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Chessville News:     Front Page     Future Events     Past Events
     International Chess Calendar
     Kasparov vs Deep Junior 2003:  Round 1     Round 4     Round 6
     1st Saturday Tourneys
          Visit To Budapest - November 2002 Tourney
          IM Balogh vs IM Szeberényi
     The Paul Smith Story
     Silent Knight
     Prodigy In the Making - Sam Schmakel
     Sam, I Am
     Distance Chess - Part One - The Future?
                                Part Two - The Technology
                                Part 3 - History and Development
     Open letter from the Association of Chess Professionals
     Statement of State Committee of Ukraine on Physical Culture and Sports
     IM Andrew Martin's World Record Simul
     2004 National Open
     Wilhelm Steinitz in the Old Town
     Inaugural Annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls
     North American FIDE Open
     Champion of Champions:  IM Ronald Burnett from Tennessee is the US State Champion of Champions
     Battle of Two World Champions
     The New Clothes of the Emperor:  FIDE-REFORM - Open letter to the President of FIDE
     Eulogy on the demise of FIDE - Commerce
     Purpose of our Think-Tank and future Business Model of FIDE (a) and (b)
     Final Report About FIDE Reform
     OPEN LETTER sent by E-mail to all delegates to the FIDE-Congress
     FIDE Trainers Committee
     Millennium Chess Festival
     First World Championship Chessdarts
     Fischer Freedom Watch
     Fischer Freedom Watch - Part Two
     Fischer Freedom Watch - Part Three
     Bobby Fischer - Freedom & Celebration
     An Important Message fromAF4C
     The Susan Polgar South Texas Chess Center
     New FIDE-Trainers and FIDE-Instructors Tutored in Berlin
     Fischer Considers Comeback
     World Record Chess Challenge
     Chess Masterminds 2005
     34th Greek Team Championships
     European Team Championships, Goteborg 2005
     2005 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls
     2005 Kavala Rapid
     ICCL Fall Tourney
     2005 Golden Blitz Tournament in Moscow - Tourney Report
     Will Smith To Play Salome Thomas-El
     The United States Chess League
     Inside Susan Polgar's World Records
     Wilhelm Steinitz: The Unknown Legacy
     2005 FIDE World Championship

Reference Center
     BCF to ELO Ratings Conversion
     Scoring Expectancy Based on Rating Differences
     ECO Codes
     Chess Annotation Symbols
     Chess Notation:      Algebraic     Descriptive
     Glossary of Terms  from Pawn Power In Chess by Hans Kmoch
     International Country Codes
     Alternative Piece Letter Identifiers
     FEN (Forsyth-Edwards Notation)
     NAG Annotations (Numeric Annotation Glyphs)
     Printable Score Sheet: Front   Back

Book Reviews:     Introduction      Index of All Reviews     Recent Reviews

Chess Web Site Reviews

ICS Interface Reviews:     Intro
     BlitzIn     Thief

Pocket PC Review
Pocket Mania - A Chess Player’s Dream
Convekta Products Reviews
     CT-Art
     The Great Players Kit
DGT Projects Electronic Chess Board
Chess Position Trainer

Images of Caissa

Chess History:
        World Champs     World Women's Champs     World Junior Champs
        Chess Olympiads     Famous People Who Play Chess
        Mad Aussie's Historical Chess Trivia
           Archives: Part 1   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4   Part 5   Part 6   Part 7   Part 8
                          Part 9   Part 10   Part 11
        "New" Marshall Game?
        Past Pawns
           Klaus Junge - Forgotten Talent
           Aleister Crowley…Chess Master ?!
           Crowley Versus Whitaker 1916: Rediscovered!
           Reinfeld in da house
           Greco the Great
           Claude Bloodgood Part One
        Remembrances:  Arnold Sheldon Denker, 1914-2005, by Jude Acers

