Great Chess Links

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Bughouse links--a chess variation for four players
ChessBaseLight--download the free version of the premiere chess database manager
Chess Cafe--the best online reading about the royal game
Chess Drum--'The Original Pan-African Chess Site'
Chess.FM--Internet chess radio (new--check out Riley Kellogg's chess readings)
ChessGames--search over 250,000 games
ChessLab--search over 2 million games
Chessnut Hangouts--venues for chess all over the world
Chess Openings Guide (uses descriptive notation)
ChessPublishing.com--online (subscription) opening theory service
Chess Records--longest game, etc.
Chess Stamps--over 80 countries
Chess Theory (German)--opening variations
Chess Variants--recognized chess variants
Chessville--discussion forum/many services
ChessWatch--Gene Venable's timely chess news site
Dan Heisman--a good site for novices
Danny Kopec's chess ability test
Deeper Blues--tongue-in-cheek song based on the Kasparov/Deeper Blue match
ECO Codes--openings
En Passant (Danish)--download chess programs & utilities
Exeter Club Coaching Index--excellent training materials
Fischer 'My 60 Memorable Games'--without annotation (click on "Games" at top)
Fischer-Spassky 1972 world title match games (click on "Games" at top)
Fischer's 1992 rematch with Spassky--Mark Weeks recalls
Fischer Today--treacherous post-9/11 statements by the former champion horrified the world (article by Larry Evans)
Fischerandom Generator--a chess variant wherein the back pieces are shuffled
Hellas Chess Club (Greece)--good European chess coverage
ICC (Internet Chess Club)--the most active Internet chess server
John Henderson's chess column (The Scotsman)
Josh Waitzkin--the true character who inspired 'Searching for Bobby Fischer'
Kasparov-Kramnik 2000 BGN match--annotated games (click on "Games" at top)
Kasparov vs. The Rest of the World--the fascinating match played in 1999
Knight's Tour--the famous puzzle
Match of the (20th) Century--USSR vs. The Rest of the World (search 'Belgrade' and '1970' here for games)
My First Tournament--a little anxiety-relieving humor by Tom Chandler
New York Times chess column by Robert Byrne
Nigel Short reports about playing online against Fischer
Pawn Pusher--UK chess humor/sarcasm
Q & A Way--Bruce Pandolfini's column
Sunday Chess Column--by GM Nigel Short & others
Tiger Chess--GM Nigel Davies' site
Tournament/Match History--catch up to date
TWIC (The Week in Chess)--current games & news
World Champion list
World Chess Hall of Fame & Sidney Samole Chess Museum--Miami, Florida
World Chess Network--a high quality, rapidly-growing rival to ICC
World Chess Rating--the Moscow perspective on chess news, etc.
ZDNet Chess Downloads

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