Battle
Royale - From the ChessBaseUSA site,
this huge work is ("part chess instruction, part historical novel")
a blow-by-blow account of the 1924 New York International Chess Tournament.
Brief
History of Black Chess Masters in America - "A Legacy of Excellence".
An article by Gregory Kearse that originally appeared in Chess Life.
Capablanca
and Nimzowitch Confrontation - Humorous historical fiction. What
would happen if Capa and Nimzo got in a fist fight? This is hilarious.
Chess Archaeology
- Excavating the history of chess. Articles, annotated historical games,
photographs, and more. Updated regularly.
Chess Cafe -
Historical information, along with everything else.
Chess History
Center - Intending to be a focal point for those interested in chess
history.
Chess
History Club - Discussion group on Yahoo for chess history.
Chessmetrics
- Statistician Jeff Sonas, using a methodology of his own devising,
has calculated historical chess ratings for thousands of players going
back 150 years.
GoddessChess
- Dedicated to women in chess, and the possibility that chess was invented
as "the game of the Goddess".
Jim
Weinheimer's Page - Old games and chess lore from a Princeton chess
historian.
The
Morals Of Chess - Famous essay on chess by Benjamin Franklin.
Old
In Chess - In Spanish. Old games, old articles, old tournaments,
old ELO lists.
The
Origin Of Chess - In depth site exploring from where came our game.
Tim
Krabbe's Chess Curiosities - Tons of fascinating tidbits from the
history of chess. Well worth your time.
US
Chess Hall of Fame - Has short bios of the inductees and some historical
articles.
Famous Chess Players of the Past
Note: This list is duplicated on the Players
page.
David
Bronstein - The life and games (mostly the games) of David Bronstein.
BobbyFischer.com
- Well done tribute to Bobby Fischer, with huge gallery of tournaments
and games to play through, info on FischerRandom Chess, a bio, &
discussion board.
Bobby Fischer Home
Page - All about Bobby.
Bobby Fischer
Stuff - Recent (more or less) documents and articles regarding Bobby,
as well as a growing collection of radio interviews, mostly from the
Philippines. You can also send Bobby e-mail from here (apparently).
Warning: In case you are unaware of Fischer's current mental
state, you should know that these interviews are full of anti-semitic
hate speech.
The
Game is Afoot - Mini-bios of the greats.
The
Greatest Masters - Bios of Morphy and Steinitz from Ignacio Marin.
Rashid
Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov - Some pointers to articles about one of
the great creative players of the past.
Essential
Nimzowitsch - Some thoughts on Nimzowitsch and his ideas.
On Nimzowitsch
- An attempt to collect some biographical material on Aron Nimzowitsch
outside of his chess career.
Riga
Magician (Tal) - Short tribute of Mikhail Tal along with a couple
of ancedotes.
Dr. Siegbert
Tarrasch - Bio, pictures, and miscellanea of one of the great early
theorists of the game.
Uncrowned Kings
- Dedicated to select world-class players from the history of chess
who did NOT become world champion.