On
the Square
Monthly by-lined articles written for the Campbell
Report and usually focused on Correspondence Chess.
See also the Campbell
Report Archive and Hard
Chess (the latter no longer updated).
Chess
Notes by Edward Winter (now at Chess
History)
The great chess historian (semi-emeritus) shares his findings in a series of
articles, formerly at Chess
Cafe. If you are into chess history, you'll want to check back here often.
Chess
Maniac
A fun and useful site, with updated news on the main
page.
About
Chess
Since Mark Weeks took over this part of the About.com
site, the content here is much improved, though generally
geared toward beginners. The forum is well-managed
and monitored. There are still some pop-up ads, though
less troublesome and less numerous than before. But
I hate the way About.com does not allow you to check
out sites outside of their frame. This should be illegal
(since they end up presenting other people's content
as their own). I also find that it is hard to separate
commercial content from the more immediately useful,
and it takes a lot of clicks to get to anything you
want (the idea, after all, is to get page-views and
ad-views). For players beginner to about 1500 rating,
though, this is a fairly good site and worth visiting.
The
Chess Oracle - Chess News from Around the World
John Sharp's British-focused chess news and links.
ChessMix.com
British commercial site with news, links, calendar,
and e-shop.
Harmen
Jonkman's Chess Tournament Calendar
A running calendar of events, with prize information,
links to the organizers' websites, and contact info.
Designed for players on the circuit, but useful for
the rest of us folks just following along.
Chess
at Google News
A search of chess news articles on the web. Several
sites attempt something similar (see Latest
Chess News from JustChess or ), but Google does
it best.
Weekly
Chess Columns
The
Washington Post
Weekly column by Lubomir Kavalek is timely and interesting,
with a well-annotated game and puzzle.
Daily
Telegraph
Daily column by Malcolm Pein, features current news
and games without annotations.
Sunday
Telegraph
Excellent weekly column by Nigel Short, with a recent
annotated game.
Saturday
Telegraph
Weekly articles by David Norwood.
Los
Angeles Times
Jack Peters's timely chess column is quite good.
Australian
Chess Columns
Weekly column by Ian Rogers is especially worth the
visit.
Evans
on Chess
Weekly column by the American legend.
TimesOnline
Weekly column by Raymond Keene. Generally an annotated
game from years gone by.
New
York Times Chess Column
This long-running weekly column by GM Robert Byrne
has been on a steep decline in recent years, especially
as compared to the excellent and timely work of Jack
Peters and Lubomir Kavalek. The news is old and the
annotations are dull. The Times used to be excellent
and even had columns twice a week way back when. I
hope Byrne picks a successor soon so that the Times
doesn't drop chess altogether.
The
Scotsman
No longer updated column by John Henderson. According
to Mig, you can still read Henderson in The Scotsman
paper's games
section, available online with registration.
Chess
Blogs (Web Logs or Online Diaries)
FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF CURRENT BLOGS GO TO:
THE KENILWORTH CHESS CLUB WEBSITE "CHESS BLOGS"
National
and International Sites
FIDE
Frequent official postings, especially on the World
Championship cycle (where you will find the most up-to-date
news possible).
U.S.
Chess Online
Occasional updates.
Echiquier-Nicois
The French international daily chess newspaper online.
Chess
Siberia
Scroll down for the links to content and news.
Ukrainian
Chess Online
Edited by Mikhail Golubev, with excellent annotated
games (especially those of Ruslan Ponomariov's)
and other features.
Russian
Chess
A great site with strong content, especially annotated
games.
BS
Chess by Bystrov Sergey (English version)
Russian international chess news and downloads.
Hungarian
Chess Federation
They have much to celebrate in Leko and the Polgars.
And the Hungarians take chess seriously. There
is an English language link but most content is
not in English. See also Sakk
Portal Magyar.
British
Chess Magazine
A good portal for news with lots of other useful content,
especially recent book reviews (accessible through
the Magazine
area).
Pakistan
Chess Player
Frequently updated.
Chathurangum
An interesting Indian chess site.
Australian
Chess News
A weekly column with game to play on the web. Part
of the Australian
Chess Federation site.
