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[top] Professor Chester Nuhmentz, aka Jim Mitch, offers this PDF file that contains 5 forms made especially for correspondence players. Included are a Move Planning Sheet, Variation Analysis Sheet, Score Sheet and Time Log, a 50-move Score Sheet, and a Diagrammed Score Sheet, developed with advice and suggestions from members of Stan's NetChess. This is a 376 kb PDF file. Also check out these scholastic chess resources from the Professor: Scholastic Chess Instruction; Developing Basic Pattern Recognition; and Scholastic Chess Club Meetings. Download Correspondence Forms Now [top] Wallpaper Graphics
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Knight's Tour Version 2.1 - Instructions The Knight's Tour is a simple game of skill. The object of the game is to move a knight (one of the playing pieces in a chess game) on a chessboard such that every square on the board is covered once and only once. It's not as easy as it might sound. There are multiple solutions to the Knight's Tour; however, after trying and failing to cover every square a few times, you may have a hard time believing it! Download this 11 KB zipped file. [top]
Canadian Chess Problems 206 Chess Puzzles, taken from actual games as well as compositions. Originally published in 1890, now reproduced in electronic form and converted to algebraic notation by Anders Thulin. Solutions starting on page 59 of 63 pages. This program is in the public domain. 102 kb Zipped file in PDF format
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Chess History and Reminiscences Free eBook: Chess History and Reminiscences, by H. E. Bird. containing this electronic version produced by Stephen D. Leary. [top]
English Chess Problems Free eBook: English Chess Problems, Edited by James Pierce and W. Timbrell Pierce, originally published in 1876, now reproduced in electronic form and converted to algebraic notation by Anders Thulin. This program is in the public domain. [top]
Smith-Morra Gambit Part 1 - Containing the first five articles in Albert's series on this fascinating response to the Sicilian Defense. This 283 kb zipped pdf file is a special edition, created just for Chessville!
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Chess Strategy, 2nd Edition
(1915) Free eBook: This classic of chess literature, now converted to eBook format by Project Gutenberg. This work is in the public domain. And now José Garcia has added diagrams! Download the original file from Project Gutenberg, or download José's effort, your choice, and as always - 100% free! Original 180 kb zipped file with diagrams: 1.37 MB zipped file [top]
75 Chess Problems Free eBook: this electronic version of John Thursby's 1883 work, now in the public domain, has been converted to algebraic notation. All problems have been computer checked.
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700 Chess Problems Free eBook: 700 Chess Problems Selected From the Compositions of Mrs. W.J. Baird. Originally published in 1902, now reproduced in electronic form and converted to algebraic notation by Anders Thulin. All problems have been computer checked. This program is in the public domain. In zipped pdf format.
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Problem Solving
Tourney (1888) Free eBook: Problem Solving Tourney (1888) 78kb zipped pdf file. 100 mate-in-two problems, converted to algebraic notation and pdf format by Anders Thulin, following the original published in 1888 by C.F. Stubbs.
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PGN Notation This freeware utility was been coded by Dimitris Siskopoulos based on an idea of Andreas Prapopoulos. The aim of this software is to convert Chess Notation between English and French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish and Spanish.. An attempt is made to make the conversion similar to the pgn notation standards in order the converted notation in English language can be readable by a chess playing software. This file can also be downloaded here: http://www.code.gr/chess-converter/ [top]
Maelzel's Chess-Player Poe's account of The Turk, during it's exhibition by Johan Maelzel, and Poe's theories and beliefs about The Turk's inner workings. This zipped text file is in the public domain. [top] FEN to PGN Utility Install this
handy utility, then drag the FEN file over the window
displayed and when the indicator reaches 100%, you should find a new file
inside the very same folder of the FEN file you chose to drag. Only that
this file is a PGN file. It is a new file, having the same name, but a
PGN extension. Eg: You have
C:\MyFolder\MyFile.fen.
You drag it over the program. Now you find 2 files in that folder: C:\MyFolder\MyFile.fen
and C:\MyFolder\MyFile.pgn.
