I intend to update The Chess Portal every forthnight. I am grateful for suggestions about new links - write to thechessportal@yahoo.se

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261. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and sixtieth time on 14th of June 2014 with the following links in mentioned category:

JavaPairing - this is a tool to manage a chess tournament, team or individual, i.e. player registration, round generation, results, ranking & crosstable, report to FED and WEB site generation. Implemented engines are: Swiss Dutch FIDE, Swiss Dubov, Swiss Simple, Swiss Perfect Colours, Amalfi Rating and Round Robin. Languages: German, English, French and Italian. (Tournament and administration programs)

Postales de ajedrez - the blogger is interested in collecting postcards with chess motifs. Language: Spanish. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

The Guardian Sport Chess contains current background articles on chess (News in chess)

Schackledarens hemsida, which is located on the website of the Chess Federation of Roslagen, caters for anyone managing a chess class. The aim of the website is to assist the instructor´s work as much as possible by providing instruction manuals, chess variants and ready-made lessons. Language: Swedish. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

260. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and sixtieth time on 9th of March 2014 with the following links in mentioned category:

Magnus Carlsen YouTube Channel presents a number of his games, mostly with commentary. (Players)

Burundi Chess Federation (FECHEBU) is been affiliated to FIDE since 2000. Language: French. (Organizations and clubs)

Trainer Thomas - Thomas Schreiber is both a chess trainer and a tournament leader. Language: German. (Chess training/General)

El Cubo de Rubik is managed by Antonio Gude and frequently updated. The blog mainly discusses opening theory. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

259. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fifty-ninth time on 4th of December 2013 with the following links in mentioned category:

The World Chess Championship 2013 was a match between reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen, to determine the 2013 World Chess Champion. As is well known, the match resulted in a victory for Carlsen. If you want to read everything about this match, start with the ChessBase reports or by reading Norwegian media. According to NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Carlsen only had one second, with whom he communicated via Skype. (News in chess/Match and tournament coverage)

Index of chess articles - Wikipedia´s very comprehensive list of chess articles. The articles are sorted in five groups, and alphabetical within the group. (Link collections)

Schackbulletin.se is a modern website aiming to reach all chess fans who understand Swedish. The website is updated several times a week, usually with at least one news item per day. (News in chess/Match and tournament coverage)

Valery Aveskulov, GM from Ukraine, who gives chess lessons and has written chess books, also tells anecdotes of his brighter moments in his biography. (Players)

258. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fifty-eighth time on 1st of October 2013 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chessendgames - play interactive chess endgames against a computer. (Chess training)

Schachtheke.de - Patrich Richter gives helpful tips to all chess friends and those who want to join them. Here you will find suggestions on how to play chess with or without a partner, for example against a chess program on the Internet. He also gives advice concerning buying chess material. Language: German. (Gateways to chess)

Solid Harwood Summerville in New England builds fine-quality hand-made chess boards. The company has been in business since 2008. (Manufacturers)

De Surinaamse Schaakbond was founded in 1955. Language: Dutch. (Organizations and clubs)

257. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fifty-seventh time on 7th of July 2013 with the following links in mentioned category:

Budapestchessnews - this blog focuses on Hungarian chess and Michael Yip´s chess experiences since moving to Budapest in 2009. The aim is to present the "hidden world" of Hungarian chess. (Match and tournament coverage)

Schachforum64 - in this forum the beginner as well as the master can get and exchange information with like-minded persons. Here you can find analyses and commentary of games and also read reports about blitz chess, correspondence chess, computer chess and problem chess. Language: German. (Discussion groups)

Clases de ajedrez y Estrategias de ajedrez is run by IM Fermín González. You can improve your game systematically in this way on the net. According to him his teaching is nowadays very popular, not only through this site and in direct contact with him, but also through Facebook and Canal de videos de ajedrez de Youtube. (Chess training/General)

SchachCast is a podcast about chess. It is aimed primarily at beginners, who are offered an introduction course. The podcast is streaming in real time and listeners can take part in the chat during transmissions. Language: German. (Chess training/For beginners)

Ajedrez online Chess describes itself is a chess portal, providing information about the best chess-playing zones. There are also sections, where the visitors can improve their game, free of charge. Language: Spanish. (Playsites)

Albanian Chess Federation has an unofficial website on Facebook. (Organizations and clubs)

The Ural´s Problemist is managed by Andrej Selivanov , somewhere at the Ural mountains maybe. Languages: Russian and English. (Chess problems)

256. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fifty-sixth time on 20th of May 2013 with the following links in mentioned category:

Partidas de ajedrez por apertura - this site contains a collection of recently played games, sorted according to opening, and downloadable. Language: Spanish. (Game collections)

Kinderschach.eu was created to encourage children and youngsters to play chess. Language: German. (Chess training/For beginners)

Unión Argentina de Problemistas de Ajedrez - an Argentinian association for chess composers. The member list is public. (Chess problems)

Beyond chess presents a number of innovative chess board designs: round, spherical and boards for three, four and six players. Note that these are only prototypes. Whether any of them will be manufactured remains to be seen. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

255. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fifty-fifth time on 28th of April 2013 with the following links in mentioned category:

Análisis ajedristico - this blog, which seems to be the result of collaboration between several involved players, contains chess analyses and other chess-related articles. The blog was founded in March 2013. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian, who runs the blog Blog do Kriko, belongs to the ten best players in Brazil. Language: Portuguese. (Players)

HowTo-PlayChess.com - the author promises that his system is the easiest, fastest and most effective way to become an excellent chess player. This is among other things being able to foresee the opponent´s next move. (Chess training/General)

Steffans Foto-Portal contains more than 17000 photos from chess tournaments and club events in Germany, sorted into over 400 categories. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

254. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fifty-fourth time on 22rd of March 2013 with the following links in mentioned category:

ChessOnMobile is the first chess application specifically designed to view chess games on smartphones and other mobile internet devices. The games will be updated daily. (Chess software/Various utilities)

Drakensang Online is in practice a link collection, which refers to various chess resources. (Link collections)

ExpertChessStrategies.com - Norbert Thomas manages this website, which contains many good pieces of advice, especially for beginners. (Chess training/For beginners)

Chess Daily News and Information - alternative address - is run by Susan Polgar, one of the best female chess players in the world and an enthusiastic ambassador for chess. (News in chess)

Chess & Life - IM Bejtovic Jasmin was born in Bosnia, but now lives in Sweden. He is one of those who consider that life, despite eveything, is indeed long enough for playing chess. (News in chess)

253. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fifty-third time on 4th of February 2013 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Rapsody 1 +2 - Lucius Etruscus (surely a pseudonym) has submitted two video clips with entertaining chess scenes from the world of cinema. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Giant Chess manufactures gigant-sised chessmen in teak for outdoor use. The firm is located in Italy. Languages: The seven biggest in Europe. (Manufacturers)

Some Novel Chess Problems - Andrew Buchanan´s site is above all about retrograde analyse, aiming to find out which moves led to a certain position. (Chess problems)

Nobel Move sells a chess set with beautiful pieces. Seven percent of the profits go to a selected aid project. Language: German. (Retailers)

Mera-Poltik manufactures variuous kinds of precision instruments, including chess clocks; some of them are unusually beautifully designed. Languages: Polish, English and Gertman. (Manufacturers)

Chess4less.com - American retailer with wide range of chess books and chess software. (Retailers)

252. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fifty-second time on 12th of January 2013 with the following links in mentioned category:

InfoRaptor.com has a section, where master games are commented in the form of chess videos. (Chess training/General)

AjedrezJuego.com is a free playing zone for chess, against human adversaries as well as chess programs. You can also follow games being played, take part in simultaneous matches, tournaments and chess training online. The players can take part in nearly 100 events daily. The site uses the same interface as the multiplay site Buho21. Language: Spanish. (Playsites/Webbased)

Francesco Costa´s Web Page on Chess is a large database with recently played games, which have been sorted according to opening. The openings are indicated in English, but the introductory comments to each opening and the downloadable files are often in Italian. (Game collections)

Schachbücher bei ChessBuch.de - this German retailer is prepared to negotiate the price, if you find the same book to a lower price anywhere else, though the offer is probably only valid for chess books in German. (Retailers)

Ajedrez Ayala is marketing an avant-garde chess board, that is three boards in one, and the only ones that permit three players to play against each other simultaneously. You play with both colours using standard chess rules. According to the product information this represents both an evolution and a challenge for every chess player. Language: Spanish. (Retailers)

251. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fifty-first time on 5th of December 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess & Echecs is in practice a collection of links, but contains also a lot of unusual pictures of chess playing astronauts, top player´s family members and various chess illustratations. If you, contrary to lord Byron, believe that life is long enough, you ought to take a closer look at the site. Language: French. (Link collections)

ERK.DK - Erik David Johnson maintains a chess section with links to game collections, either in the form of zipped files or web based with games, which can be replayed instantly online. Language: Danish. (Game collections)

Peter´s Schachseiten - Peter Kesselheim wishes above all to assist beginners in penetrating the secrets of chess and improving their game in the simpliest possible way without needing to obtain expensive chess literature. (Personal chess sites)

David Kaufmann Chess Web - David Kaufmann, born 1994 and active player, updates his website regularly with chess news. He has even developed a special sponsor program to support his own player career. Language: Spanish. (Personal chess sites)

250. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fiftieth time on the 17th of November 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

Entrenador de ajedrez - Louis Fernando Siles, FIDE Master from Andalusia in Spain, has even trained the Spanish national chess team. He has also edited a chess magazine and been involved in several chess websites. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/Advanced)

Ambition, blunders and glimpses of ingenuity is run by the Swedish GM Nils Grandelius, born 1993, with a rating just below 2600 (2012). As he states, "this blog will simply consist of my random thoughts about chess." Language: English. (News in chess)