The
Chess Drum
African chess news with frequent updates.
Chess
South Africa
A good news site with an SA focus.
Chess
Tigers
An interesting German site with lots of news.
ChessGate
An interesting German site.
Schach
A good German site that seems to be in touch with
what is going on in German and European chess.
Schachbund
A Swiss site with lots of content.
Schackcentralen
Swedish (?) chess site, rich in content and information.
Austrian
Chess Federation
Features updated news and very good links. Also
an archive to Austrian games. Click the link for
English language.
Tromsø Sjakklub
Chess club website with lots of interesting
content. Not sure if it is Finnish or Norwegian.
DAChess
Russian language chess site.
Ajedrez-de-Estilo
Mixed English/Spanish site with opening columns and
some tournament news.
Inforchess
Spanish-language site with news and calendar.
Ajedrez
de Europa
A Spanish language site featuring mostly links
and lists.
Ajedrez
Siglo 21
News and columns in Spanish.
Ajedrez
21
What's with "21" in Spanish chess site names?
This site has slick design and good chess news.
Peon
de Rey
A Spanish-language site with good and current content.
Some requires registration.
Echiquier-Nicois
French language daily chess newspaper.
French
Chess Federation
Features news and tournament and club listings.
Hellas
Chess Club Chess Portal
An excellent Greek site with frequent updates of chess
news.
Schachgemeinschaft
I must confess, I can't read much here. But it does have some interesting articles in English and lots of content.
Iran
Chess
Online
Discussion Forums and Listservs
NJ
Chess
A well-monitored discussion, with a focus on openings
(see Pete's "Openings for Amateurs" section
especially). Though it seems to have begun with a
focus on chess in the state of New Jersey, it attracts
responders from all over the world and is far from
provincial. It's an open forum that does not require
registration to read, so check it out.
Chess
Colony at GameKnot
One of the better-moderated forums with chess discussions
for general players and fans. You can also enter through
Gameknot.
Chessville's
Forum
Well-moderated discussions on various topics.
Chess
Exchange Forum
A good place to chat chess, from serious analysis
to not so serious satire.
Avler
Chess Forum
A better-moderated version of Google's message board
(see below), with the same extensive and valuable
archives.
Chess-Knights
A fun community forum.
Chess
Talk Message Board
A very nice site for monitoring Canadian chess chatter.
Talk
Chess
Various forums; requires free login.
Chess
Chat from the Artful Dodger
A well-moderated listserv for those who want lots
of e-mail about chess, with a robust archive. Once
you are a member, you can go directly to Chess
Chat at Yahoo Groups.
About.com
Chess Forum
A well-moderated forum with lots of interesting questions
and responses for beginners and those starting out
in rated competition.
USChess
Forum
The forum of the US Chess Federation. Mostly for TDs
and organizers.
rec.games.chess
Chess chat at the Google.com message board, which
has an archive going back at least a decade. But beware:
this site is not moderated and now gets a lot of spam
(including stuff inappropriate for kids) and therefore
has lost a lot of traffic.
Players
Vishwanathan
Anand
A site devoted to the great Indian GM.
Chesschamps.com
Kasparov's site, devoted to promoting his Predecessors
series but offering interesting forums and downloads.
Vladimir
Kramnik
A site devoted to the ongoing triumphs of the champion.
Morozevich.com
The Russian super-GMs site is pretty cool.
Peter
Svidler
The official site of the Russian super-GM.
Bobby
Fischer
A very complete site from Chuck Ayoub, including
latest news.
Alexandra
Kosteniuk
Frequent updates, games, and photos of the beautiful
Russian GM. Worth a weekly visit.
Chess
Goddesses
See what's going on with the other women of chess.
Judit
Polgar
A seemingly official site devoted to the best women's
player (and one of the best overall) in the world.
Polgarchess
Includes updates on the doings of GM Susan Polgar
and links to her recent articles.
GMSquare
A site that is not as frequently updated recently,
featuring the games, analysis, and doings of several
GMs.
Teimour
Radjabov
Frequently updated with his most recent games and
analysis.
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