Chess Columns

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GM Robert Byrne's column
New York Times; appears every Sunday; archive back to 1997. Columns more recent than August 2002 require membership, which is free.

GM Larry Evans' column
Evans on Chess. Weekly column by a four-time U.S. Champion and author of many popular books.

GM Lubomir Kavalek's column
The Washington Post; new column every Monday, plus archive.

GM Lubomir Kavalek's archive
Archive through 18 April 2005.

GM Raymond Keene's columns
'Chess' and 'Winning Move' : two columns from the Times Online (London) by one of Britain's most prolific grandmasters. The columns are scans of original print articles.

IM Jack Peters' column
The Los Angeles Times; new column every Sunday.

Guardian Unlimited
Regular columns by Leonard Barden, occasional columns by GM Jon Speelman, and features about chess.

The Telegraph Chess Club
'Welcome to the Telegraph Chess Club where you will find extended coverage of the most important matches in the world chess calendar by our three distinguished columnists; Malcolm Pein, David Norwood and Nigel Short.' Use this link if you are registered.

Telegraph Chess Club : Malcolm Pein
'International Master since 1985 and provider of the infamous voice of the Fritz chess programme.'

Telegraph Chess Club : David Norwood
'Grand Master by the age of 20 and current manager of the England chess teams.'

Telegraph Chess Club : Nigel Short
'International Grand Master since 1984 and widely considered to be the greatest British chess player of the 20th century.' [Discontinued July 2005; archive available]

Chandler Cornered
'The Chess Column that is slightly different' from Chess Edinburgh.

Chess Madness
'A featured weekly column in the Athol Daily News for over thirty years, now upgraded for the Internet including many new features, links, available downloads, and much more.'

John Henderson archive
The Scotsman; 'almost daily' through September 2003; archive back to 2000.