Bill Walls' Wonderful World of Chess
     Addicted to Chess
     Quick French Lessons
     Strange But True
     The Age of Learning Chess
     Celebrities and Chess
     Quick Spanish Lessons
     Chess in the Movies
     Quick Dutch Lessons
     Chess and other Occupations

Links:   Intro and Link Exchange     Recent Additions
            Essential Links                   Comprehensive Links Index
                    Articles & Interviews     Bughouse               Chess Clubs
                    Correspondence Chess     Computer Chess & Software
                    Endings                         Events                    Federations
                    Game Collections          General Sites          Humor
                    Miscellaneous                News                    Non-English Language Sites
                    Online Databases           Openings               Organizations
                    Personal Sites                Players
                    Playing Sites, Online Leagues     Download Sites
                    Publishing                      Ratings & Ratings Lists
                    Reference, Info, & History     Reviews         Scholastic
                    Shopping     Study Games      Tactics, Problems, and Compositions     Training
            Chess Today - Alexander Baburin's Daily Chess Newsletter

Downloads:
    Tactical Exercises
    Games Collections:     By Player    By Opening
    Downloads Links
    MyChessSite
    Miscellaneous Downloads
      Wallpaper
      Knights Tour
      eBooks
          The Tactical Grob by Claude Bloodgood
          The Balogh Counter Gambit by Keith Hayward
          777 Chess Miniatures in Three Ed. E. Wallis
          75 Chess Problems by John Thursby
          200 Chess Problems by Frank Healey
          700 Chess Problems by Mrs. W.J. Baird
          Canadian Chess Problems
          Chess And Checkers : The Way To Mastership, by Edward Lasker
          Chess History and Reminiscences, by H. E. Bird
          Chess Strategy by Edward Lasker
          Crumbs From the Chess-Board, by Charles A. Gilberg
          English Chess Problems
          Maelzel's Chess Player by Edgar Allen Poe
          Problem Solving tourney (1888)
          Smith-Morra Gambit
          Globe Problem and Solution Tourney No. 2
      PGN Notation Language Converter
      FEN to PGN Converter
      Tactics in the Openings
      PGN Utilities

Chess Fiction - Index
     Perry the PawnPusher Series
          Perry the PawnPusher
          Another Story
          Endorphins
          Playing Today
          Many Places
          And A Disaster
          The Vera Menchik Club
          The Only Move
          Downside
          On Walden Pawn
          No Secrets
          Fugitive Information
          Down These Mean Ranks and Files...
     Sherlock Holmes
          The Case of the Baker Street Irregular
          The Royal Game
          The Case of the Diogenes Club
     The Kennedy Kids
          A Royal Pain
          Like, Unlike
          Pawnfully Obvious
          A Foolproof Plan
          Something to Do With the Polgars
          Swindle
          Creating Problems
          Test!
          What's In A Name?
          Chess Camp
          One-Up-Manship
          Big Brothers
          Birthdays With My Friend, Jerome
          Unbeatable Defense
          For Want of a Pawn, a Kingdom was Lost
          Jon's Mailbox
          Princess of the King's Game
          Double Double Trouble Trouble
          Amazing
          Oh...
          How I Spent My Summer Vacation
     The Thompson Stories
          Thompson's Dilemma
     Foul Play, reprinted from SHADOWS, by inmates of the Oregon State Penitentiary, April 1936
     Chess Poem
     The Chesse Playe:  A poem, by Nicholas Breton (1542-1626)
     Botkin’s Resignation, by Robert T. Tuohey
     Mirror Mirror by S.D. Tortorice
     Top Ten Tell-Tale Signs of Chess Addiction by Robert T. Tuohey

Nuestro Círculo: un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje espańol

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School House - Scholastics, Instruction, Beginner's Information - Rules & Notation, Basic Opening Strategy, Basic Middlegame Strategy, Basic Endgame Strategy, Basic Tactics, Novice Strategy Information

Scholastics:
     Scholastic Chess Research
     Scholastic Chess Instruction
          Developing Basic Pattern Recognition
          Scholastic Chess Club Meetings

