Duif's Place:
Chess for Fans and Tournament Players

Duif's Place provides information for chess fans and tournament players, with special emphasis on feature stories, including player biographies, tips for parents of young chessplayers, background on international events, and more. The Guide for Chess Fans and New Tournament Players lets readers ask their own questions about chess events and top players. We also host the International Directory of Chess Teachers, which lists chess teachers around the world who give lessons in person or on the Internet. All information at Duif's Place is offered free, courtesy of Jade River Designs: Webpages & Internet Consulting

Featured Sections

Current Features

• Current Features
  Links to features on current news stories in the tournament chess world
• Archives!
  Chess Olympiad summary coverage.
  You'll also find feature stories on the Final Standings for Novgorod Super GM Tournament, the 1996 FIDE World Championship, 1996 US Championship and 1996 US Junior Championship.
  
  
• A Guide for Chess Fans and New Tournament Players
  updated weekly
  Featured Question: "What are Time Controls?"
  
  
• Chess Clubs: Online and Offline
  Both Online and "Real World" Clubs
  
  
• A Note From Duif
  Who's Duif? (and how do you pronounce that, anyway?)
  
  
• Chess (and other) Links

Scholastic Features

• Chess for Kids
  updated monthly
  This month we include coverage of two 1996 charity chess events to help the world's children in Chernobyl and Bosnia.
  
  
• International Directory of Chess Teachers
  Updated 5 June
  We list teachers by name, by location, and by specialty. All information is free to both Teachers and Students. (includes teachers who offer lessons by mail, by phone, or on the Internet, as well as in person)
  Our new Teacher Listing form works with all forms-capable browsers!
  
  
• Tips for Parents of Young Chessplayers
  Questions like "What's a Fair Way to Play Chess with a Child?"

Articles from Our Archives

• Who's the Current World Champion? the Reunification Process from 2002 - 2003
• 1996 FIDE World Championship 22 year old American Challenger Gata Kamsky vs. 45 year old Russian Champion Anatoly Karpov
• 1996 US Championship
  12 of America's top players, including 1995 Junior Champion Tal Shaked
• 1996 US Junior Championship
  Tomorrow's superstars, including Searching for Bobby Fischer's Josh Waitzkin, and America's youngest Grandmaster, Gabriel Schwartzmann.
• 1996 Novgorod Super GM Tournament
  One of the strongest tournaments ever held, this event included some of the world's best young Grandmasters, like Judit Polgar (Hungary), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Viktor Kramnik (Russia), and V. Topalov (Bulgaria).
• More Events from 1996
  Stories about important events like Hoogovens and the first Kasparov Man/Machine match.

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Last Update 28 May 2003
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