess News and Events

  • The Chess Connection
  • Nordic Zonal Tournament (Reykjavík, 1995)
  • Halifax Summit International Virtual Chess Championship
  • International Chess Super - Tournament: "Lord Novgorod The Great"
  • Infonets Schachforum Home Page, with coverage of top GM tournaments
  • Quah Seng Sun's Weekly Chess News (Malaysia)

    Chess Shops

  • U.S. Chess Federation Book Selections
  • Chess Department Store: Le Due Torri (Bologna, Italy)
  • Motherland Artworks: Chess Sets

    Playing online

  • Outland is an online destination where you can play graphical, real-time games with people around the world.
  • International Email Chess Group publishs the IECG Bulletin.
  • Play Chess against tkChess
  • Sportsite
  • Internet Chess Club (ICC)

    Chess Club Home Pages

  • Lewis Chess Club Page (UK)
  • Seattle Chess Club
  • Hellas Chess Club
  • Oberlin Chess Club
  • University of Pittsburgh Chess Club
  • Dallas Chess Club
  • Arlington Chess Club

    Other chess pages

  • Jim Weinheimer's Chess Page (Princeton)
  • Alabama Chess Federation
  • Al's chess page
  • Jan Audy's Home Page [In French]
  • Calchess
  • The Chess Room
  • Schachgesellschaft Bensheim [in German]
  • Mark Ransom's Chess Page
  • Chrystian Guy's page (in French)
  • Chess Hawaii
  • Chess Center of North Jersey
  • Scarborough Chess Club
  • Chess World (Australia)
  • The Irish Chess page

    Chess Art

  • Chess Art Gallary (ICL)
  • Gallary of Chess Images (Oberlin)
  • Chess Hawaii Art gallary
  • Images of Chess pieces
  • ASCII Chess pieces
  • Chess cartoon

    Internet Chess Servers

  • New UK Server (Titanic)!!! TICS - telnet://holly.csv.warwick.ac.uk:5000 Dead?
  • European ICS - telnet://anemone.daimi.aau.dk:5000
  • American ICS - telnet://chess.lm.com:5000
  • ICS - telnet://ics.onenet.net:5000
  • Tyler Jones' Experimental Chess Server allows two people to play chess over the Web. The server supports up to ten multiple games, as well as anyone who wants to watch. A WebChess bulletin board allows players to announce their availability.
  • GNU WebChess, created by DJ Delorie, allows players to match wits with a chess software application called "gnuchess."

    Chess related games

  • Bughouse
  • Hexapawn
  • Hyperchess
  • Chess variants
  • 3-D Chess
  • Variants (Chess Space)
    Jon Edwards
    last modified: August 18, 1995