Instruction:     The Coach

Beginner:     Introduction
     Rules of Chess:     Getting Started
          How the Pieces Move:     General Observations
                The King        The Queen     The Rook
                The Bishop     The Knight     The Pawn
                Castling          Check            Checkmate
                Stalemate       Other Draws
                Notation Basics     Example Game

     Basic Opening Strategy:     Introduction
          Opening Objectives:     Development of the Pieces     Control of the Center
             General Principles:     Introduction
                General Principle #1:  Open with a central pawn
                General Principle #2:  Don't make any more pawn moves than necessary
                General Principle #3:  Develop the Minor Pieces before the Major Pieces
                General Principle #4:  Don't Develop the Queen Too Early
                General Principle #5:  Castle Early
                General Principle #6:  Combine Developing Moves with Threats
                General Principle #7:  Don't Waste Moves
                General Principle #8:  Don't Block the Development of Your Other Pieces
             Opening Traps & Pitfalls
                Légall's Mate

     Basic Middlegame Strategy:     Introduction
                   Strategic Elements:     Material          Space     Structure
                                       Time:     Lead in Development     The Initiative

     Basic Endgame Strategy:     Introduction
                Basic Mates:
                     King & Queen v. King
                     King & Rook v. King
                     King & 2 Rooks v. King
                     King & Queen & Rook v. King
                     Other Basic Mates
                King & pawn Endings:     Introduction
                    King & pawn v. King - Square of the pawn
                    King & pawn v. King - Opposition and Outflanking
                    King & 2 pawns v. King & pawn - Deflection
                    King & 3 pawns v. King & 3 pawns - Breakthrough
                Other Basic Endings:
                    King, Bishop and Rook Pawn v. King
                Perpetual Check

     Basic Tactics:     Introduction
           The Fork:     Introduction
                 Knight Forks     Pawn Forks     Other Forks
           The Pin:        Introduction
                 Absolute Pins     Relative Pins
           The Skewer
           The Discovered Attack
           An Introduction to Sacrifices and Combinations
           Test Exercises
     Smothered Mates

Novice:
        An Introduction to Chess Strategy
        Development     The Center
        The Hypermodern Center
        The Premature Attack
        Exploiting the Open and Half-Open File:
            Part I     Part II

Annotated Games - The Janitor Jim Series (Introduction and Index)

Susan Polgar Monthly Scholastic Chess E-Newsletter

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University - Annotated Games, Openings, Study & Playing Advice, Collection of Chess Wisdom

Ask the Tiger! with GM Nigel Davies

Lessons Learned - Annotated Master Games...with a Twist!
     Najer-Bezgodov, 56th Russian Championship
     Sakaev-Kasparov, European Club Cup 2003
     Taimanov-Fischer, 1971 World Championship Quarterfinal Candidate's Match
     Baburin-King, Four Nations Chess League, May 2004
     Ivanov-Barkhagen, Rilton Cup, Stockholm, 2003
     Aseev-Yandemirov, Ch Russia Krasnojarsk (6) 2003

Bits and Pieces Opening Study with IM Andrew Martin
     English Opening - October 2003
     Veresov Opening - November 2003
     KID Fireworks Part 1 - December 2003
     KID Fireworks - Part 2
     KID Fireworks - Part 3
     KID Fireworks - Part 4
     The Hippopotamus Rises From the Swamp - Part 1 - January 2004
     The Hippopotamus Rises From the Swamp - Part 2
     The Hippopotamus Rises From the Swamp - Part 3
     The Unexplored Sicilian - Part 1 - February 2004
     The Unexplored Sicilian - Part 2
     Sicilian 2.b3 - The Sicilian Snyder Variation - Part 1 - March 2004
     Sicilian 2.b3 - The Sicilian Snyder Variation - Part 2
     The New Slav - Part 1 - April 2004
     The New Slav - Part 2
     Vienna Backwaters - May 2004
     An Unusual Weapon Against the Caro-Kann - Part 1 - June 2004
     An Unusual Weapon Against the Caro-Kann - Part 2
     An Unusual Weapon Against the Caro-Kann - Part 3
     Reverse Gear - July 2004
     The Essential Center-Counter - Part One - August 2004
     The Essential Centre-Counter - Part Two
     The Essential Centre-Counter - Part Three
     The Lopez Grip - Part One - September 2004
     The Lopez Grip - Part Two
     The Lopez Grip - Part Three

