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The 65th Square
Sort of a cross between an online chess club and a general chess site. There is some game analysis, general instruction, a bulletin board, etc.

Automatons
Brief overview of Mephisto, Ajeeb, and The Turk.

Autumn Endgame
Serialized chess fiction.

The Babson Task
What may well be the best composed problem in history. Includes solution and extensive analysis & explanation.

Bill Wall's Chess Page
Excellent site. Huge collection of articles, stories, games, humor, analysis, miscellany, etc.

Braille Chess
Site devoted to chess for the blind

Chess and Poker
Focuses on the game of 'Blitz Chess'. Time limits are classified for the first time, more than six in-depth never before seen strategy tables are provided, and several games

Chess Basics
Introduction to the basic rules of chess with links to Game Colony's playing site & Chess Lab online database.

Chess Bits
An assortment of essential links and answers to basic questions such as how to play online, find chess books, etc. Dormant since 2002.

ChessChick's Guide To Girl Stuff
Articles & links for women's chess. Archived.

Chess Dominion
Articles, chess art, basic instruction, biography & games of all the champions. Numerous forums. This site is graphically attractive, but not the easiest to navigate.

ChessGuide
Portal site, with categorized links to other chess sites around the net

Chess Goddesses [site review]
Good site by XanJena devoted to women in chess. Includes news, interviews, articles, and links.

Chess In the Cinema
Comprehensive list of movies with chess scenes.

ChessLand
Small collection of essential links and several files from players, events, and endings. Archived.

Chess Photo Gallery
Close to one thousand chess-related photos, provided by IM,FST Jovan Petronic and Giannis Liogkas

Chesslinks Worldwide
Links, Hall of Fame, World Champs, scholastic sections. Idle since 2004.

Chessmate - The Online eZine for Chess
Indian chess news site with an e-zine.

The Chess Matrix
A Texas-based site, with Texas player's ratings, tourney info, etc. Archived.

Chess Meetup
Free service to help chess players meet up in real life.

Chess on Stamps
Extensive site devoted to chess related stamps, plus links to related sites.

Chess on Stamp Study Unit
The Chess on Stamp Study Unit (COSSU) is an active group of chess stamp collectors and enthusiasts. We are a not-for-profit, official affiliate of both the American Philatelic Society and the American Topical Association.

Chess Postcards
A visual collection of postcards and cards with a chess theme.

Chess Stamp Catalogue
World's first online chess stamp catalogue.

Computing Magic Knight Tours
Enumerates all the magic knight's tours on an 8x8 chessboard. Archived.

Directory Game
Online game directory with categorized, searchable listings of online game sites

Duif's Place: Chess for Fans and Tournament Players
News & advice covering a broad range of chess subjects. Includes links to chess coaches. Primarily aimed at younger players or people new to chess. Dormant since 2005.

e3e5
Russian site with chess news. The English translations have not been updated since 2007, but the main site is still current - and can be translated in-line using Google Chrome.

Email Chess and Chess in Art
Just what it sounds like. A good reference site.

En Passant - Nørresundby Chess Club
Not so much a normal chess club site, as a collection of chess graphics & freeware programs. There is a small collection of games that can be played through with a Java applet and a little bit of news.

Entertainment Journey Chess
A chess improvement plan (how to get to 1900).

Exeter Chess Club: Chess Quotes
Large collection of chess quotations.

Exeter Chess Club: Chess Stories
Nice collection of interesting chess stories.

Gambit Chess
Site devoted to a fairly narrow selection of gambit openings. Includes some game downloads from gambits & books, links, articles & thematic tournaments.

Grandmaster Square: Photo Gallery
Large collection of photos of GM's & other chess notables. Inactive since 2002.

Grave of Aaron Nimzowitsch
Short bio of Nimzowitsch, plus a picture of his grave marker and the address of the cemetery where he's buried.

Grave of Alexander Alekhine
Short bio of Alekhine, plus a picture of his grave marker and the address of the cemetery where he's buried.

Grave of Paul Morphy
Short bio of Morphy, plus a picture of his grave marker and the address of the cemetery where he's buried.

Grave of William Steinitz
Short bio of Steinitz, plus a picture of his grave marker and the address of the cemetery where he's buried.

Greek Chess Online
Small site with tournaments, news, and downloadable games.Minimal English support.

Holdout!
Chess short story by NM Dan Heisman.

How to Play Chess on the Internet
Nice introduction to how to play chess on the Internet, including a description and link to all the major servers. Out of date, but still useful.

The Hypermoderns
Game collections of the pioneers of the hypermodern revolution.

I Was Tortured In the Pasadena Jailhouse!
Bobby Fischer's account of the infamous 1981 case of mistaken identity & his subsequent incarceration

ICC Finger Notes
Look up anyone's ICC (Internet Chess Club) finger notes

ICC Players' Pictures
ICC's official page with hundreds of photos of members, listed by ICC handle.

Jamaica Chess
All about chess in and by Jamaican players. Click the enter button quickly to avoid the obnoxious music.

