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ChessChrono : Chess for all Ages
An index of About Chess blog articles on chess and its impact on people from all walks of life. [Elsewhere on the Web : Chess for all Ages]

ChessChrono : Chess Product News
An index of About Chess blog articles on product news.

ChessChrono : 2005 FIDE World Championship
An index of About Chess blog articles on the 2005 FIDE World Championship, San Luis, Argentina.

ChessChrono : Chess and the Arts
An index of About Chess blog articles on chess and the arts: cinema, drawing, film, movies, museums, music, painting, parks, sculpture, sets, television, theater.

ChessChrono : 2004/2005 Kasparov - Kasimdzhanov World Championship match
An index of About Chess blog articles on the 2004/2005 Kasparov - Kasimdzhanov match, postponed then cancelled. Kasparov soon retired from chess and FIDE announced a new format for its World Championship and the qualifying cycle.

ChessChrono : 2005 FIDE World Cup
An index of About Chess blog articles on the 2005 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, a qualifying event in the 2005-2007 cycle of the FIDE World Chess Championship.

ChessChrono : 2004 Kramnik - Leko World Championship match
An index of About Chess blog articles on the 2004 Kramnik - Leko World Chess Championship match, Brissago, Switzerland.

ChessChrono : 2004 FIDE World Championship
An index of About Chess blog articles on the 2004 FIDE World Chess Championship, Tripoli, Libya.

ChessChrono : 2004 Women's World Championship
An index of About Chess blog articles on the 2004 Women's World Championship, Elista, Kalmykia.

ChessChrono : 2003 Kasparov - Ponomariov match
An index of About Chess blog articles on the aborted 2003 Kasparov - Ponomariov World Championship match.

Chess Buyers Guide
Chess Buyers Guide : Most recent 'Before You Buy' articles, 'Top Pick' articles, and 'Reviews', last 10 of each type. Separate indexes for the same.

Award Winning Chess Books
The chess books listed here have all won a prestigious Book of the Year award from at least one of the following chess book reviewers: British Chess Federation (BCF), ChessCafe.com, Fred Cramer / Chess Journalists of America (CJA). Click any title to compare prices for that particular recommendation.

Where are all the Chess Articles?
Where is the index of About Chess articles?

The Tools: Basic Chess Concepts
The tools of chess. Here's what every chess player should know -- chess notation, draws, the relative value of the pieces, the phases of the game, tactical play, and more. This is basic knowledge you need to get started on the winner's path.

The Rules: How to Play Chess
The Rules of Chess. How to set up a chess board, move the pieces, castle, capture, checkmate, and more. Chess by the rules.

Garry Kasparov
A brief biography of Garry Kasparov.

Prolific Chess Writers
Like most subjects, chess has its honor roll of prolific writers. We looked at a few sources of book information and derived a list of chess writers who have produced a whopping share of chess book titles.

Chess Bibliography
Compare prices for our list of recommended chess classics especially chosen for the beginning and intermediate player.

Themed Chess Sets
Imagine a game of chess featuring cats versus dogs. Who gets the White pieces? Do the dogs always win?

Themed Chess Sets
You often hear chess used to describe more physical contests -- 'the Monday night football game was a real chess match' -- when a game involves lots of strategy and oneupmanship. Chess sets are also used to depict long-standing sports rivalries, like the Mets vs. the Yankees.

Themed Chess Sets
Chess sets for children feature cartoon characters, movie characters, book characters, and at least one well known soft drink. They are for children of all ages! (Almost all ages : please be sure that the youngest children know not to put the pieces in their mouths.)

Themed Chess Sets
Chess is a war game and it follows that many specialty sets depict famous battles. Chess can also be used to symbolize less warlike situations where political adversaries fight over competing agendas.

 
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