What could be simpler? [top]
Chess And
Checkers : The Chess section includes: The Rules of the Game, Elementary Tactics, General Principles of Chess Strategy, Illustrative Games, and Problems. This classic work was first published in 1918. This file is in the public domain. [top] 200 Chess Problems Originally published in 1866, this public domain collection of 200 chess problems, has been computer checked and converted to algebraic by Anders Thulin. Many of these problems were prize winners in various composition competitions. [top]
777 Chess Miniatures in Three This public domain collection of chess problems, has been computer checked and converted to algebraic by Anders Thulin. [top] Crumbs From the Chess-Board This public domain download, first published in 1890, has been converted to electronic format with algebraic notation by Anders Thulin. Problems have been computer checked and errata noted. [top] Globe Problem and Solution This public domain download, first published in 1888, has been converted to electronic format with algebraic notation by Anders Thulin. Problems start on page 13. [top]
The Balogh Counter Gambit Erik Jensen compiled Keith Hayward's 5-part article on the Balogh Counter Gambit in to a ChessBase file. "How good is the Balogh Counter Gambit? Certainly high risk, but I do think it is sound in the hands of an adventurous and creative player. I think BCG works great with speed chess, and good for an occasional over-the-board game. From there the issue is how much risk is one willing to take on to win. Regardless, the fun factor will always be high with the Balogh Counter Gambit! - Good Chess!! Keith" [top] The Tactical Grob Erik Jensen has produced an eBook free for all to download, this time from the legendary Claude Bloodgood (1924-2001, see Neil Brennen's piece in the 2 September 2001 issue of Chess Correspondence News - page 21 for more about this chess legend). "Grob's Attack is a basic gambit unlike anything else in modern chess theory. Every basic concept of development and piece placement must be discarded once 1.g4 has been played..." [top]
The Chessmen of Mars This famous story from the pen of one of early science-fiction's all-time great authors, is now available as a free downloadable eBook. This Project Gutenberg Etext is in the Public Domain. [top]
Tactics In the Openings Richard Schollar has taken nearly a thousand games with a tactic in the first 10 moves (although there are some 13 movers too.) and made them available to all as a free downloadable database in ChessBase format. He's included training questions and an analysis of the winning combination (thru CB8). This is a great way to study an overlooked part of opening preparation and sharpen your tactical vision at the same time. [top]
PGN Utilities A collection of freeware pgn utilities, including PGNTRIM5 for "normalizing"...a process of cleaning PGN syntax errors and producing consistent output files. A combination of these utilities may be used to remove duplicate games within one PGN file, or to set the sequence of games within one PGN file, such as sorting games in order of YEAR, or ECO code, or Result, etc. A few additional utility programs may be used in special situations... This file was updated by the author in late 2006 to include many new utilities as well as enhancements to existing ones. README text file 963 KB zipped file [top]
Chess Icons Ver. 3.5
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The Blue Book of Chess Originally copyrighted in 1870,
this is a new revised edition, apparently from 1910, except for the
addition of pgn records of the games (!) An opening survey, also
including a section on endings, and another section with a dozen
problems for solving.
White to move only his King
From the preface to this edition: The following work is designed for those who are
learning the noble game of Chess. Many persons have been
confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great
variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has
constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the
learner...The reader will find the combined genius and skill of the
old heroes like Philidor, Morphy, Staunton, Anderssen, Harrwitz,
Evans, Montgomery and Cochrane, together with such recent masters as
Lasker, Steinitz, Schlechter, Pillsbury, Marshall, Tarrasch, Janowsky,
Tchigorin, and many other players of world−wide celebrity.
Chess Problem Journal - Vratnika-64: We have posted the July-September 2006 Quarterly issue of this fine journal for your inspection. This new publication is produced as a PDF document; this particular issue is 20-pages long. Coverage includes such items as Masterpieces of Chess Problems and the 30th World Chess Solving Championship, Wageningen 1.-2.8.2006, among others. Download this 606 KB zipped PDF file Here is yet another issue, this one numbered 2007 #26. Approximately 10 pages, PDF format.
11,000+ Master-GM Short Mates 11,726 of the best Master-GM short checkmates, past & present, in PGN format, from Tom McCormick. "I have sifted through my checkmates collections and separated only those games (for the most part) involving present and classic Masters and Grandmasters rated 2350+ by FIDE Oct 2007 list, or Dr. Arpad Elo's classic book for the "Classic" players such as Steinitz, Lasker, etc. There are more than 11,000 of such games, and I have then sorted those by length of game...so the 6-move checkmates appear first, then 7-moves, etc. I stopped after 39 move games since I was trying to provide educational material to new and intermediate players. The games have all been normalized using PGNTRIM6.EXE (freeware), and nearly all duplicate games have been removed." Games include wins (and losses, in some cases!) by players such as: Alexander Alekhine, Geza Maroczy, Paul Keres, Viswanathan Anand, Edward Lasker, Pillsbury, Segei Karjakin, Arthur Dake, Michael Adams, Jose Raul Capablanca, Ernst Falkbeer, George Koltanowski, Frank Marshall, Paul Morphy, Mieses, Tim Krabbé, Henry Bird, Janowsky, Kevin Spraggett, Richard Reti, Nimzowitsch, Greco, Howard Staunton, Henry Grob, Joseph Blackburne, Stuart Conquest, Hans Kmoch, Irina Krush, Amos Burn, Wilhelm Steinitz, Max Lange, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Mikhail Chigorin, Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, Rashid Netzmetdinov, Isaac Kashdan, Ekaterina Korbut, Alexei Shirov, Seigbert Tarrasch, ...Must I go on? Download this 2.2 MB zipped PGN file [top]
Chess In Iceland and Icelandic Literature
Download this 17.4 MB zipped PDF file
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The Works of Damiano, Ruy-Lopez, Translated and arranged by J.H. Sarratt, including "remarks, observations, and copious notes, on the games. Containing also several original games and situations by the Editor. To which are added, The Elements of the Art of Playing without seeing the Board." The latter "Chiefly taken from Damiano's scarce and valuable treatise.." First printed in London in April 1813, this work is now in the Public Domain. Download this 5.1 MB zipped PDF file
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The Works of Gíanutío, and First published at London, 1817. According to Wikipedia, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg wrote his book on chess, Chess or the King's Game, under the pseudonym Gustavus Selenus. Gianutio, meanwhile, is known for a pair of lines in the King's Gambit, the Gianutio Countergambit – C34 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 f5, and the Lopez-Gianutio Countergambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 f5. This work is now in the Public Domain, we make it available in zipped PDF format. Download this 2.9 MB zipped PDF file
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This is a collection of 111 Windows icons with a chess
theme. The icons are in the 32-bit format, which allows for True Color
and transparency effects. Three image resolutions are supported:
48x48, 32x32, and 16x16 pixels. A short note on how to use the icons is
included in the ReadMe file. Chessicons V3.5 is freeware for personal,
non-commercial use. What's new in Version 3.5: 41 new icons, and
improved appearance of many earlier icons.
