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Shaun Alexander at Madrona
Shaun Alexander at Madrona
Personalize Your Chess News
Did you know that you can have all recent headlines from your favorite chess news sources -- blogs, forums, and news groups -- on a single web page? The My Yahoo! service offers a remarkably easy way to do this.
The Week in Chess by Mark Crowther
TWIC! An indispensable resource and a great site. Daily updates on all major tournaments and events, plus GM games to download. Weekly newsletter.
Rec.games.chess
Google interface to the main chess newsgroups. Lively and lots of fun, but don't believe everything you read.
Google News
If you can't get enough chess news, don't miss this news search on 'chess'.
ChessBase News
ChessBase does everything well -- even the news! The home page for ChessBase products.
Chess Oracle
Synopsis of news from various sources. World and monthly news with an emphasis on British chess.
Chess Today
First daily chess newspaper on the Net. Paid subscription with sample issues. By GM Alexander Baburin.
Chess.FM
Internet Chess Radio. Regular weekly schedule plus live events.
E4E5.co.uk
Lots of RSS feeds: 'A Chess Portal : Chess News, Chess Views and Chess Links'.
USCF Press Releases
Official USCF press releases including archive back to 1997.
L'echiquier nicois
French language news site : the "French TWIC". From the Nice Chess Club of France.
TWIC 500!
In June 2004, Mark Crowther produced the 500th weekly edition of his TWIC (The Week in Chess) Magazine. We look at TWIC's history using the archive resources available on the Web.
 
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