David Howell Chess - David Howell, born 1990, is the fourth highest rated British chess player according to the website. He also has a blog. (Spelare)

Chaturanga is managed by Olaf Hilsansky. The site is well-constructed and contains everything imaginable about chess, though perhaps with the emphasis on electronic chess boards. Language: German. (Personal chess sites)

Chess The Game has introduced the vertical chess board in order to challenge how chess is conventionally played. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

249. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and forty-ninth time on the 28th of October 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

Federación Deportiva Peruana de Ajedrez has a well-made and highly informative website. (Organizations and clubs)

Jussopow Schachakademie - Artur Jussopow, born in 1960, has played for both the Soviet and the German national chess teams. The Chess Academy offers not only chess training but publishes also chess books. (Chess training/General)

humboldt - a German publisher, which also publishes chess books. (Publishers)

En Passant Magazine - here you can download a file containing 32 issues of Canada´s national chess magazine En Passant, published during the years 1998 - 2003. (News in chess)

248. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and forty-eighth time on the 26th of September 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

The Guardian, British newspaper, has a chess section on the net. (News in chess)

Varingen´s chess column - Hugo Parr started a chess column in Varingen, a local newspaper in Nittedal, Norway, in 2005. He is concentrating on analyses of decisive move combinations in played games. (News in chess)

Schach-TV with the subtitle "more than just 64 squares" is a YouTube channel for video clips about chess, not only game analyses. Language: German. (Chess training/General)

Phénix - French journal devoted to chess composition. Many problems belong to the category fairy chess. (Chess problems)

Etud Chess School in Moscow is also represented on the Internet. Substantial website. Language: Russian. (Chess training/General)

Das Kurierschach/Kurierspiel is a chess variant from Central Europe, documented from the 14th century, and has recently been revived. The board contains 12 x 8 squares, which also implies more pieces than in standard chess and somewhat different rules. The game is sold by Brettspielprofi. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/Chess variants)

247. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and forty-seventh time on the 26th of August 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

Rybka Chess Community Forum is a very well-frequented discussion group. The discussion subject-matter is certainly not confined to Rybka. (Discussion groups)

Eloplus - Stefan Speck points out in his presentation that the sole purpose with his blog is to publish his played games, with or withour comments. Language: German. (News in chess)

Ventajedrez - an Argentinean company, founded in 2003 by the international arbitrer Leandro Ariel Plotinsky, sells most in the way of chess. Language: Spanish. (Retailers)

Steve Giddin´s Chess blog - Steve Giddin, FIDE Master, chess author and Russian translator, concentrates on game analyses. (News in chess)

Black Chess Tables - Game Table Showroom sells tables for chess and other games. (Retailers)

Chess Books - Tony Peterson sells secondhand or rare books and delivers worldwide. (Retailers)

246. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and forty-sixth time on the 5th of August 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

World Chess Olympiad 2012 takes place in Istanbul ("where two continents meet") during the 28th August - 10th of September. You can find all necessary information on this website. 163 registered nations. (News in chess/Tournaments)

ChessBase Online Database contains millions of games. You can search for openings as well as players and game results. (Game collections)

Schach spielen auf Zeit Online - the big, German newspaper Die Zeit has recently created a playing zone on its website. You can play against both humans and chess programs. Language: German. (Playsites/Webbased)

The National Chess Library, the third-largest public chess library in the world, is located within the University of Brighton's Hastings Campus. The English Chess Federation library now has a permanent home in Hastings, a town with a long association with the game of chess and home to the annual Hastings International Chess Congress. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

InterFace is an instant-messenger program, including a chess game, e-mail and group-chat functions: a social media platform for chess enthusiasts. The program is open source and free of charge. You can easily add contacts in the "Friendslist", see when they are online and challenge them for a game of chess. (Chess software/Multiple chess plattforms)

Marsh Towers - Sean Marsh blog contains at least 150 chess reviews. (News in chess)

245. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and forty-fifth time on the 25th of June 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

Règles du jeu d'échecs - this site is devoted to the game of chess in all its forms: theory, tutorials, art and playing on the net and addresses itself to the enlightened amateur as well as the patzer. The webmaster also invites visitors to discover various strategy games, less known and more exotic than chess, such as Dobutsu Shogi, Bagh-Chal and Xou Dou Qi. Language: French. (Chess training/For beginners)

Verlag Chesscoach, this Saarlandic publisher, is run by Reinhold Ripperger and Mario Ziegler, dedicated players and coaches. Language: German. (Publishers)

Columna de Torres, a blog, mainly specialised in translation and subtitling of audio-visual chess material on the net, lacking subtitles. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Chess Skills - John Stripes is a historian, youth chess coach and active player. (News in chess)

SA Mark was founded on 1st of July 2000 in Kinna and is a merger of the clubs Fritsla SS and Kinna SK in West Gothland. Language: Swedish. (Organizations and clubs)

244. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and forty-fourth time on the 6th of June 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

Koningklijke Bibliotheek, the national library of the Netherlands, has one of the world´s biggest collections of material concerning the game of chess and draughts, ca. 30000 titles. The chess collection is based on the collections of Antonius van der Linde, Meindert Niemeijer and G.L. Gortmans. Languages: Dutch and English. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

The Chess Improver - GM Nigel Davies on getting better in chess. Nigel Davies, who has worked a great deal with beginners, also gives private lessons. (Chess training/General)

7Chess.com aims to help you to improve in chess. The site also contains game analyses, GM portraits and a chess glossary. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/General)

Schachfiguren - Gerd Haehner has been collecting chess pieces in all kind of material for about 20 years. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Tartajubow on Chess II contains just about everything you can imagine about chess. Tartajubow has also written many chess booklets, which you can download as PDF files. (Personal chess sites)

243. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and forty-third time on the 14th of May 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

Schachwelt - a blog run by an impressive team with GM Jörg Hickl at the head. Language: German. (News in chess)

Komodo is a very powerful chess engine, that has been developed by Larry Kaufmann and Don Dailey. It was ranked number six on Computer Chess rating list from the 5th of May 2012. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Daugavpils Chess Portal is localized in Latvia´s second biggest city. The portal focuses on match and tournament coverage. Languages: Latvian, Russian and English. (Gateways to chess)

Critter has been developed by Rickard Vida from Slovakia. Critter took the fourth place on Computer Chess rating list from the 5th of May 2012. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Jim Ablett´s WinBoard Chess Projects lists lots of chess engines. (Chess software/Chess engines)

242. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and forty-second time on the 25th of April 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

Frank James Marshall (1877 - 1944) - the Frank James Marshall Electronic Archive and Museum, founded by Michael Goeller, is a site commemorating of one of America's most famous chessplayers. (Players)

Schachburg - a new German discussion group, which, at the time of writing, has 123 members. (Discussion groups)

Caissa Chess Shop, managed by Jurij Zezulkin, has more than 1000 products in its assortment. (Retailers)

Sakkélet - a Hungarian chess magazine, whose website is at present under construction. (News in chess)

Chess Online publishes in-depth reviews of chess playing sites. (Playsites)

Peque Jaque - Club Ajedrez Horquilla has a training section intended for beginners between 4 and 7 years of age. Beginners can quickly learn to beat the chess program. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/Beginners)

Ukrainian Correspondance Chess Federation - Ukraine is a very strong chess nation and has certainly also brought up many good correspondence chess players. Language: Ukrainian. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

241. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and forty-first time on the 30th of March 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

The Roving ChessNuts - since 2001, The Roving ChessNuts have taught tournament chess in scores of schools in western Canada. Thousands of students from Grades 1 through 12 have been involved. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Artedrez - the title is taken from a magazine, which Javier Carpintero edited in the midst of the nineties. The webmaster endeavours to comment on the relations with the literature and the fine arts, that chess has supported and supports. Many avant-garde photos. Language: Spanish. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Mongolian Chess Federation - it is difficult for an outsider to comprehend the content, because the text is in Mongolian and written with Cyrillic letters. (Organizations and clubs)

Chess Campeona - Claudia Muñoz with roots in both USA and Mexico is a young promising female chess player, who aims high. Languages: English and Spanish. (Personal chess sites)

240. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fortieth time on the 6th of March 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

Killerzug.de - here you can train your tactical and combinatory skills. Three levels of difficulty. Language: German. (Chess theory/Chess problems)

The Overtorm Chess Computer Museum - the collection was started in May 1979. At the moment, the collection comprises 411 chess computers, 185 of which are specially designed for travelling. (Chess software/Electronic chess boards)

Chesscomputers.org - the purpose of this site, managed by Ismenio Sousa, is to share information about chess computers and collecting them. (Chess software/Electronic chess boards)

Josh Friedel (2540) - American GM, born in New Hampshire, who learnt to play chess already at the age of three. He also gives chess lessons. (Players)

239. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and thirty-ninth time on the 18th of February 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

Houdini - this chess engine, developed by Robert Houdart, is presently leading (February 2012) most rating lists for chess programs. The programmer points out that he has used many ideas and techniques from Open Source chess engines such as Ippolit and Stockfish. Houdini is available in both free and commercial versions. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Uppsala Skolschackssällskap - the club where all children have a chance of success! The activity has led to a marked increase in chess interest among children throughout the whole county of Uppland. Language: Swedish. (Organizations and clubs)

Jon´s Antique Chess Collection - an impressive collection, mainly of chess pieces but also other accessories. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

The Regency Chess Company is a chess shop near Bath, England, selling chess sets and accessories. The company has even produced "The Bath Chess set" as a limited edition. (Retailers)

Tribute to chess game through paintings - a half-hour long video by Michel Miro on YouTube, with paintings from the early medieval period up to the present day, with incidental music. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

238. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and thirty-eigth time on the 23rd of January 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

All Year Chess is a database for chess tournaments the whole world over. Tournament organizers can of course submit their own tournaments. (News in chess/Tournaments)