Jigsaw Lounge - The Luzhin Defence movie review
Review of the 2001 movie of Nabokov's The Luzhin Defence.

Kamikaze Chess Club
Online chess club for fans of gambits & sacrificial play. Hosted by Steve Lopez. Site is primarily devoted to discussions on gambit play.

Kamikaze Chess Page
Steve Lopez's site devoted to gambit play. Includes articles, analysis, instruction, as well as miscellaneous chess related material.

Logical Chess
Several instructional articles, some information resources (including re-prints of several of Bill Wall's history / trivia / etc. collections), and chess products.

Loiodice's Chess Collection
Great site with a nice collection of games, tactics, endings, and openings for download & online viewing, plus basic illustrated rules, advice, chess etiquette, etc.

Lost Boys Chess Page
Netherlands chess organization/club with links to several events they've sponsored or hosted.

Marcel Duchamp Bulletin Board
Includes discussions of this famous artist's passion for chess and chess-themed artistic works.

Mastermove
A site about endgame compositions with online quizzes.

Master Preparation by Igor Epshteyn
A non-credit advanced course on the theory and practice of chess, aimed at the serious tournament player from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Mathematics 177 Logic of Chess
College chess course from the U. of Wisconsin at Whitewater. Includes description of the course as well as handouts & useful links & downloads.

Mat Plus - The Best of Chess Problems
Site devoted to chess problems.

Max Euwe Center
Museum, links, articles, etc.

Mjae.com
French language chess site.

Mr.Mip´s Chess Palace [site review]
A few original & classic problems. Most of the site is still under construction.

Mountain Lake Chess Camp
Chess camp for children 6-17, by IM Larry D. Evans. Two camps, in the Sacramento & Los Angeles areas of California.

Mushrooms In Moonlight
Mushroom themed chess set... or at least that's what's they're supposed to be.

My Obsession With Chess (Scott McCloud)
Comic strip artist & writer Scott McCloud's unique look at his lifelong journey with chess.

NOST Webpage!!!
NOST has folded, but what's left of their site is still up. Interesting association of chess players, discussing chess and a number of chess variants & other games. Small links collection, history, and information about the NOST annual convention.

NW WA Scholastic Chess: Resources
Nice collection of links to articles, instruction, advice, etc. for young & beginning players.

Open chess diary
Tim Krabbe's collection of essays, stories, problems & games. Primarily devoted to compositions, but very instructive.

The Open File
About chess in Florida. Games, articles, news, etc.

Orlov Chess Camp
Georgi Orlov's chess camp for junior players. Located in the Seattle area.

PawnPusher Chess: It's Only a Game
Humorous look at tournament players, dirty chess tricks, and a semi-serious look at a few openings.

The Polgar Project
Project to create a .pgn database of all the positions & solutions from the Polgar 5334 Chess Problems book.

QWLearning
collection of chess links

Retrograde Analysis Corner [site review]
Nice site devoted to retrograde analysis problems. Includes a large collection of problems, as well as a glossary, history, explanations, awards, links, etc.

Riccardo Andreis' Chess Philatelic
A comprehensive resource to all things related to chess stamps.

Rochade Kuppenheim
German (?) language chess site.

St. Petersburg Chess School
GM Khalifman's famous St. Petersburg chess school. 10 day session is a remarkably low price and is well worth the fee. Includes numerous lectures, analysis, training games, GM simul, etc.

Sam Loyd -- America's Greatest Puzzle Designer
Includes collections of Mr. Loyd's chess puzzles.

Tales Of 1001 Knights
Very good collection of games, articles, analysis, links, etc.

Things to do in chess before its too late
Humorous and thought provoking list of 100 things to accomplish in your chess career.

Tim Krabbé's Chess Curiosities [site review]
Great variety of articles, games, humor, records, history, etc. This is one of the most interesting chess sites on the Internet.

Topical Chess Postcards
collectors of vintage chess postcards to show their treasures

UrbanChess
dedicated to urban chess culture

USA Chess, Inc.
Activities for children including a national summer chess camp tour held annually, scholastic tournaments, private and group lessons.

Uncrowned Kings Home Page [site review]
Site devoted to some of the greats of the game who never became World Champion. Includes downloads of virtually all their games.

venetoscacchi.com
Italian language site.

World Chess Links
budding collection of chess links, in English, Spanish, and Italian

World Chess Rating
Russian-language site.

The World Clock - Time Zones
Excellent site which shows the time in all the time zones around the world. Very useful when arranging playing times for online games.

Yace and the Halloween Attack
Series of postings about the Yace engine, its playing of the Halloween Attack on the USCL server, as well as a few other messages.

Yahoo! Chess e-groups
Listing of all the Yahoo chess e-groups.

Yermolinsky's Diary
Collection of several witty, informative, and often controversial postings by the outspoken GM. This site is no longer active as of 9-01 though.

Yermolinsky's Home Page
Miscellaneous opinions and comments from the often acerbic GM.

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