Steve Pribut's Chess Page

Updated: May 9, 2001

Latest Chess Frequently Asked Questions Files:

The latest rec.games.chess.misc FAQ is available here in html format. The rec.games.chess.computer FAQ is available here in text format. Reviews are here too! More soon!

rec.games.chess.misc FAQ WWW version.

rec.games.chess.misc FAQ Part 1 Text version part 1 of 4.

rec.games.chess.misc FAQ Part 2 Text version part 2 of 4.

rec.games.chess.misc FAQ Part 3 Text version part 3 of 4.

rec.games.chess.misc FAQ Part 4 Text version part 4 of 4.

rec.games.chess.computer FAQ 1/3

rec.games.chess.computer FAQ 2/3

rec.games.chess.computer FAQ 3/3

GNU Chess and XBoard:FAQ-Tim Mann

Newbies To The Net & Information for AOLers

Ratings, Reviews & Miscellaneous Infos

• ECO Codes
• Long ECO Codes - Zip File Franz Hemmer via UPitt
• Latest SSDF Computer Ratings
• USCF Listings By State - Courtesy of Ken Sloan
• The PGN Standard
• Rebel 10 Reviewed - by Steve Pribut
• Selected Recommended Books

Current Chess News

• October 2000 FIDE Ratings
• The Week In Chess Oldest & Best Net Chess News
• Kasparov Chess Latest News and analysis from Garry Kasparov (World Champion for a long reign until November 2000) and his team. Also lessons available with many GMs a downloadable viewer.

• Other Chess News
  

• Rebel 10- Release Information
• Rebel 10 Reviews
• Fritz 6, Junior 5

• SmartChess Online e-zine with Interviews, Articles, and Some News
• Home of The Week In Chess Best and Oldest Chess News Weekly On The Net
• Chessopolis Reviews, Articles
• News and Selected Articles From Inside Chess Magazine
• Connecticut Chess Magazine
• Tasc Chess Calandar by Eric van der Schilden
• Chess Tournament Calandar
• Chess World Magazine (in Italian)
• Chess Renaissance Newsletter Archives
• Chess On The Net

Live Internet Chess Sites via Telnet

Hot Places to Play Chess Free & Exciting Chess

Chessic Web Sites (WWW)

Here are some hot chess links:

Knight Moves - Selected books on chess, running, & others.
• Judit Polgar Images, games, articles, links.
• Chess Publishing (Chess Openings) - Free taste, more for subscribers. Very latest in opening theory. Updated monthly.
• Internet Chess Watch - Watches many chess pages for changes.
• Computer Chess Club Chess Chat - Moderated Bulletin Board - no flames
• Chessworks Unlimited Deja Vu, Other products. Links to Eric Schiller's home page.
• SmartChess Online e-zine & Software - Worth a Visit!
• Polgar Chess Center (Queens N.Y.) Annotated Game of The Month & Info On Susan's Chess Center
• ChessWise University - Featuring Michael Rohde and Maurice Ashley Chess Education
• Kasparov Chess Lessons available via both live and a downloadable viewer for a multimedia presentation. Latest Chess analyses.
• Anders Brask's Basic Chess - Puzzles & Exercises for The Beginning & Intermediate Player
• Play Chess Online - Recent listing of best places to play online.
• Chess Corner
• Chess Archaelogy - digging up some older but interesting games
• Internet Chess Library
• Internet Chess.Com
• London Chess Center
• Chess Cafe - Russell Hanon
• Connecticut Chess Magazine
• IECC (International Email Chess Club) Traditional Email Chess & Fischer Random
• Chess On The Net - E-mail Chess
• E-mail Chess - IECG WWW page
• Chess Mail - Tim Harding's Correspondance and Internet Chess Magazine - print & web info
• Chess Primer-Jon Edwards
• The Tasc ChessSystem
• British Chess Links Page
• CHESS: Rudof Steinkellner, Jr.
• Chess Federation of Canada
• WWW Chess Archives
• Inside Chess Magazine
• WWWChess 1.0 - Interactive Web Demo GNU Chess-Slow but in your Browser
• Alessandro Morales - Italian Chess Resources
• Al's Chess Page
• Chess Coaching Page
• Jerry Lawson's Chess Pages(USA, DC, World, US Chess Center Info)
• Manolis Stratakis Chess Page Games & Problems.
• Cyberchess Cafe
• The Maclin Times
• Mario Velucchi's Chess Page
• IM Mark Ginsburg
• H3 Incorporated - Harvard Cup & H3 Publications
• Master Preparation: A Course
• Nimrod's Scacchi In Italian
• Swedish Computer Chess Association Home Page
• Grandmaster Gabriel Schwartzman-Internet Chess AcademyGreat Instruction!
• Scott Taylor Chess Coaching
• University of Pittsburgh Chess Club
• What else exists....besides chess? by John Mongle
• Bill Wall's Home PageLots of Diverse Material
• Sean Whalen's Bucket of Chess
• Tim Mann's Chess Page Author of X-Board, Gnu Chess & Other Info
• Bob Hyatt - the programmer of Crafty
  