Iberchess with everything you want to know about chess: news, international as well as Spanish and regional, problems, game analyses, tournaments and championships, books, history and curiosities. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

Schach in Kunst und Kultur - chess is an important theme in Elke Rheder´s versatile artistic production. You can copy her pictures freely. But the website also contains a great deal of other information. Languages: German, English, Spanish and French. (Miscellaneous)

Progresser aux echecs - Xavier Bédouin, IM and licensed trainer, offers tailor-made courses on the net. Language: French. (Chess training/General)

ChesSetHeaven.com - all about the game of chess, chess set pieces and the history of themed chess sets. Buy chess sets you will want to keep. (Retailers)

Chess Events EAC reports about chess in East Africa, that is Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. (News in chess)

237. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and thirty-seventh time on the 8th of January 2012 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess DZ is an Algerian chess portal, where you also can play chess live. The website is tastefully designed. Languages: French and sometimes English. (Gateways to chess)

The World Chess Championship 2012 will be a match between the current world champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the Candidates tournament. The match will be held in Moscow in May 2012. (News in chess)

Günther Leuschner - the chess site contains, amongst other things, a training section and his own games. Language: German. (Personal chess sites)

Ajedrezesmimundo, that is "chess is my world", has been present on the web since December 2009. The webmaster is an arbiter, but the site focuses on chess news. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Alingsås Schacksällskap in Sweden has about thirty members with GM Ulf Andersson at the head. (Organizations and clubs)

Egyptian Chess Federation has many good male chess players. Languages: Arabic and English. (Organizations and clubs)

236. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and thirty-sixth time on the 17th of December 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Erik van den Doel (2575) - he became an International Master at the age of 16 and in 2001 shared first place in the Dutch Championship. Languages: Dutch and English. (Players)

Foro del ajedrez vasco - a meeting place for Basque chess players. Language: Spanish. (Discussion groups)

Éditions Payot & Rivages - a French publisher and supplier of chess books. (Publishers)

Simon Williams (2513) became a Grandmaster at the age of 27. He has written several chess books and also organized tournaments in England. (Players)

235. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and thirty-fifth time on the 29th of November 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

ChessQueen contains among other things interesting opening statistics, a comprehensive collection of games and many links. Language: German. (Gateways to chess)

Sam Shankland (2560), a college student, who at the same time plays professional chess. He finished in third place in the US Championship in 2011 and defeated super-GM Peter Leko at the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia, in the same year. (Players)

Alexander Ipatov (2586), born in 1993 in Ukranie, a polyglot, who plays for the Spanish Chess Federation as well as for German, Turkish and Ukrainian clubs. (Players)

Chessfriends.com - here you can play chess live as well as via e-mail, against humans as well as chess programs. More than 600 players were logged in on the 26th of November 2011. (Playsites)

Triad Chess is an application for smartphones and tablet computers for three player chess. See substantial product information. Languages: English and French. (Chess software/The rest)

235. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and thirty-fifth time on the 13th of November 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

GM Boris Alterman Chess Lessons - Boris Alterman was born in Ukraine, but is nowadays living in Israel. He has written "The Alterman Gambit Guide". (Chess training/Advanced)

Escacultura - this blog is primarily about the cultural history of chess. Language: Spanish. (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

L´échiquier de la Reussite endeavours to spread knowledge about and promote the game of chess among schoolchildren in France. The organization co-operates with the French Chess Federation. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Melanie Ohme (2361), born in 1990, became German champion for girls U14. Beside playing chess she studies psychology at the university in Mannhem. (Players)

Quality Chess - tired of bad positions? Test the main lines! Quality Chess was founded in 2004 by chess fans IM Ari Ziegler, GM Jacob Aagaard and GM John Shaw and the company is presently based in Glasgow. (Publishers)

Gawain Jones (2635), English GM, has also lived in Italy, Ireland, Australia and New Zeeland. He is aiming to crack the World's Top 100. (Players)

234. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and thirty-fourth time on the 30th of October 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chessproblems is a technically advanced site for chess problem-solving. Users solve and explore all varieties of problems through an interactive applet. Comments can be left on individual problems or discuss them in a forum. (Chess problems)

Jolanta Zawadska (WGM/2339) was born in 1987 in Wroclaw, and in 2004 she won the World Youth Chess Championship for girls U18. World Youth Chess Championship for girls U18. Two years later she won the Polish Chess Championship for women. (Players)

Problemschach in Österreich contains as well as chess problems also a short introduction to the fascinating world of chess composition. (Chess problems)

Amateur Chess Organization is a new World Chess Organization for amateur chess players up to 2400 ELO. Ninety-nine percent of all chess players have less than 2400 ELO and can not earn a living from chess. (Organizations and clubs)

63+1 Svet Sachu contains international chess news in Czech. (News in chess)

Bahamas Chess Federation has - with a few interruptions - belonged to FIDE since 1974. There are only 50 active players in the country, but according to the federation there are good prospects for the future. (Organizations and clubs)

233. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and thirty-third time on the 10th of October 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Gambit Gang is a subsection to Chess.com. As the name suggests, this site appeals to players with an agressive style who like to attack their opponents from the very beginning. (Playsites)

BrasilBase - a history of Brazilian chess through its players, games and tournaments. Language: Portuguese. (Game collections)

OzProblems.com is an Australian site devoted to the art of chess problem. (Chess problems)

W3Chess is a free Web- and mailbased chess program. All moves are made through the web browser and the opponent is informed simultaneously. The program is written in a simple programming language. (Chess software/Programs for e-mail chess)

De Denksportkampion - Belgian company that offers a wide range of chess equipment. Language: Flemish. (Retailers)

232. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and thirty-second time on the 18th of September 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess in translation aims to keep readers up-to-date with chess news and interviews in Russian - still the language of much of the best chess journalism, and the first language of a majority of top players. Language: English. (News in chess)

Opening Lanes - Gary Lane has a written monthly column in Chess Café since June 1996, featuring answers to reader's questions about opening theory. (Chess theory)

Ecuador Chess Federation has been present on the web since 2010. The best player in Ecuador is Carlos S. Matomoros Franco, with an ELO rating of 2555. (Organizations and clubs)

Le Pôle Social et Éducatif du Jeu d'Échecs (PSEJE) is a French project, that was started in 2011, to promote chess training and facilitate chess practice in various fields, for example in schools. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Pakchess, Pakistani chess portal, very well-made and informative. Language: English. (Gateways to chess)

Church and Manor in Denmark documents chess motifs on church and manor buildings, mainly in northern Jutland. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

231. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and thirty-first time on the 30th of August 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

WhyChess was created in 2011 and is a comprehensive chess portal with first-class writers and news coverage. Languages: Russian and English. (Gateways to chess)

Ulf Andersson - Chess-Theory has dedicated a whole page to Sweden´s best ever chess player. Languages: French and English. (Players)

dana blogs chess - Dana MacKenzie, National Master from North Carolina, plays chess not for money or glory but just for the love of the game. (News in chess)

Bughouse Links lists bughouse resources on the net. (Miscellaneous/Chess variants)

Logiciel de Jeu d´Echecs - Cercle d'Echecs Moissac-Castelsarrasin has published a series of review articles about chess software, especially chess engines. Language: French. (Chess software/The rest)

230. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and thirtieth time on the 3rd of August 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Hispanic Chess Engines - the aim of this page is to promote the chess engines of Hispanic American authors, using the Winboard and UCI protocols. Languages: Spanish and English. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Konfys analys is managed by Emil Lindahl, a psychology student and "sometimes chess enthusiastic amateur writer". He plays for Växjö/Glasrikets SA and has a national rating of 2239. Language: Swedish. (News in chess/Chronicles and newsletters)

Elliot Avedon Virtual Museum of Games is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Concerning the game chess, the museum places a strong emphasis on chess sets from different periods and countries. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Springaren.se is the official website of the Swedish chess-problems club, Svenska Problemschackklubben and its quarterly magazine, Springaren. (Chess theory/Chess Problems)

ChessFlash PGN Viewer is a free PGN Viewer, which can be installed on a website for replaying chess games. (Chess software/Game viewers)

PDB Server (Chess Problem Database Server) is a database server for chess problems. The database contains, at present, 262517 problems of all kinds. This huge database is entirely the result work by a large number of voluntary contributors. Languages: German, English and French. (Chess theory/Chess Problems)

229. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and twenty-ninth time on the 10th of July 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Training School, managed by FM Charles Galofre, offers online chess training. He appears to be highly experienced in producing chess videos and the site contains many chess book reviews. (Chess training/General)

Visby Schackklubb was founded on the 3rd of December 1925 by a dozen chess enthusiasts in Fröberg´s café in Visby, the Baltic island of Gotland. (Organizations and clubs)

Georgian Chess Federation - Georgia has many strong chess players, male as well as female. Language: English. (Organizations and clubs)

Max Euwe Centrum endeavours to promote the game of chess, principally through courses and training sessions. Languages: Dutch, English and German. (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

Club de ajedrez La Horquilla - Spanish club site under construction, currently offers a chance to replay the immortal game with Anderssen. (Organizations and clubs)

Garden State Chess Museum in USA is dedicated to chess pieces and chess memorabilia of all kinds and includes an online shop. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

228. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and twenty-eighth time on the 27th of June 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Haundrix Chess is a free open source chess program that can be used for playing against your computer and for viewing/editing your PGN files. It comes with three chess engines for different playing styles. (Chess software/Multiple chess platforms)

Chessys Schachschule is part of a project lasting several years which Deutscher Schachjugend has initiated in order to promote the game of chess among children. A clear overview is needed for this to succeed. (Chess training/For beginners)

Opening Masters - this chess database features a chess games collection with more than 6 millions of games (on the 5th of June 2011). Opening Master databases runs under Chessbase as well as ChessAssistant. The project is financed by membership fees. Opening Master is presently sponsoring the ICCF. (Game collections)

