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     Excellent collection of studies & problems. 132 problems each from Loyd, Sanderse & Liburkin, for a total of 396. All problems can be downloaded in .cbf format.

     Chess lessons for each day of the year. Very good collection of instructive problems.

Bruno's Chess Problem of the Day

     New problem every day, solutions for yesterday.  10-day archive

Chess Problem Curiosa     [Chessville Review]

     A collection of interesting and unusual chess puzzles and problems.

     Huge collection of problems from several well known problem books to solve.

     Good collection of almost 500 problems to solve online, ranging from one move to ten, plus some endings to solve.

     Tactical positions to solve.

     Nice collection of tactical problems that are arranged into categories from easy to master level. Problems can be solved online with a Java interface. Also includes several games with a tactical theme.

     Excellent multi-lesson tactics training. Lessons have to be downloaded & require CB or CBLite to use.

     Sample problem from each of Claude Kaber's training course lessons on tactics & strategy. Problems can be solved online with a Java interface.

Codex for Chess Composition

     From the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions, everything you always wanted to know, but...

DejaScacchi
     3400 positions primarily taken from actual games. Each of the combinations was either played on the board in an actual match or could have been played as a different variation.

Don French's Chess Problem Page
     designed for the fan of chess problems; you can find other chess problem sites, chess problem composers, chess problem books, chess problem software (including the FREE program, Problematic - The Problemists' Toolkit). There are even a few of Don's own chess problems.

     Basic mating patterns. One of the foundations of chess tactics.

     Almost 100 instructive tactical problems to solve.

     Several well annotated tactical games that can be played over with a Java board. Also includes links to several other sites with tactics training & games.

     Nice explanation of the common tactical themes with examples. Also includes several thousand games to play over with a Java viewer.

     Weekly feature with problems to solve from critical positions in games. Site includes archive of previous positions plus games.

My Chess Compositions
     Don French's site, with a variety of compositions

     Tactical training on invasion trajectories. Includes several well explained positions & games.

     Several collections of tactical positions.

Problemesis

     A French-English bilingual web-magazine devoted to Chess problems.

     Huge collection of tactical problems arranged by the player whose games they are from

Problem Online 2004
     Croatian Internet Chess Problem Magazine, in English

Some Novel Chess Problems

     Andrew Buchanan's site devoted to chess problems.  Many are so-called "Dead Reckoning" compositions that show the amazing effect of FIDE Law A1.3 on Chess Retrograde Analysis.

Stanislav Vokal's Chess Compositions

     Lots of challenging problems.

StrateGems
     StrateGems, the official publication of The Good Companions, a small group of problem enthusiasts.

Useful Chess
     tactics, problems, etc.

Vincent's Chess Problems Page

     An excellent collection of 117 problems covering a wide range of themes

Vito Rallo's Home Page
     chess problems, Italian & English versions

William Harvey's Chess Puzzles

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