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Comprehensive Links Reference, Info, & History
Anderson Chess
Collection Essay on the title subject
The Baysholiss Collection Collection of chess trivia, stories, humor, info etc. arranged alphabetically. 100,000+ chess keywords. Excellent resource. Articles, pictures & games collections about the history of the game. Online database with info on virtually all FIDE titled players, including rating, biography & games. Significant events in chess history listed chronologically. California Chess History Complete list of all people with the GM & WGM title as of the mid 1990's. Good site with enormous number of links to historical articles about chess & chess players. Huge collection of links to sites, articles, and games of famous players. Biographies of 15 past masters, written by the late Terry Crandall. Mark Week's collection of links to chess history sites. Explanation of Informant annotation codes. Jeff Sonas' statistical analysis of historical & current ratings, adjusted for inflation. This is an incredibly useful & informative site that allows you to see how players from all eras compared to their contemporaries. Names of chess pieces in various languages
Chess Notes Nice glossary of common chess terms. From Tim Krabbe's Chess Curiosities. A great collection of chess records, including longest game, most queens, quickest stalemate, etc. Description of the requirements for each of the official titles
Chess Tournament and
Match History City College Chess - Legends of Chess Short biographies and pictures of famous chess players, past & present Significant dates in computer chess history arranged chronologically. Common chess terms in Danish & English. The manner of death of several well known chess players. Chart showing the win-loss expectancies between players of various rating differences. Chessboard with each of the squares named in descriptive & algebraic notation. Also includes definitions of the standard annotation symbols. Includes conversion formulas and charts, plus a list of all the classes and titles. Glossary of common chess terms. Comprehensive tutorial on all types of chess notation. A list of almost 500 notable people from the past & present who are chess players. Bylaws & mission; Official FIDE laws of chess; The official FIDE rules covering handicapped players. Requirements for any of the official FIDE titles Almost 200 notable chess firsts. Map showing the timeline of the spread of chess across Africa, Europe and Asia. Online chess encyclopedia with a daily calendar of births, deaths & events, articles, biographies, links, history, news, etc. This is one of the best online chess resources available. Full list and definition of the NIC annotation symbols.
Olimpbase Alpheta's forum, exploring ancient history to see if we can uncover the origins of chess Excellent site devoted to the origins of the game. Includes several research articles.
PGN
Utilities An explanation of the standards for the .pgn format. Brief biographies of 25 chess masters. Pronunciations of commonly mispronounced chess names, words & terms.
Shako Comprehensive Spanish-English chess dictionary
The Strongest
Tournaments in Chess History List of the inductees into the US Chess Hall of Fame, with brief biographies of most. Collection of articles about the history of chess in the US. Links to sites about each of the World Champions, as well as a few other top players in chess history. Mark Weeks' excellent site on the history of the World Chess Championship. Site includes games, articles, history, and links. See also Weeks' related newsletter at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/ Site of the World Chess Hall of Fame, with news, biographies, photo gallery, etc. Series of very good articles by Larry Parr about the history of the game and each of the world champions. Scores & results from each of the World Chess Championship matches.
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