Michaels Schach-Studien contains about 200 chess studies. Language: German. (Chess theory/Middle- and endgame)

Ajedrez Jubilado is about the chess variant known in English as "retired" chess. Each player starts with a king and eight pawns. In this version the pawns can only be promoted to rooks. You can play this variant on Open Games. Languages: Spanish and English. (Miscellaneous/Chess variants)

227. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and twenty-seventh time on the 8th of June 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

IchessU - learn and play online chess with qualified chess coaches. According to IchessU Ltd. this website is among the best offering chess lessons from their own team of coaches. (Chess training/General)

Elina Danielian (14W/2506), born 1978, learned to play chess at the age of five. She became the first female GM in Armenia. Language: English. (Players)

Live Chess Ratings is dedicated to monitoring the top chess players in the world. You may review the latest games played by chessplayers rated 2700+. (Players/Rating)

Chess2U is a discussion group about computer chess. Lots of tips about new chess engines and rating lists. (Discussion groups)

226. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and twenty-sixth time on the 18th of May 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Igor Glek (2424), Russian GM, also chess trainer, chess writer and organizer, but today mainly active as Head of the Moscow Sport University Chess Department. His site is a rich source of chess news. Languages: Russian and English. (News in chess/Players)

Wolfgang Unzicker (1925 – 2006) – German top player, who belonged to the world elite. His son Alexander has compiled this memorial website. Language: German. (Players)

Rainer Buhmann (2573), born 1981, became a GM in 2007. He presents a selection of his own games and the site has a tactical corner too. Language: German. (Players)

The Chess Mind - a blog for chess fans, by the chess fan Dennis Monokroussos. He also produces chess videos. You can find his old blog here. (News in chess)

Barbara Hund (2231) tells about her chess career. She became a WGM in 1982 and has played for the Swiss as well as the German national team for women. Language: German. (Players)

225. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and twenty-fifth time on the 24th of April 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

There and Back Again - this blog, previously called “An Unemployed Fellow", has been present on the web since May 2008. Vinay Bhat is not just anybody; he became the youngest national master in US history, breaking Bobby Fischer’s record by two years. (Chess news)

Schachbullen-Blog is managed by Frank Hoppe, chess functionary and player. At the moment he´s also in a fight with the weighing-machine. Language: German. (News in chess)

Long Island Chess Museum - the museum has incorporated Chess Collectors International, which has a mailing list with nearly 2000 members. (Miscellanneous/Chess history)

Das Schachmuseum Löberitz is based on local traditions going back to 1871. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

224. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and twenty-fourth time on the sixth of April 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Schweizer Schachmuseum is a museum in real life, which takes up 25 rooms. The museum aims to bring the game of chess closer to the visitors. It treats questions as “game and sport” and presents the greatest chess players from the present times as well as the past. Language: German (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

Chess Viewer Deluxe is a full featured Java applet, designed to present chess games on the Web. Its main purpose is to let users enjoy the games in an intuitive, user-friendly environment. (Chess software/Game viewers)

At-Krays.com - at the time of writing the game collection contains more than 17 million games. You can download a single game or download a set of games according to the desired opening or selection by ECO-key. (Game collections)

Schachbezirk Mittelbaden e.V. focuses primarily on chess news from Mittelbaden, but the site is well organised and has a wide range of other content. Language: German. (Organizations and clubs)

223. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and twenty-third time on the 21st of March 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Fernschach Wiki - the Wiki-site of the German Correspondence Chess Federation (BdF) is a reference book for all members and visitors. It will provide information about all questions of interest about correspondence chess, the chess game in general, BdF and the world correspondence chess organization, ICCF. Language: German. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

Chess Photo Collection - Fabrice Wantiez has created this collection with commented chess photos, primarily from tournaments. Language: French. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

EuroChess Zentrale runs a mail-order sale of chess books and utilities with more than 30000 items in stock and functions as a wholesaler for bookshops. Language: German. (Retailers)

Leichenicher Schachserver is a new server for e-mail chess. International Email Chess Group (IECG) and some other similar clubs have transferred their tournament activities to this server. The interface provides ten languages, including English. (Playsites/ E-mail and correspondence chess)

Simplemente ajedrez!! - Nibaldo Calvo Buides is economist, journalist, chess player and chess trainer, originally from Cuba, but now living in Mexico. His site provides sales outlet for chess literature. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Masterchessgames contains three million games sorted by ECO codes for download. Besides there is a webbased program, that identifies openings and shows win percentage for every single move. (Game collections)

Schachparadies - Swiss chess shop, which is managed by Stephan Bonauer, and which sells a wide range of chess items, including club material, new and antiquarian chess books and stamps. Language: German. (Retailers)

222. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and twenty-second time on the 6th of March 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Steven Zierk (2466), IM, born in California 1993, has developed very fast as a chess player since January 2007. He has won the 2010 World Under 18 Championships. (Players)

Chess in Morocco - the release of this site 2010 to promote chess activities in Morocco coincided with the distribution of 200.000 chessboards mainly to schools throughout the country. Languages: French and English. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

ChessBomb - here you can watch tournaments online, together with real-time computer analysis. Some games are commented and the site has an on-line chat facility. (News in chess)

Daniel Naroditsky (2438), born in 1995, became the World Youth Chess Champion (Boys Under 12) in 2007. He is also the youngest ever-published chess author. (Players)

Brooklyn 64 is a loose-knit group of friends who play chess at various clubs around New York City, and follow international chess events, ideas, politics, and gossip. This blog is where they think out loud. (News in chess)

221. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and twenty-first time on the 20th of February 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Study-Chess - Vladimir Belov (2641), born 1984, became a Grand Master in 2004. He is also a qualified chess trainer and is especially noted for his work with female chess players in Russia and Georgia. Languages: Russian and English. (Players/Chess training)

Iván Salgado (2602), born in Galicia 1991, ranked number three in Spain in February 2011. He started to play chess mainly thanks to his older brother, Òscar, who still assists him. Language: Spanish. (Players)

Top 10 chess contains primarily combination exercises and analyses of middle game positions. (Chess theory)

Guillame Lestrelin, teacher and chess trainer, submits every week a newly-commented and instructive game in form of a video clip on the net. He encourages visitors to look in and enjoy sacrifices, pins, zugzwang and ruthless attacks! Language: French. (Chess training/Advanced

Reino de Caissa, with the subtitle ”Chess and literature”, is managed by the Brazilian Fernando Melo. He is a chess player, with a special fondness for Bird´s opening, retired journalist, author of some books, among other things a biography about Bobby Fischer and much else. Language: Portuguese. (News in chess)

Verdens Gang, Norwegian evening paper, has a special section about chess, which for the most part deals exclusively with Magnus Carlsen´s achievements on the chess arena. (News in chess)

220. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and twentieth time on the 6th of February 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess League Manager is a tournament and administration program, which was originally developed in 2008 for the Oldenburg chess district in Ostfriesland, Germany. The project has grown somewhat since then and today employschess players as developers all over in Germany. CLM is a plugin program for Joomla, a CMS. It contains several necessary functions and CLM has even started to be used outside Germany. Language: German. (Chess software/Tournament and administration programs)

Anish Giri (52/2686) was born in S:t Petersburg in 1994 by Nepalese-Russian parents and became a GM at the age of fourteen. He plays nowadays for the Netherlands. Languages: English, Dutch, Japanese, Nepalese and Russian. (Players)

Chess-Echecs.com contains news, training, artwork and selected games. Language: French. (Personal chess sites)

Skákfélag Saudarkrokur – Icelandic club site managed by Unnar Rafn Ingvarsson. (Organizations and clubs)

Chess Academy of Armenia was founded in 2002 with the support of the Armenian Chess Federation and the Armenian government. Its objective is to maintain the high standard of chess by various means in the country. Languages: Armenian, English and Russian. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Escuela Jaque Mate is located in La Paz, Bolivia, and organizes amongst other things tournament activities. (Organizations and clubs)

219. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and nineteenth time on the 24th of January 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

OpenChessMap – Claude Waeckel has created a tournament calendar, which is very easy to use. You can report a tournament using a simple form. (News in chess/Tournaments)

Schach-Brett.de - a new German playsite for chess in real time as well as e-mail chess. Chess engines are not allowed. Schach-Brett places a strong emphasis on social interaction by using an integrated chat and an integrated discussion forum. The playsite contains several features; you can for instance follow ongoing games. (Playsites/Webbased)

Chess News Blog - Chinese blog, that foremost is dedicated to tournament coverage. China has developed as a chess nation the last few years and has now players ranked among the 20 best in the world, especially among women players. (News in chess)

Grandcoach.com is managed by Vladimir Grabinsky, chess trainer from Ukraine. Nine of his students have achieved the title of grandmaster. In 2009 FIDE awarded him the title of FIDE Senior Trainer. Languages: Russian and English. (Chess training/Advanced)

La Pasión por el Ajedrez - colourful chess portal from Bolivia, that contains a little of everything. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

Malungs Schackklubb, in Dalecarlia, Sweden, has a homepage on Internet since January 2011. (Organizations and clubs)

218. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and eighteenth time on the 11th of January 2011 with the following links in mentioned category:

Celebrate Chess - a celebration of chess as it applies to life and philosophy. Very well-reasoned texts. (News in chess)

Clasicos del ajedrez offers chess classics and downloads. Language: Spanish. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Chess books for sale! - a site for chess lovers who are interested to buy or sell old and second-hand chess books. (Retailers)

Le Palais des Echecs, based in France, has recently launched an online shop dedicated to chess sets. The webshop offers around 200 items with several themes and of course all related accessories. (Retailers)

Alina l´Ami (2331), born in Roumania 1985, but she also lives in Holland. Successful chess player already at the age of ten. She is a multilingual university graduate, with a remarkably entertaining and unaffected style of writing. Language: English. (Players/News in chess)

217. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and seventeenth time on the 15th of December 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