IM Igor Khmelnitsky

IM Danny Kopec

GM Alexandra Kosteniuk

Center Squares
     King vs King, Bishop, and Rook Pawn
     Légall's Mate
     Smothered Mate
     Perpetual Check
     Breaking Pins
     The Lucena Position
          Part 1 - The Winning Method
          Part 2 - When the Pawn Is On the a- or h-file
          Part 3 - Getting to the Lucena Position
     Tactical Training
     Study and Playing Advice
          The Path to Improvement
          Suggestions for Improving Your Play
          Practicing Tactics
          Reducing Over-the-Board Errors
          Playing Against Patzers
          "My" System
          The Way of the Notebook
          The Study of the Opening
          The Psychology of Chess Skill
     To check or not to check?
     Improving Your Calculation Technique!
     Practical Rook Endgames

Annotated Games:
     Index
     Recently Annotated Games
     Hayward Annotates
     Submit Your Game
     Lasker-Steinitz 1894 World Championship Match
     New York Masters Game of the Week

Openings:
     How to Learn an Opening
     An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player
     An Opening Repertoire for the Positional Player
     The Road Not Taken - IM-CC Keith Hayward
          Balogh Counter Gambit
               Part I - Introduction and Overview
               Part II - Janos Balogh, the Man and His Games
               Part III - White plays an early exf5
               Part IV - Balogh's Main Line
               Part V - Remaining Lines
          The Orangutan
     The Search for Dragons and Mythical Chess Openings - Clyde Nakamura
            The Latvian Gambit 3...Bc5 Variation
            The Omega Gambit Part 1
            The Omega Gambit Part 2
            Franco-Hiva Gambit - Part 1
            Vector Gambit
     French Defense:
          Introduction:  Part I     Part II     Part III
          Online Resources on the French Defense
          ECO Codes for the French Defense
     Halloween Gambit:  Part 1   Part 2
     The Latvian Gambit Revisited - Part 1
     The Latvian Gambit Revisited - Part 2
          John Elburg's analysis
     Marshall Gambit of the Slav
     The Mokele Mbembe Lives!
     Nimzowitsch Defense
     Smith-Morra Gambit - A Response To the Sicilian Defense
          Part I        Part II     Part III
          Part IV     Part V     Part VI
          Part VII     Part VIII
     The Tamarkin Counter-Gambit in the Zilbermints Benoni
     The Fishing Hook / Fishing Pole Opening: R I P

The Great Pawn Hunter
          The Initiative
          Using Bishops
          Piece opposition

Study and Playing Advice:
        The Path to Improvement 
        Suggestions for Improving Your Play
        Practicing Tactics
        Reducing Over-the-Board Errors
        Playing Against Patzers
        "My" System
        The Way of the Notebook
        The Study of the Opening:
             Part One     Part Two
             Part Three   Part Four
        The Psychology of Chess Skill

A Collection of Chess Wisdom:     Introduction
     General Principles and Guidelines
     Why Didn't Somebody Ever Tell Me These Things?
     The Opening
     The Middlegame
     Attack & Defense
     The Endgame
     The Practical Player
     The Elements
     While It Is Your Move

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Coffee Shop - Forum, Editorials, Quotations, Interviews, Q and A, Human and General Interest

