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Web Site Reviews

Of course we think Chessville is one of the best chess-related web sites you can ever want, but there are other sites out there.  Here are some of the sites we've visited and the products we've tested, along with our assessment at the time.  Please bear in mind that these reviews are dated, and web sites can change faster than a review can get posted.
 

Chess Weblog Reviews by Scott Strattner
     The Kenilworthian

INDEX OF SITES

50 Chess Games for Beginners
     Animated chess tutorial program for new players

Alexandra Kosteniuk
    
Her official website

America's Foundation For Chess (AF4C)
     Promotes youth chess in & out of schools, sponsors US Championships

Artful Dodger's ChessChat
     Email discussion group, using Yahoo Groups as host

Bill Wall's Chess Page
     Vast & varied collection of chess information, fiction, games, openings, trivia, humor, etc.

The Bobby Fischer Home Page
     This is a Fischer Fan site

ChessCube
     PLAY, WATCH, TOURNAMENTS, BUDDIES and ROOMS are the options...

Chess Humour and Crosswords
     Humorous chess-themed short-stories, and more

Chess Is Fun
     ICCF-SIM Jon Edwards' site, includes n awesome Blog

chessKIDS academy
     FREE online interactive lessons, quizzes and games for kids

Chess Mail
     Correspondence Site supporting the Chess Mail magazine, and more

ChessMix
     eBooks for sale, free pgn downloads, and more, by Bulgarian GM Ventzislav Inkiov

The Chess Oracle
     A variety of chess tourneys, events, and other chess news stories

Chess Problem Curiosa

     a collection of fascinating chess problems, with a special twist!

Chess Stories
     Collection of short (3000 words or less) stories with a chess theme

Chessworld.net

     turn-based site that specializes in all forms of chess, from single games to tournaments

The Chess Variant Pages
     Chronicles different types of chess variant games

Chess Visualization Training
     Exercises to aid development of board vision

Dan Heisman
     Author, instructor, Chess Cafe columnist, Renaissance Man

Dr Unclear
     (C)heating on the Internet Chess Servers

First Saturday Chess Tourneys
     Tournaments providing title norm and FIDE rating opportunities

GM Chess
     GM Alexander Khalifman & the St. Petersburg GM Chess School

GM Peter Svidler's Unofficial Page

Goddesschess
    
This site is all about Women in chess

ICCF - International Correspondence Chess Federation
     Home of the official international body for Correspondence Chess

Mr. Mip's Chess Palace
     A kaleidoscopic collection of problems, from sublime to ridiculous

NM Nick Beqo's Correspondence Chess Course
    
Chess lessons by email

The Retrograde Analysis Corner
    
Comprehensive look at compositions involving Retrograde Analysis

SuperAjedrez
     One of the best Spanish-language chess websites, reviewed in español and English

Tigerchess
    
GM Nigel Davies' site, devoted to chess teaching

Tim Krabbé's Chess Curiosities
     Tim Krabbé's incredible collection of chess-related stuff

Uncrowned Kings
     Games & tournament/match records of a number of very strong players

The World Chess Championship
     Games and information about the World Chess Championship

World Chess Network
     More than just a playing site


PRODUCT REVIEWS

Chess eXpress Ratings
     unique rating service that provides a variety of statistical data to help assess your game, and could save you money too

ChessLecture.com
     ChessLecture.com offers a seemingly endless supply of videos over the Internet

Chess Memory, software developed by Bill Jordan, reviewed by Robert Tuohey.  "The ability to quickly and accurately memorize chess positions (i.e. board vision), has long been recognized as one of the key attributes of strong players.  The first systematic studies of this skill were made by the Dutch psychologist, and proficient amateur player, Adriaan de Groot. Since that time all chess coaches have included exercises to improve board vision (e.g. Dan Heisman’s article).   (Note 1)  In this brief article I’d like to introduce you to a simple freeware program called Chess Memory, developed by Bill Jordan, which has helped me improve my board vision..."

Chess Opening Playing Cards
    
Now you can play poker AND work on your chess game at the same time!

Chess Today
     GM Alexander Baburin's daily chess newspaper

Crazy Knights
     An addictive new CD-ROM game for the Personal Computer based upon the chess knight's L-shape moving pattern.

MagnateChess Third Millennium Chess Set
     Highly functional quality travel chess set

NoteBook Games Chessboards
     chessboards on flexible hi-gloss paper, laminated in plastic, with static-cling pieces

Professor Chess
     Scholastic Chess Instruction

Sticky Chess
     Travel sets for chess, checkers, and backgammon

Squares
     Squares is the newest entrant into the world of chess magazines

TWIC Theory
     Delivered straight to your inbox, each issue reviews an opening line through the use of illustrative games.


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