List of chess periodicals - this list also includes discontinued chess magazines. (News in chess)

Chess-News - a well-designed website with comprehensive coverage of Russian competition chess. Language: Russian. (News in chess)

ChEx - the Chief Executive´s blog, managed by Andrew Farthing, Chief Executive of the English Chess Federation, blogs from more than a narrow organizational perspective. (News in chess)

Doubleroo - Aleksandar Wohl, IM from Australia, plays chess here, there and everywhere. (News in chess)

Uganda Chess Federation was founded in 1972 and became the first Federation in East Africa to get affiliated to FIDE in 1978. UCF has been sending teams to the chess olympiads since 1980. Language: English. (Organizations and clubs)

Schackpinglorna (The Chess Chicks) – Sweden´s first girl-powered chess website. The Chess Chicks is open for all, from beginners to elite players. Here you can get new chess pals, tips about contests and good chess books and a whole lot more. (Gateways to chess)

216. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and sixteenth time on the 29th of November 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

SK Rockaden is a large club in southern Stockholm with more than 1000 members. More than ten teams from the club participate on all levels in Allsvenskan, the highest Swedish division, and district championships. Rockaden has won the Allsvenskan several times. (Organizations and clubs)

Chess Rules, managed by Shaun Press, is a platform for the discussion of the FIDE Laws of Chess, and related areas of tournament regulation and organisation. (News in chess)

JuegoCiencia – Argentinian club, whose activity is mainly presented in a separate blog. Language: Spanish. (Organizations and clubs)

Viktor Gavrikov, GM from Lithuania, offers chess lessons in English on Playchess.com. (Chess training/Advanced)

Chessfriends World is a site for e-mail chess, currently under construction. The atmosphere is friendly and relaxed; there are no ratings and you make an agreement with your opponent about the time frame for your moves. (Playsites/ E-mail and corrrespondence chess)

215. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fifteenth time on the 14th of November 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Matten Schaakverhalen - a Dutch chess magazine, that so far has published eight issues. The magazine concentrates on reading about brilliant chess players and would-be brilliant players. (News in chess)

Crestbook with chess news from Russsia, interviews and discussion forum. Languages: Russian and English. (News in chess)

Oksana´s blog - Oksana Vovk (2204),who plays in Danish national women team, is also a multilingual business developer with many other interests. Language: Danish. (News in chess)

ChessLectures.com - IM Vojislav Milanovic offers chess lessons using Skype. You can contact him via ICC, Playchess and WCL. (Chess training/General)

ChessLeaders.com - 946 members had posted 4900 contributions in 649 threads on the 14th of November 2010. (Discussion groups)

214. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fourteenth time on the 2nd of November 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Roman Slobodjan (2556) was born in 1975 in Potsdam and became a GM in 1996. He plays in the Bundesliga as well as in the French Ligue de Top 16. Language: German. (Players)

Yury Shulman International Chess School – Yury Shulman (2636), who was born in Belarus, has many strings to his bow. He is presently active in USA and has founded Chess Without Borders. Its mission statement: To promote learning through combining chess education with service and philanthropy. (Chess training/General)

Kiwi Chess reports about chess in New Zealand from a “palmy” perspective. ”Palmy” is this context is ambiguous. It could mean 1) flourishing; 2)
shaded with palms; or 3) palmlike. (News in chess)

Asturianeando por las Catalunyas - Patricia Llaneza Vega (2207) blogs from Catalonia, but is born in Asturia, which explains the title. She is well educated in languages. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

ChessProfessor - Matthieu Bissieres is a professional chess trainer since 1989. Language: French. He hopes that his website will help the internet surfers to improve in the noble game of chess. (Chess training/General)

Örebro Schacksällskap in central Sweden was founded in 1915 and organizes about 50 registered players. (Organizations and clubs)

213. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and thirteenth time on the 17th of October 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Jan Gustafsson (96/2646), German Grand Master, with a Swedish ancestor, plays for Baden-Baden. You can read more about him in Jan´s ABC. Language: German. (Players)

Estudiando ajedrez - “a blog for everybody who wants to learn and benefit by this beautiful game”. A new chess problem and a new commented game are published every week. Language: Spanish. (Chess theory/Chess problems)

Giulio Borgo (2417) was born in 1967 and learnt to play chess during the match between Fischer and Spassky in the summer 1972. Language: Italian. (Players)

Csaba Balogh (2608), Hungarian Grand Master, born in 1987, got his first chess trainer at the age of nine. Language: English. (Players)

Chess – a Peace Ambassador was founded by Anna Matnadze and friends in 2005. The main goals of the movement are the popularization of chess, the development of women's chess, assistance to disabled and disadvantaged children, assistance to victims of natural disasters, the foundation of chess clubs and chess schools aimed at chess development. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Chesseldacar - “the chess game on the planet” - primarily devoted to match and tournament coverage. Language: French. (News in chess)

212. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and twelfth time on the 4th of October 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Programming Wiki is a repository of information about programming computers to play chess. The goal is to provide a reference for every aspect of chess-programming including information about programmers, researchers and engines. An extremely substantial website. (Chess software/Programming)

TACTIC (Turkish African Cooperation for Training and Instruction in Chess) is an initiative taken by the Turkish Chess Federation in 2009, aimed at helping the development of chess federations in Africa. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Mark Bluvshtein (2583), born in 1988, was in the Canadian team at the Chess Olympiad 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk. He has commented his games from this event. (Players)

Les Mousquetaires du Roi - the famous musketeers of Alexandre Dumas has been revived as a team of four correspondence chess players engaged in ICCF Champions League. Languages: French and English. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

David Smerdon (2526), born in 1984, is the fourth Australian to become a Grandmaster. (Players)

Schachschule Slobodyan in Staßfurt, Germany, was founded by Svitlana Slobodyan, licensed chess trainer, in November 2006. She is assisted by her brother, Roman, a GM. Language: German. (Chess training/Traditional chess education)

Jimmy Vermeer´s Chess Website includes rules, openings, famous chess quotes, sample games, the results of some important tournaments, including details of the World Championship, and finally a quiz. (Personal chess sites)

211. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and eleventh time on the 20th of September 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Pia Cramling (14W/2509) has got a homepage. She is recognised as the best female chess player in Sweden and has belonged to the chess elite in the world for many years. She is living in Spain and plays in many European club teams. Language: Swedish. (Players)

Schachblog CN is a private, non-commercial blog, where all registered user can participate with contributions and comments. Language: German. (News in chess)

Chess Game Strategies - this chess website is built from a beginner´s perspective. The site contains a comprehensive beginner´s chess guide, chess glossary, plus a strategy & tactic section to improve your game (more than 500 video clips). You can also play against a chess program. (Chess training/For beginners)

Ligue Des Echecs de Tizi Ouzou - 18 chess clubs seem to be associated to this Algerian chess league. Language: French. (Organizations and clubs)

ChessQuotes.com - this site is designed not as a reference site, but as a collection of wisdom and interesting comments from world champions, grandmasters, theorists and prominent chess personalities. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Ajedrez 3D manufactures three-dimensional, sculptural chess boards. The boards are primarily intended for collectors. Language: Spanish. (Manufacturers)

Kenyan Chess Blog is managed by Edwin Korir and gives a daily insight in Kenyan chess activities. (News in chess)

Shredder Computer Chess has a database on the net, which identifies an opening as soon as you have moved a piece. (Chess theory/Chess openings)

210. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and tenth time on the 6th of September 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Tiroler Schachschule in Austria offers chess courses for children, pupils and youngsters. Their trainers are qualified teachers and belong to the chess elite of Tyrol. Language: German. (Chess training/Traditional chess education)

Ideachess is a free site, that aims to help chess-lovers improve their game by solving online interactive checkmate and tactics puzzles. There are 23,000 exercises.The main feature of Ideachess is a built-in, real-time tactical chess engine that immediately refutes any incorrect solution. (Chess theory/Chess problems)

Carolus Chess contains chess history, research and anecdotes. The name is inspired by Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus), who received a chess set from Harun al-Rashid (famous from “The Book of One Thousand and One Nights”) in the year 801. The rest is just chess history. (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

Chessmoon is a new chess server, where you can play chess with members from the whole world, while you create your own social network. Matches can be played with different time limits as well as different chess variants (Crazyhouse, Losers etc.). Languages: Turkish and English. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Pouetchess is a completely free chess program in 3D, based on Open Source. The program has been developed by a young Frenchman. It is easy to use and ideal for beginners. Language: French. (Chess software/Programs for Pocket PC)

Schachverein Meschede e.V - at the time of writing this website is still under construction, though you already can find a great deal of useful stuff in the training section. Language: German. (Organizations and clubs)

FIDE Trainer´s Commission recommends these chessbooks in English, German, Russian and Spanish. (Chess training/General)

209. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and ninth time on the 26th of August 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess all over the world - Sylvain Ravot´s blog contains chess news, articles about tournaments and players, teaching videos, puzzles, analysed games, selection of links, etc. Sylvain Ravot (2269) is also a professional chess trainer and gives lessons on the net in French or English. (News in chess)

Jon Ludvig Hammer (2636), who is as young as his compatriot Magnus Carlsen, was ranked as number 10 in FIDE’s Junior World Ranking in July 2010. Language: English. (Players)

Arbitraje de ajedrez organizes tournaments, arranges seminars, organizes courses for chess arbiters and reports about tournament activity in Colombia as well as in the rest of Latin America. Language: Spanish. (News in chess/Tournaments)

Chess Federation of São Tomé and Principe was founded in 2003 starting from a nucleus of organized chess activities dating back to the eighties. Language: Portuguese. (Organizations and clubs)

Algeria Chess Federation reports about tournaments in Algeria and appears to have a comprehensive activity among youngsters and pupils. Language: French and Arabic. (Organisazations and clubs)

