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The best way to research chess on the Internet is by using the Internet itself. The wonderful Wayback Machine presents historical snapshots of web sites which have long since disappeared. • Q: How do you find the domain names of those early sites? • A: By looking at snapshots of the early chess portals.
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Search the rec.games.chess newsgroups on content, subject, author, and date. The newsgroups are a valuable source of chess history and trivia in the Internet age.
Wayback Machine on www.chess-space.com
An early chess portal on the Web. Evolved into InternetChess.com. • From the Internet Archive (www.archive.org).
Wayback Machine on www.internetchess.com
Introduced October 1998. Domain name acquired by Chess and Bridge Ltd. in early 2000 for Kasparov - Kramnik match. In 2003 redirected to www.chesscenter.com (London Chess Centre). • From the Internet Archive (www.archive.org).
Wayback Machine on chess.miningco.com
An early chess portal by Sean Whalen. Evolved into chess.about.com (About Chess). • From the Internet Archive (www.archive.org).
Wayback Machine on chess.about.com
About Chess (this site). David Dunbar served as Chess Guide from February 1999 to May 2002. Mark Weeks took over in September 2002. • From the Internet Archive (www.archive.org).
Wayback Machine on www.chessopolis.com
Introduced June 1999 by Andy Serpa. Started as http://chessopolis.hypermart.net in August 1998. As of November 2004, the last update was Q2 2003. • From the Internet Archive (www.archive.org).
 
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