For news on what's happening in the chess world, visit Mark Crowther's great online chess newsletter. Games, crosstables, and news stories on the most important events in the tournament chess world.
If you're just looking for a calendar of major international events, look into Chessville's annual events calendar. However, if you want information on local tournaments, check with your local FIDE affiliate (such as the USCF in the United States).
And if you're interested in feature stories with lots of pictures, see the Chessbase news column.
Stephen Pribut's excellent FAQ for the rec.games.chess.misc. newsgroup also has many suggestions on teaching and learning chess. When you get to Dr. Pribut's page, look for the links to the FAQ parts 1-4 if you need plain text to print out, or the "WWW version" if you want to view it online.
The Exeter Chess Club has a wonderful collection of free chess resources, including handouts for teachers, coaching links, and a great colleciton of chess quotations and anecdotes. This is a low tech page that works well for the visually impaired also.
Internet Chess Radio: Chess.fm
Web-based radio station, offering both instruction and news. Frequently carries live coverage of major events. Weekly shows include interviews, book reviews, and instruction. Note that their URL is www.chess.fm, not www.chessfm.com. You will need Windows Media Player to hear the broadcasts.
Lots of interesting files here, including some photos.
The
University of Pittsburgh Chess Archives
More good chess files.
A wonderful index to most of the Chess resources on the Web, very nicely organized into categories.
La Mecca: An Online Chess Encyclopedia--from Italy!
This online chess encyclopedia (in English) keeps getting better and better. It has entries on famous players, special events, and country information. Although it doesn't cover everything, you'll find lots of fun facts here. Check the listing under "World Championship" for all world champions up through 1995. If you're looking for biographies and photos of US Players, also check the Players Gallery section at the US Chess Federation
Official Website of the US Chess Federation: www.uschess.org
The official website of the US Chess Federation includes the national calendar of upcoming tournaments and national events, the ratings of all registered US tournament players, including Top 50 lists in different age categories, archives of important events like Kasparov/Deep Blue, information on playing correspondence chess and over the board tournaments, a scholastic section, a weekly news column and an online catalog of chess books and equipment. For links to Websites for other national federations, see our Guide for Fans and New Tournament Players in the List of FIDE Affiliates.
Official Website of the international chess organization, FIDE: www.fide.com
This site includes a ratings database for all internationally-rated players, including photos of many of today's top stars. Look up an individual player, and you'll find a "rating card" with photo, current rating, date of birth, FIDE title, and other stats. Also includes information on recent international events.
Chess graphics, diagrammers, an endgame puzzle solver, an excellent openings library, and Bill Wall's chess trivia. A good place to wander around on a rainy afternoon...
And for what's happening everywhere else, check out the best teletext service on the Web!
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Last update on 15 January 2005