Hobbyschach - chess from an amateur player´s perspective. The blogger discovered his passion for the chess whilst in his early forties. Language: German. (News in chess)

Swiss Master is a tournament program, which is approved by FIDE. The latest version from 2008 is presently being updated. (Chess software/Tournament and administration programs)

Ajedrez Minuano is chiefly about competition chess in Uruguay. Language: Spanish. (News in chess/Match and tournament coverage)

208. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and eight time on the 7th of August 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess for all ages is managed by Mark Weeks, living in Brussels, Belgium. Motto: “My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.” The blog is often updated. (News in chess)

Online Schachclub.de has listed all games that have been played in the world championships since 1896. Besides you can replay these games directly on the web. Language: German. (Game collections)

Namibia Chess Federation has obviously carried out national championship competitions in chess at least since 2005. (Organizations and clubs)

Lousyatchess - it is absolutely not certain that the webmaster is that bad in chess as the title indicates. Here you can also find some interesting observations on chess programs. (News in chess)

Tunisian Chess Federation has a female chairman. Information in Arabic, but translations to French and English are planned. (Organizations and clubs)

207. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and sixth time on the 5th of July 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Yuri Solodovnichenko (2558) was born in 1978 in Kherson in former USSR. He had qualified as a mechanical engineer and economist, before becoming a professional chessplayer. He won the GM title in 2007. Language: English. (Players)

Ajedrez Magdalena Jalisco is a non-commercial playsite, located in Mexico, for correspondence and e-mail chess. Language: Spanish. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

R.K.Choksi School of Chess, founded in 2003, is the first chess school in Gujarat, India. It reaches out to schools, children and adults for development of their mind through Chess. (Chess training/General)

Chess Cake is baked by the young “cooks” Juliet Auvray, Julie Finkel , Julien Song and Baptiste Gelin according to a special and current chess recipe. The recipe also contains some surprises. Language: French. (News in chess)

Schachfreunde von 1891 Friedberg is a club with a long history and belonging to the best in Oberhessen, Germany. (Organizations and clubs)

206. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and sixth time on the 20th of June 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Caissa Schachkronik contains results, tables, reports from numerous events concerning chess: world championships, tournaments, all rating lists, results from the Bundesliga, chess Olympiads, correspondence chess and everything that goes with it. Language: German. (News in chess/Match and tournament coverage)

Chroniques d´un joueur d´échecs - curiosities from a blogger, who has been fascinated by the game of chess (previously with the site Echecs & Fab!). Language: French. (News in chess)

Chess99 - the webmaster is an International Master and since many years chess coach. He wishes to share some of his knowledge and even to let loose the anger he got from so many absurdities he have heard from weak coaches, from some students and chess books. A chess calendar is also associated with the site. (Chess training/General)

Mates animados - 33 easy-going and animated mate exercises. You do not have to understand Spanish to implement them. (Chess problems)

Codes ECO et noms des ouvertures aux échecs - a list in French with ECO codes and the names of the chess openings. (Chess theory/General)

205. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fifth time on the 8th of June 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Schachkollektion Dippert - a collection of photos chess pieces, chess books, chess computers and chess players in relation to tournaments. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Kasparov.com - this is Garry Kasparov´s official website, which contains everything possible, from his chess career and political activities to the sale of products carrying his name. (Players)

Garry Gasparov has written a very interesting and readable essay , "The Chessmaster and the Chess Computer" in The New York Review of Books. (Chess software/The rest)

Ajedrezando - Alejandro Melchor publishes primarily position analyses. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Partite commentate - correspondence chess games commented by players, members of the Italian Correspondance Chess Federation, ASIGC. (Game collections)

204. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and fourth time on the 25th of May 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

A blog about chess - Torbjörn Björklund´s ambition is to write his own articles about chess for this blog. For example show chess games, write about chess books he has read, thoughts and reflections on chess. There might even be some thoughts and reflections on other things than chess. Language: English. (News in chess)

Remy Artinyan´s blog does not contain very much material in the beginning, but will eventually be filled with stuff for players and trainers: studies, games and everything that can improve your game. Language: French. (Chess training/General)

Schach und Matt! - a method is presented here showing how you can use “volcanic” logic solve chess problems, together with various study exercises. (Chess theory/Chess problems)

Stockfish is an exceptionally strong open-source UCI chess engine, which is confirmed by several rating lists. The software is developed by Tord Romstad, Marco Costalba, and Joona Kiiski. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Gambit Blackmar-Diemer - website, dedicated to the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, the main interest of which is a synthesis in different defences of Black, opening transitions to the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit and some questions, especially related to this opening. Eric Jego manages more sites about BDG, for example this one. Language: French. (Chess Theory/Chess openings)

Goober Chess 960 is a free chess program, using Chess960 rules, which you can play against on the net. The program is fast, but rather lacking in depth, and is therefore suitable for beginners. Language Dutch, but multiple language versions are planned. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

203. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and third time on the 12th of May 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Viktor Mikhalevski (2611) was born in Belarus, but is presently living in Israel and of course playing for the Israeli national team. Language: English. (Players)

Fernschachpost, mouthpiece for the German Correspondence Chess Federation, has appeared since July 2005. The magazine contains reliable and up-to-date information about events in the correspondence chess world. Language: German. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

English Chess Forum - a home for discussions on the English chess scene. (Discussion groups)

Schach kompakt is first and foremost a chess search engine, which contrary to an ordinary search engine, searches only for chess sites. Besides the website also contains chess news and chess statistics. Language: German. (Link collections)

Reydama deals primarily with game analyses with the focus on openings. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (6/2763), born in 1985, belongs to the only family in Azerbaijan with three Grand Masters, because his two sisters also hold this title. Language: English. (Players)

202. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and second time on the 24th of April 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Starting out: Flo-Chess - a blog by Florian Hahn about his chess adventures, his club and about chess events in the whole world. Language: German. (News in chess)

Chess Diagonals is managed by Mihajlo Savic, chess player, arbiter and international chess organizer from Serbia. He has also written ”Commentary on the laws of chess”. Languages: Serbian and English. (Personal chess sites)

Ajedrez por Sertal - the webmaster, living in Chile, dedicates this blog to his “place of salvation”: chess. He intends to comment on some classical games, inform about important tournaments and include some stories about adversaries he has encountered. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Les rois maudits - Vincent de Parades is an ordinary chess player from Paris, who publishes positions, which he has found interesting due to their beauty. Language: French. (News in chess)

Premier Chess Sets in Georgia, USA, sells wooden chess sets, chess tables and electronic chess. (Retailers)

201. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundred and first time on the 12th of April 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

handmade.chess - information on how to make wooden chess boards and pieces. Unique site. (Miscellaneous/The Rest)

Tablero de Análisis - chess in its pure form: news, games, analyses, important tournaments and much more. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Vladimir Epishin (2610), GM of Russian origin, plays for Lübecker SV Von 1873 in Germany. Language: German. (Players)

Peter Long - with experience as player, writer, trainer and arbiter and a past - blogs from Malaysia. Language: English. (News in chess)

Geneva Chess Federation organizes eight chess clubs. Language: French. (Organizations and clubs)

Vasily Smyslov (1921 – 2010) - leading Soviet player, World Champion 1957 – 1958, won no less than seventeen medals from chess olympiads, which is an unparalleled achivement. (Players)

200. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the twohundredth time on the 29th of March 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Schachfieber - the blog is managed by Wilhelm Schlemermeyer and deals with questions about chess training. He publishes his own reviews, analyses, lessons, videos as well as various finds from Internet. Language: German. (News in chess)

Diario de un entrenador - according to the webmaster, Luis Fernández Siles, a site worked out for those who want to learn chess or to teach chess. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

DIAGOL is a PHP program, that generates chess diagrams dynamically from an indicated position according to usual notation (though in French) or from a FEN notation. (Chess software/Diagram utilities and chess fonts)

Mark Ginsburg´s chief motivation for this site is to present interesting games that for the most part are not yet included in any electronic databases. Who Mark Ginsburg is, is evident from this mention by Susan Polgar. (News in chess)

Chess Sets and Boards, located in the US, sells all kinds of chess sets, including thematic chess sets and large chess boards intended for outdoor use. (Retailers)

199. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and ninety-ninth time on the 14th of March 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Le mieux d´Emmanuel Neiman contains exercises and chess problems. ”The five bishops” is one especially entertaining problem. Language: French. (Chess training/General)

GMGonzalesGarcia.com - Gonzales Garcia is a Mexican GM, who wants to share his chess experiences on his site. He also wants to show his games as well as explain some aspects of his work as chess trainer. Language: Spanish. (Players)

Kunstschach und mehr - Siegfried Hornecker has been blogging about everything concerning chess since November 2007. Language: German. (News in chess)

Spieleshop.de sells chess sets and other chess equipment. How about a wine set, including screwdriver and so on, with an integrated chess board? Language: German. (Retailers)

Magnus Carlsen – an interview with the 19-year-old top-ranked chess player in the world in Time magazine. (Players)

Jake de Alphil - Eduardo Daniel Briano principally analyses games on his blog: Motto: “Chess is so exciting, because you never find the final truth during the battle.” Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

198. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and ninety-eigth time on the 2nd of March 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Directory.info, created in 2009, presents itself as a complete chess directory with many categories: computer chess, chess store, lessons, downloads, online chess, chess links. (Link collections)

Top Turnier 9.6.6 - this freeware, that was originally developed as a DOS-program in 1995, can be run under all Windows versions. Last updated on the 2nd of February 2010. Language: German.
(Chess software/Tournament and administration programs)

Scacchi che passione - Francesco Costa, who prefers to play correspondence chess on ICCF, has created this chess site. Languages: English and Italian. (Personal chess sites)

dauerschach.community is at network for chess freaks. After registration the members can play slow chess against each other, give each other tips about tournaments and exchange chess experiences, photos or videos among other things. Language: German. (Gateways to chess)

