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When was that player born? What does that term mean? What were the Lewis chessmen and what does ECO stand for? The answers are online if you know where to look.

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Chess Encyclopedia by Maurizio Mascheroni
'Who, When and Where' plus lots of links.

ECO Codes
List of all openings by ECO code, with moves. Opening variations not named. From the Exeter Chess Club.

ECO/Nomenclature Archive
Openings classified by ECO code. From Chess Archaeology.

Chess Dictionary
Over 700 terms explained; from Chess Odyssey.

Chesmayne by Raymond Reid
Chess-poster.com. 'The best and the most complete history of chess available on the Internet.'

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Wikipedia : the free encyclopedia
Chess rules, concepts, and history. Maintained by volunteers from the general public.

Free-definition.com
Encyclopedia style entries with hyperlinks to related topics.

Chess pieces in different languages
Translations for 'chess', the six chess pieces, and 'check' in 72 languages.

Wolfram.com
Mathematicians look at chess : number of possible games, etc.

World Clock : time zones
Find current local time in different cities and countries, all time zones. Useful for calculating when online games in major tournaments will start in your local time.

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