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ChessChrono : Web Resources for Chess
An index of About Chess blog articles on the links and resources listed under 'Topics' in the left column of each page.

Resources for Chess Beginners
'What does a chess beginner need from the Internet?' The rules of chess provide one obvious answer, but there's much more!

Resources to Improve Your Chess Game
Chess is a game where your goal is to win by playing better than your opponent. Why play if you have no ambition to improve? We identified and linked many sites whose goal is to help you improve.

Resources to Play Chess
The Internet revolution has made 'chess anytime' possible; the wireless revolution will do the same for 'chess anywhere'. We categorized the many online play resources.

Resources for Chess News
What's new? Specialized resources offer chess news that the mainstream press doesn't deliver.

Resources for Chess Downloads
Download : 'Transferring files or information from a remote computer to your computer'. Chess downloads can mean games or software. Take your pick!

Resources for Computer Chess
What does the phrase Computer Chess mean to you? Computers have had such a profound impact on chess that this is one of the most difficult categories to sort out. We took a good, long look at our links to computer chess sites.

Resources for Chess Equipment
Continuing the About Chess top-level review of chess categories, we tackled our Products & Shopping links for Chess Equipment. We tripled the number of our links for buying equipment online and we wondered about safe shopping. If you own a web page that sells chess products, are you giving a good description of your site to visitors?

Resources for Chess Books
It's often said that there are more books about chess than about any other game. We did a quick test and it's true : chess wins the battle of the game books hands down! How do we know which books give the most value for our hard-earned cash?

Resources for Chess Software
Chess Software & Databases cover so many titles that we rely on external chess and shareware directories. We tackle chess freeware and shareware under Shareware Directories and we depend on the main Chess Directories to complement our own listings.

Resources for Chess History
Chess History is a broad subject that, among other topics, covers the origin of chess, chess personalities, and chess events. Many relevant sites are listed under other About Chess categories. Looking for sites in languages other than English?

Resources for Chess Events
Point the Wayback Machine at early chess portals and you'll find all sorts of pages on long gone historical events. We classify chess events as history rather than news for two reasons. First, today's news is tomorrow's history. Second, we can't think of any other activity where historical events are just as important as current events.

Resources for Chess Organizations
Two of the questions that our correspondents ask frequently are 'How do I start a chess club?' -or- 'How do I organize a chess tournament?' If you know a good online resource that addresses either of these areas, let us know and we'll spread the word.

Resources for Scholastic Chess
Scholastic chess is always an extracurricular activity with the school chess club as the focus. It covers reasons for having chess in schools, advice to parents and teachers, established programs, and chess camps.

Resources for Chess Player Biographies
The ideal approach would be a page per player with links to the best external resources. Active players require several sources. Here's everything you need to know about Michael Adams, the popular English player.

Resources for Chess Blogs, Magazines, and Columns
When we created this category, its original name was 'Magazines and Columns'. Some months later we added 'Blogs'. If you're scratching your head wondering, 'What's a blog?', the best way to understand them is to look at a few.

Resources for Correspondence Chess
The age of computers and Internet has had as profound an impact on correspondence chess as on chess in general. The correspondence orgs, which once served the purpose of pairing postal players, have been rendered nearly obsolete by the servers.

Resources for Art, Literature, and Fun
Here we include chess collecting, chess humor, chess movies, and chess music, plus chess stamps & coins. Don't look here for the Chess record label, Chess McCartney, Victoria Chess, chess pie, Mary Chess perfume, or Chess United lens filters.

Resources for Chess Variants
We started by looking at the offerings on the online play sites. We noticed that three chess variants receive more coverage than the others : Fischer Random Chess, Bughouse, and Crazyhouse