Live Chess - free chess playsite, but you can also install this platform on your own website by pasting a HTML code. (Playsites/Webbased)

197. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and ninety-seventh time on the 17th of February 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Magnus Carlsen, number one in the world, when these lines are written, and trained by Garry Kasparov, reports about his tournaments on this blog. Language: English. (News in chess/Players)

Webchess.ru is a webbased Russian playsite. The website also organises sale, downloads as well as it contains a link collection. Language: Russian. (Playsites/Webbased)

Lossos Schachblog - Sven-Hendrik Loßin, who created this blog in the autumn 2009, analyses many of his own games. Language: German. (News in chess)

Chessbites is an interactive game collection with games mostly by Russian players. Language: English. (Game collections)

Scacchi Randagi - Ugo Veneziani and Ezio Montalbini, with their solid background as tournament organizers, have founded this site to convey their experiences in the whole of Italy. Language: Italian. (News in chess/Tournaments)

196. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and ninety-sixth time on the 2nd of February 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

El ajedrez de Lucas - the platform comes with a pre-installed chess engine, Toga II 2.0 SE, which you can exchange for other chess engines. The platform contains several interesting functions for chess training. Language: Spanish. (Chess software/Multiple chess platforms)

Schachtraining.blog.de - Frank Große manages this ambitious, chess training blog. Language: German. (Chess training/General)

Riesen-Schach - Mike Kaufmann has for some years owned a knee-high chess game for outdoor use, though he only seldom uses it and is therefore willing to lend it out. You can find the chess game in Falkenberg Elster, a place located between Berlin and Dresden in eastern Germany. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Chess Blogging UK - Theo van Stratum, who once had an Elo of 2300, has resumed his chess playing. He will report about this and other chess events on his blog. (News in chess)

Centro Integral de Ajedrez sells chess equipment all over Mexico. Some chess sets cannot be found outside Mexico. Language: Spanish. (Retailers)

Schacknyheter, that focuses on reports about competition chess, is managed by Zeljko Kartal, who is also in charge of Schackcentralen. Schacknyheter shall not be confused with a previous site, schacknyheter.com. Language: Swedish. (News in chess/Match and Tournament coverage)

195. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and ninety-fifth time on the 12th of January 2010 with the following links in mentioned category:

Inside Chess is devoted to all aspects of the chess game. More precisely, the website administration aims to convey chess knowledge as well as chess news. Language: German. (Gateways to chess)

Chess Tempo contains more than 35000 chess problems. The problems can be solved interactively and directly on the web as well as on time. Ten languages, including English. (Chess problems)

Buy Chess Online - Mikko Saari has constructed this site for the purpose of facilitating auctions of chess products on eBay by organising them in various categories. Language: English. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Schachgedichte von Stefan Pölt - Stefan Pölt analyses, among other things, chess games in verse form. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/Curiosities)

The Emporium functions mainly as a collection of links. How often it is updated, is harder to decide. (Link collections)

194. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and ninety-fourth time on the 27th of December with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Tao - the Ukrainian GM Valeriy Aveskulov is of the opinion that success in chess – except for a few geniuses - is the result of 10% skill and 90% sweat. He also says that it is important to analyse one´s own games and that chess programs never can explain why a move is wrong. Language: English. (Chess training/Advanced)

Bulgarian Correspondence Chess Federation - the first instances of correspondence chess games in Bulgaria date from 1940. Languages: Bulgarian and English. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

Jóvenes promesas del ajedrez uruguayo - a programme managed by the Uruguay Chess Federation to discover and train young chess talents. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Anthology of released Winboard (Xboard)/UCI programs sorted by names contained no less than 492 chess engines on the 27th December 2009. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Asociación Española de Ajedrez por Correspondencia has for more than 30 years organised tournaments in correspondence chess, which nowadays also take place on the net. AEAC also functions as a portal for all correspondence-chess players from the Spanish-speaking world. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

193. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and ninety-third time on the 13th of December with the following links in mentioned category:

Die Schachschule - Peter Thomas has composed a textbook, "Die Schachschule", also officially used by the Swiss Chess Federation. He has built up a website around the book, from which you can download diagrams in the book. Language: German. (Chess training/For beginners)

Onno, that was released in May 2009, is a very strong, professional chess engine, that also can be used to analyse chess games. Onno uses UCI to communicate with a chess GUI. The program is so strong – Elo rating between 2860 and 2900 – that it competes with Naum about the second place behind Rybka. Languages: German and English. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Joachim Solbergs sjakkblogg reports about Norwegian tournament chess but regularly publishes chess problems to crack too. (News in chess)

192. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and ninety-second time on the 28th of November with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess4u.net is a web site for beginners and for players who want to improve their chess. It has a lot of chess resources: openings, rules, games, software, Elo-ratings and links. (Gateways to chess)

MeinGames contains a lot of different games, including chess. Language: English and Russian. (Playsites/Webbased)

SoloScacchi, Italian web site, that started in 2009, substantial content with the main emphasis on chess news. (News in chess)

Die Schachklapse is a blog, that comments current events in the chess world. Language: German. (News in chess)

Grandmasters´s Club, which is managed by four Ukrainian grandmasters, offers individualized chess training. Language: English. (Chess training/Advanced)

191. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and ninety-first time on the 7th of November with the following links in mentioned category:

Schachklassiker.de - Jens-Erik Rudolph Verlag publishes new editions of classical chess literature in the set “Schachklassiker“ in an up to date layout. Language: German. (Publishers)

Mas ajedrez is a blog, which contains everything possible about chess. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Le Gambit Blackmar-Diemer - Eric Jego, who calls himself a “diemerophil”, intends to collect the maximum number of links to the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, review books and comment games with this opening. His book about the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is scheduled to the beginning of 2010. Language: French. (Chess theory/Specific openings)

World Chess Champions is a substantial chess portal, anonymous but probably located in India. (Gateways to chess)

Onlineschach.eu is a brand new, webbased and free playsite. You can chat, while you are playing in real time. Language: German. (Playsites/Webbased)

190. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and ninetieth time on the 26th of October with the following links in mentioned category:

Echecs31 contains information about – and links to – chess training. Language: French. (Chess training/General)

ChessBoss - playsite on the beta stadium with the latest chess technology, according to what they say. You can not only play standard chess but also other variants. The site´s sole purpose is to promote the healthy and competitive game of chess to the entire world. There are also chess news and an educational section for beginners. (Playsites/Webbased)

Wissenschaftliche Schachtheorie - the game of chess is between logic and chaos, but the present chess theory has not exhausted the force of logical thinking. This should be accomplished by the scientific chess theory. The first volume will soon appear. Language: German. (Chess theory/General

Ramanujan is a webbased chess program, that has been constructed by Bart-Jan Hommes. According to the designer, the program has a very comprehensive opening database. Language: Dutch. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

Unterlagen für Schachschiedsrichter und Turnierorganisation - here you can find facilities for chess arbiters and tournament administrators. Language: German. (News in chess/Tournaments)

189. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and eighty-ninth time on the 11th of October with the following links in mentioned category:

Schachbundesliga - the world´s strongest chess league got just in time to the season start in 2009 a new web portal. ”It has been created a modern and dynamic web presence, which optimally presents this strategic and emotional sport.” Language: German. (Organizations and clubs)

Ajedrez social en Mexico is a website dedicated to chess training and education with news and videos. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/General)

Chess Olympiad Tromsø 2014 - Tromsø, Norway, aspires to organize the Chess Olympiad in 2014 and has created this website as a part of its marketing. Tromsø gets definitely my vote. Languages: English and Russian. (News in chess)

Le jeu d´échecs contains chess history, rules and information about the moves of the chess pieces. Language: French. (Chess training/For beginners)

TurneringsService 6.01 offers automatic Internet publishing, a welcome/invitation page, support for online signup via Internet, continuous round bulletins, continuously updated results, games for viewing from the net etcetera – and all this in multiple languages. Main languages: Norwegian and English. (Chess software/Tournament and administration programs)

188. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and eighty-eighth time on the 26th of September with the following links in mentioned category:

Uzbekistan Chess Federation was founded in March 1996. Rustam Kasimdzhanov was the best Uzbek player in September 2009. Language: Russian. (Organizations and clubs)

Die Schachkiste - a German discussion group about chess and chess software with more than 100 members. (Discussion groups)

Echecs en amateur - here you can find commented games, tactical exercises, useful links and game databases among other things. By the way, the webmaster teach medicine. Language: French. (News in chess)

Jintel in China manufactures and exports chess pieces, chess boards, chess bags and other chess accessories. Language: English. (Manufacturers)

Club de Ajedrez Ateneo Pablo Iglesias-ELX - chess club not far from Alicante in Spain. (Organizations and clubs)

187. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and eighty-seventh time on the 12th of September with the following links in mentioned category:

J.W. Chess manufactures unique chess furniture. Their chess tables utilize patented "technology" to solve the age old problems created by unfinished or extended play chess matches in your home. What could not happen with the chess pieces, if you leave the room, while the cat remains? (Manufacturers)

Schachvideos contains a small chess video collection. Language: German. (Chess training/General)

Glossary of chess - this Wikipedia article lists chess terms in English, French and Spanish, that is languages which occur on this chess portal. (Miscellaneous/Chess dictionaries and glossaries)

NeoChess - this site is devoted to electronic chess boards, and has been created for the purpose of communicating - as far as possible - to collectors some practical information. Language: French. (Chess software/electronic chess boards)

Cozelino.com is a human-edited directory - and search engine - with a chess section. It is constructed and maintained by users for users. Language: Spanish. (Link collections)

186. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and eighty-sixth time on the 29th of August with the following links in mentioned category:

DtoC - "Bringing chess players together" - is a chess related community, where people can meet, chat, play, have fun and share some chess moment together. (Discussion groups)