• Duif's Place
• Xadrez Nas EscolasChess In The Schools - Brazil
• Ken's Chess ProgramNifty looking PGN Reader
• World Chess Champions Palle Mathiasen - Pages & Online Chess Bookstore
• Gambit Soft Chess Software News, Notes, Programs & Patches
• Computer Chess Programming Resources
• Shep's Computer Chess Site
• WGM Anjelina Belakovskaia 1999 US Women's Champion
• Chess For Juniors
  

Free Chess Games & Game Files (pgn, chessbase)

Chess Lab - Online Database of 2 Million Games

Chess Clubs and Organizations (WWW)

Listing of Organizations & Clubs with Web Sites

Essays On Chess

• Yermolinsky's Diary Entries - Recent essays by the Yermonator - 1998 - 1999
• Fish To Fischer, by Richard Fireman
• Street Fighting Men, by Richard Fireman
• A Source Of Inspiration, by Richard Fireman
  
• The Origin of Chess, by Sam Sloan
• Constructions Of The Mind: AI Essays From Stanford
  

More Chess Information and Variants:

• Calculate Your Rating (USCF)
• GNU Chess program
• Chess Variants
• GM Rohde's King's Indian and Sicilian Ezines
• Reflections On Brute Force - by Louis Kessler
• Great Computer Chess Links- Louis Kessler
• United States Chess Federation Home Page (USCF)
• Chess Federation of Canada Web
• Bughouse Chess
• Java Chess Diagram Applet
• Java Chess Viewer Applet from ICC
• Yahoos List

Product Information Available on the W3

• B.T. Batsfords Chess Books
• Bookup
• Chessworks Unlimited Deja Vu, Other products. Links to Eric Schiller's home page.
• Chess Assistant Home Page
• Chessmaster Mindscape Including chessmaster online
• ChessBase USA - Lots of Info, Demos & Articles
• ChessBase - Germany
• Rob Weir's ChessBase Utilities
• Chessvision - Position based database from the Netherlands
• Hiarcs Home Page
• International Computer Chess Association Home Page
• Aficionado, Inc Chess Mentor
• Schroder BV Dutch chess software developing company, with programs like Mephisto Gideon, Rebel 8.0 and the ChessMachine.
• ICD/Your Move Chess & Games Software, Online Computer Chess Reports
• John Bain Chess For Students Chess books for beginning chess players. Material for young people and classrooms.
• New In Chess Products
• SwissPerfect - Swiss Pairing Software
• Clubmate - Database Software
• Chenard - Win95 Freeware Chess Software by Don Cross (With Source-C++!) - also Dos Version
• Arasan - Freeware by Jon Dart with source C++
• How To Create A Digital Grandmaster Chess programming from the ground up

New To The Net Or From AOL

The first thing to do is to go play some chess! Check out the rec.games.chess.misc FAQ or the section on chess servers and then using either telnet software or some of the available telnet clients go to either one of the free servers or to the Internet Chess Club and start playing.

- Internet Chess Club has information on its home page

Get some free chess games and game viewing software.

Also check out Chess.Net at: - http://www.chess.net/.

FICS (Free Internet Chess Server) - links to programs and info on FICS

Software that will run on the chess servers include:

• Blitzen & Other Clients for ICC.
  
• MacICS for ICS
  
• SLICS/ChessBd for ICS
  
• Chess.Net Software for Win95
  

• FICS Walkthrough-How to play on the free servers

Software - Great Demos and Utilities - selected chess players (Rebel, some windows games, freeware, shareware), pgn viewers, Chessbase Light, other demos.

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