Chessville Forum

Editorials & Essays:
     Online Etiquette:     Part One     Part Two
     Tactics, Tactics, Tactics
     Ratings: What's the Deal?!
     (C)heating
     Reunification Ruminations
     Guest Editorial: Steve Lopez
     Chess and Politics: Should they mix?
     Chess Is Cool!  Glenn McNatt
     Chess Similes by Stuart Solomon
     Rose's Rants
          Excuses and Fear
          What Makes A Strong Player Strong?
          Can "old" players improve all that much?
          Chess Books
          A Study Plan
          Study - Whose Games?
          (Lack of) Progress Report
     Scholastics and the Soul of Chess
     Update: Scholastics and the Soul of Chess, by Tom Braunlich
     The Black Hole In Chess Ratings
          Reader's Responses
     Alekhine's Parrot
          TheParrot's Archives
          TheParrot Squaawks!!!
     Editorial:  Why I am sick and tired of reading about Susan Polgar

Chess Quotations:     Index
    New Additions - Part 1     Part 2     Part 3     Part 4     Part 5
     The Wit & Wisdom of GM Nigel Davies - Part One
     The Wit & Wisdom of GM Nigel Davies - Part Two
     The Wit & Wisdom of GM Nigel Davies - Part Three
     Chess Is…          The Players       Fischer                   Point & Counter-Point
     In The Notes       Wit . . .             And Wisdom          Dunce's Corner
     Penny For Your Thoughts?           Points To Ponder   In the News
     Miscellaneous      Not Really About Chess, But . . .
     Benjamin Franklin's "The Morals of Chess"

Strange Chess News - from the JAX Chess Newsletter
     Archive Part 1     Archive Part 2

Euro Gallery Live Art

Chess History Quiz by Daren Dillinger

Computer Misevaluations

Interviews:

20 Questions
     GM Joel Lautier
     GM Mark Taimanov
     USCF President Beatriz Marinello
     GM Susan Polgar
     Taylor Kingston
     GM Maurice Ashley
     GM András Adorján - Part One
     GM András Adorján - Part Two
     GM Alexandra Kosteniuk

Other Interviews
     Dr. Hsu
     Dan Heisman   Part 1   Part 2
     Grandmaster Larry Evans On Bobby Fischer
     Alexander I. Karjakin, Sergei Karjakin's dad
     Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Leko

Pictures of Jude Acers
Jude Acres On Tour
Jude Acers On Tour - Page 2
Jude Acers Answers Selected Reader's Questions
Acers Remembers - La Carretera...The Highway
Official Jude Acers Tour Web Page
Jude Acers Is Back!!

Q&A:     Q&A Introduction / Submissions
     Current Q&A Column     Q&A Archive

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Playground - Online Chess League, Fantasy Chess, Problem of the Week

Problem of the Week:   This Week's     Archive

Gianni Donati 50th Jubilee Tourney Awards - Place Winners - 2002-2003
Gianni Donati 50th Jubilee Tourney Awards - Honorable Mentions - 2002-2003
Gianni Donati 50th Jubilee Tourney Awards - Commendations - 2002-2003

Play Chess Now

FantasyChess

Online Chess League - FAQ
     By-Laws          Rules          Board of Directors
     Hall of Champions
     Past Tourney
     Hayward Annotates

Correspondence and E-Mail Chess
     The "Hidden" Side of Chess: Correspondence Play     Part I     Part II
     An Introduction to Correspondence Chess, Part One
     An Introduction to Correspondence Chess, Part Two
     An Introduction to Correspondence Chess, Part Three
     An introduction to Correspondence Chess Part Four
     The Rapid Spirit

Gothic Chess: chess variant involves an 8x10 board, and two new pieces - the chancellor and the archbishop
     Gothic Chess Miniatures
     Tactical Artwork
     The 2004 Gothic Chess Computer World Championships

Symmetrical Fischer Random Chess

Rainbow Chess:  GM András Adorján

Tactical Exercises - Downloads

Chesssport:  The January 2005 newsletter from Chess Express Ratings

Chess Word Search Puzzle

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