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Chess Mail Edited by Tim Harding http://www.chessmail.com/ Reviewed by David Surratt, 5-31-2003 Chess Mail is, first and foremost, a magazine devoted to Correspondence Chess (CC), and this web site serves as their on-line presence. A sample issue of the magazine is offered for download in pdf format (all 64 pages!) and this alone is worth the price of admission, including an article on computer chess engines, tournament reports, a three and one-half page theoretical article of Bishops and Wrong Rook Pawn endings, and a wealth of high-quality annotated games. CC players are justly noted for the depth of their opening research, and these games provide fertile grounds for the inquisitive reader.
Chess Mail's Editor, author and Senior International Master of Correspondence Chess Tim Harding, is also well known for his Chess Cafe column, The Kibitzer, and a page on this site provides background information about the column and links to the current and archived issues. There are also some free downloadable game collections in pgn format to accompany some of Tim's columns as well. Tim's personal home page, also hosted here, contains biographical information and a complete bibliography of the more than 30 books and CDs, mostly opening research, that Tim has authored or co-authored over the years. Chess Mail also hosts a considerable collection of reviews by John Elburg, a CC News page, tournament reports complete with unannotated games, and a page pushing a book written by Tim's father about his experiences during World War 2, Copper Wire. Chess Mail publishes some unique products about which the reader can find more information, including a Mega-CC Database CD, and the excellent book "64 Great Chess Games", by Tim Harding, containing 64 carefully selected and painstakingly annotated CC games. Chess Mail sponsors a number of teams in the ICCF's Champion's League, and there is plenty of information about the players and their games here too. Navigation on the Chess Mail site is accomplished via a drop-down list of major sections at the top of each page, along with special links along the left page margin which vary from page to page. Plenty of hyperlinks exist in each page's content, as well. In fact, I'm convinced there's more stuff hidden at this site than I've uncovered, and that makes one wish for a more comprehensive navigation tool there. Still, Chess Mail has a lot to offer the curious reader. While already well known among CC-players, it deserves to be more so among the general chess playing public. Visit Chess Mail today, rummage around and see what chessic-gold you uncover there!
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