Note: Openings
has its own section & chess training software can be found in Software.
Free Online Tutorials / Instruction / Analysis
365
Chess Lessons - A lesson for every day of the year.
50
Chess Games for Beginners - A series of interactive, annotated chess
games to teach basic principles.
A.J.'s
Beginner Chess Course - A tutorial for beginners.
Anticomputer
Chess - Sick of getting beaten by your computer? Check out this
page from Rafael Vasquez.
Barnet
Chess Club Learning Center - Lots of great stuff. Excellent place.
Battle
Royale - From the ChessBaseUSA site, this huge work ("part
chess instruction, part historical novel") is a blow-by-blow account
of the 1924 New York International Chess Tournament.
Basics
Of Chess - Beginner, intermediate, and hopefully forthcoming advanced
lessons and problems.
Checkmate
- Has some good stuff for beginners to get started.
Chess
Coaching Online - Tools to determine what ails your game, plus lessons,
puzzles, etc.
Chess Corner
- Offers a good tutorial for (absolute) beginners, and an introduction
to the main tactical themes.
Chess Doctor
- Free e-zine devoted to improving your chess (for beginners and intermediate
players).
Chess Dominion
- Has Java-based interactive tutorials that allow you to learn at your
own pace.
Chess For
Kids - This well-designed site featuring basic tutorials, puzzles,
and tips was actually made BY kids.
Chess
For Success - Dozens of free online lessons for the "advanced
beginner" and up.
Chess
Is Fun - Lessons from correspondence champion Jon Edwards.
chessKIDS Academy
- Offering instruction (lots of it) specifically to help young kids
learn chess.
Chess Kit - Site
focusing on chess training with advice on analysis plus lessons in tactics
and strategy.
Chessnia - Private
coaching, instructive games & tests from IM Javier Gil.
Chessplayer
- From IM Georgi Orlov. Has a few tutorials along with lots of other
good content
Chess
Rules - For beginners. How to play chess, graphically illustrated.
Chess
Tactics - Neat page illustrating important tactical themes. (i.e.
pins, skewers, double attack, sacrifices, etc.)
Chess
Tactics Trainer - Easy to very hard tactical problems.
Chess
Tips - A series of primers on the various phases of the game.
Chess Trainer
- Indian site features combinations, practical endings, and annotated
games.
Chess
Visualization Training - Information & exercises to help train
you to visualize/analyze chess positions in your head.
CLARC - Chess
Learning Architecture. Interactive, on-line java environment being developed
for chess analysis and study. At least, it WAS being developed.
Claude
Kaber's Training Database - Claude is creating a tactics training
database in Chessbase and PGN formats. It's quite good.
Nigel Davies (GM)
- Training and articles from this British GM.
Mark
Dvoretsky ("The Instructor" column) - Renowned chess trainer
Mark Dvoretsky's column from Chess Cafe. This links to the latest column,
but be sure to check out the archives as well.
DPT
Chess - Basic introduction to the game and standard notation.
Duif's Place
- Looking for a chess tutor? This is your first stop.
Ellensburg
Chess Club - From basic principles to preparing for tournaments.
Exeter
Chess Club Coaching Page - Excellent in-depth chess lessons to take
you to an A player.
GM Chess - Has
a number of free "lectures" to look at, with more forthcoming.
Hard
Chess - Columns by Mark Morss [no longer being produced] from the
Correspondence Chess Place site focusing on analysis of specific situations.
How
To Improve Your Chess - No actual lessons here, but advice on what
to do in a general way from NM Robert Snyder at the Chess for Juniors
site.
Igncaio
Marin's Chess Page - This page from Ignacio Marin offers some good
advice on various topics.
Jim's
Chess Strategy - Specifically, these are Jim's anti-computer chess
strategies, with most of the advice being for when you are playing with
the black pieces.
Kasparov Chess
- Has quite a few instructional articles scattered around the site.
The problem is it will probably take longer to find them than to read
them.
Larry Evans
Articles - Some old instructional articles from Chess Life by IM
Larry Evans.
Loiodice's Chess
Collection - Lots of studies and positions to help you improve.
Check out the "Chess Study" and the problems section.
Logical
Chess: Move By Move - Inspired by the Chernev book of the same name,
games explained one move at a time (just a few).
Master
Preparation: Lecture Summary - Lectures from a chess course. Worth
checking out.
SmartChess
Guide To Chess - Karpov and friends provide a tutorial for absolute
beginners (i.e. how the pieces move), plus a list of "golden rules"
for different parts of the game.
So
You Wanna Learn How To Play Chess? - From soyouwanna.com, fairly
silly introduction to the game for beginners.
So
You Want To Play Chess? - Excellent page for beginners covers from
how to play and all the basic tactical themes, well explained and illustrated.
Spraggett's
Chess Wisdom - Pearls of knowledge collected for our enlightenment
from GM Kevin Spraggett.
Tip of the
Day - Have a chess tip from Tim Harding e-mailed to you daily.
Torr on Survey
- What is the difference between a master and a patzer? Someone has
taken a survey so you can do what the masters do.
U.S. Chess
Improving Your Chess - Tips on improving and FAQ's for beginners
from the USCF.
Virtual
Chess Coach - Lessons for beginners to intermediated, plus advice
to chess coaches and parents.
Visual Chess
- Interesting approach to learning chess, based on Object-Oriented Learning.
Paid / Private Lessons & Consultation
Chess Aid - Providing
a panel of GM's & IM's to give you lessons, analyze your games,
or even play you themselves. You provide the membership fee.
Chess
Sector - The Ukrainian GM's and IM's of the Chess Sector site are
at your disposal (for a fee) to provide annotations on your games and
a general opinion of your overall strengths and weaknesses.
ChessWise University
- Fee-based interactive online school featuring audio lectures from
IM Maurice Ashley and GM Michael Rohde.
Nigel
Davies (GM) - Offering lessons to you anywhere in the world.
Svetoslav Nikolov
Dorobanov - a.k.a. A-Storm, this FM offers on-line lessons, analysis,
and tutorials on CD.
Ralph
Dubisch (FIDE Master) - Offers lessons and game analysis services.
Easychess
- Chess lessons via ICC and e-mail from GM Babakuli Annakov.
Dan
Heisman - USCF National Master Dan Heisman offers public and private
lessons for children and adults.
GM Chess - Get
personalized help from GMs -- led by Alexander Khalifman.
Grandmaster
Corner - Lessons from GMs for an hourly fee.
Kasparov
Chess University - A ton of interactive lessons (you download a
special viewer) for a subscription fee.
Igor Khmelnitsky
(IM) - Offers chess coaching services. Find your skill level with
his chess evaluation test (free download).
Igor Ivanov (IM)
- Offers lessons online or in-person if you happen to be in Utah.
Midwest Chess
Academy - Professional instructors offer on-line chess lessons for
a fee.
Rohde's Chess System/Kid's
Chess Network - Subscription-based online lessons from GM Rohde.
Russian
Chess GM Analysis - Get a Russian GM (like Mark Taimanov) to annotate
your games for you.
Jonathan Schroer (IM)
- North Carolina state champ offers lessons.
Chris
Torres - Scholastic chess coach based in San Jose, California. Teaches
a summer chess camp.
Ziane Chess Academy
- National Master Noureddine Ziane is a childrens' chess coach and chess
camp organizer. (Texas, USA)