Geeks with chess - play free online chess games with people at all levels, socialize, compete and express yourself. Whether you are an outright beginner, an occasional player or a regular visitor to clubs, you are invited to play here. The chess applet is free and can be installed on any other chess site. (Playsites/Require client)

Chessology is a free tutorial. The program helps you to play chess using colors; all the good moves are colored green and the bad moves are colored red. (Chess software/Chess tutorials)

The Playground is mainly a turn-based chess playing site, promoting the aspect of team chess. On the Playground, you can part take in Swiss System and Round Robin tournaments. The Playground also possesses a beta real time chess interface. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

185. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and eighty-fifth time on the 15th of August with the following links in mentioned category:

Carl Papazian: vidéos et PGN - the blog contains tips about chess videos and games in PGN format. Language: French. (News in chess)

Schachfiguren.de sells chess games, board games and party games as well as various chess equipment. Language: German. (Retailers)

Chess for Success is an American, non-profit organization dedicated to helping children develop skills necessary for success in school and life by learning chess. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Der Schachzoo - Ilja Schneider from Karlsruhe, Germany, who plays for SF Berlin, reports regularly about his chess activities. Language: German. (News in chess)

184. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and eighty-fourth time on the 19th of July with the following links in mentioned category:

Schachwelt, the magazine for club players, wish to entertain, inform and help the reader to improve his/her playing strength. The first issue can be downloaded free from the 29th of July 2009. Language: German. (News in chess)

Caissa Café - Brazilian electronic chess magazine, which has been revived. ”Os bons tempos estão de volta” – roughly: “The good times are back again”. Language: Portuguese. (News in chess)

Idopuz - Chinese manufacturer of sundry chess equipment. Language: English. (Manufacturers)

ICCNoob.com for official and unofficial help on the Internet Chess Club. By the way, ”noob” means ”newbie”. (Playsites/The rest)

Miss Boll Créations - beautiful art and handicraft on the chess theme. Even Alexandra Kosteniuk has tested to play on a chess board made out of Betty Ollier-Lopez. Language: French. (Manufacturers)

183. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and eighty-third time on the 4th of July with the following links in mentioned category:

Guardian - this British newspaper also has a chess section. (News in chess)

En.Chessfish.com encourage everybody to provide the website with news, upcoming events, results and pictures from tournaments around the world, chess games for downloading or viewing, chess lessons and so forth. (Gateways to chess)

Ralfs Schach - a new playsite for slow chess. Language: German. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Mediocre Chess - for those who want to follow the creation of a chess engine from scratch to beating the webmaster. (Chess software/Programming)

Prédateur - you can also play against this chess engine on FICS, where you can download a necessary interface. (Chess software/Chess engines)

182. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and eighty-second time on the 23rd of June with the following links in mentioned category:

Natalia Pogonina (14W/2501) has only two female chess players in Russia ahead of herself, when these lines are written. The website is managed by her husband, Peter Zhdanov, also a very good chess player. Language: English. (Players)

Schwachspieler.de - a substantial and well-frequented site, which is managed by Ekkehard Golf. Here you can find a real chess glossary as well as a witty one. Language: German. (Personal chess sites)

Le site Voprak et Vépona also contains a chess section, ”Everything about chess”. Language: French. (Personal chess sites)

Hemmerschess contains chess news as well as fruitful lessons on video. (Gateways to chess)

Chess Doku is Su Doku with chess pieces instead of numbers. Try their puzzle samples for free and if you like it then take advantage of their low-cost subscription to 100’s of different puzzles. (Miscellaneous/Curiosities)

Casa do Xadrez Paulista - this Brazilian site has no commercial purposes but only wish to disseminate knowledge about the art of chess. Language: portuguese. (Gateways to chess)

MrJon - the site has been created with the aim of improving our knowledge of ”this noble game”. Registration is necessary. Language: French. (Chess training/General)

Jim West on chess with the sub-title “From Howard Staunton to Howard Stern”. Jim West is a very good club player from New York, who also blogs diligently. (News in chess)

181. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and eighty-first time on the 8th of June with the following links in mentioned category:

BDG variations - Knut Jarle Hjørnevik has prepared this complete overview of all Blackmar-Diemer Gambit variations and some related gambit ideas. Language: English. (Chess theory/Specific openings)

caissa schach-kronik - since more than 150 years the elite in the chess world fight for titles, tournament victories and rating points. You can find the most important events and tables and many reports on the caissa schach-kronik. Rather unique web site. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

Sjakkpedagogiskt forum works for Norwegians pupils having the opportunity to play chess during school time. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Les Diodes du Roi - this site addresses those who are enchanted by stand-alone chess computers, especially those who want to know more about the subject. Language: French. (Chess software/Electronic chess boards)

Chess Club Live offers the chance to play turn-based chess in an attractive interface, according to what the say. Chess Club Live also offers tournaments, team play, and casual games, both rated and unrated. Languages: English, Greek, Dutch, Turkish and German. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Ríkisútvarpið RUV - The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service – also has a web site with a sport section, including chess. Language: Icelandic. (News in chess)

180. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and eightieth time on the 24th of May with the following links in mentioned category:

World Chess News is managed by five young and ambitious siblings from Stockholm and has so far sent more than 250 episodes with chess news on Web TV in Swedish as well as English. (News in chess)

Sjakkbutikken in Norway is well-assorted with everything concerning chess. (Retailers)

Johanna - Johanna, who plays for SK Framåt in Kalmar, southern Sweden, writes about chess from a female perspective. (News in chess)

Chess Links.info with lots of links, not lots of graphics. Chess, not variants. (Link collections)

American Chess Equipment in California has been in business of selling chess equipment for over 25 years. (Retailers)

179. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and seventy-ninth time on the 9th of May with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Check - a free e-publication that brings international chess news direct to your inbox every month. The first issue is promising. (News in chess)

Veenendaalse Schaakvereniging in the Netherlands has a growing section with material for chess training. Language: Dutch. (Chess training/General)

Computer-Chess Wiki - here you can discover hard-to-find information about how to download, set up, and run chess engines – both free and commercial – in various chess GUIs such as Winboard, Arena, Chessbase, etc. There's no fees, but membership has privileges: only members can create new wiki pages or edit existing ones. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Imchess - an Indian chess journalist is covering global chess events and interesting articles and observations. (News in chess)

Ideas Deportivas Canarias is a family enterprise and a wholesaler, which Juan Ramón Jerez founded in 2003. IDC sells all kind of chess products, books in Spanish and English and well-known chess magazines as New in Chess and Chess Informant. The company also manufactures chess boards and is located on the Canaries. Language: Spanish. (Manufacturers)

178. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and seventy-eigth time on the 25th of April with the following links in mentioned category:

Ajedrex Oaxaca is a Mexican club, which advocates manifoldness. There is no owner; the members are opposed to capitalism and everybody contributes in accordance with his capacity. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Für Schachlehrende is a site for chess instructors, who want to collaborate concerning chess training. Registration necessary. Language: German. (Chess training/General)

The Immortal Game was played between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky in London on 21 June 1851. The Immortal Game was an informal one, played during a break in a formal tournament. Kieseritzky was very impressed when the game was over, and telegraphed the moves of the game to his Parisian chess club. This game was nicknamed "The Immortal Game" in 1855 by the Austrian Ernst Falkbeer. (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

Echecs, cinéma, TV... léger - if a chess set appears in a movie or TV program, you can be pretty sure that you also will find it on this blog. Language: French. (Miscellaneous/Curiosities)

Ajedrez Castellón - the Spanish chess club Castellón has got a new web portal, that contains a lot of information, especially about tournament chess on national as well as international level. (Gateways to chess)

Rheydter Schachverein 1920 from Mönchengladbach in Germany can set up no less than six teams. (Organisations and clubs)

177. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and seventy-seventh time on the 4th of April with the following links in mentioned category:

Chessmen Art and History - doctor Mathieu and Ine Kloprogge inform about their book with the same title. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Soloajedrez from Spain focuses on reports about tournament chess from the whole world. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

The Spacious Mind collects dedicated chess computers and organizes also tournaments between them. (Tournaments/Rating chess programs)

Schachcomputer.info - Wiki is an encyclopaedia, which has been created by the community Schachcomputer.info and which is continuously updated by this community and all other chess computer fans. The encyclopaedia contains comprehensive information about chess computers, programs, programmers and manufacturers. Language chiefly German, but to some extent also English and French. (Chess software/The rest)

176. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and seventy-sixth time on the 14th of March 2009 with the following links in mentioned category:

ChessTool PGN is a free chess database for games in PGN format. Crafty is used as an analyse engine. Language: Spanish. (Chess software/Chess databases)

Le secret de la pensée échiquéenne - Michel Barré, who contributes to Revue Échecs and the Quebec Chess Federation, has created this site to help players to quickly understand the secrets of chess thinking. Language: French. (Chess training/General)

Die Schachregeln für Kinder - this website is intended for children. But grown-ups may also learn the chess rules here. Language: German. (Chess training/Chess rules)

Mes jeux d'échecs électroniques - the proprietor collects as well as sells electronic chess boards, which he also reviews. Language: French. (Chess software/Electronic chess boards)

175. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and seventy-fifth time on the 28th of February 2009 with the following links in mentioned category:

Geistige Übungen für Schachboxer (Spiritual exercises for chess boxers) – every week a new exercise from a played game. Language: German. (Chess problems)

The Vaja International Chess Academy is managed by NM Ashish Vaja and based in Wisconsin, USA. He writes: ”Chess is not a game, it is not a sport, and it is not an art. It is a cultural bridge, a language, an escape, a quest for perfection, and for me, a lifelong passion. Within the checkered board lies a new world.” (Chess training/General)

About this particular Macintosh (ATPM) contains some reviews about the best chess programs running under Macintosh. (Chess software/Reviews)

Czech INFO web about double chess - Bughouse double chess is a chess variant that involves two boards placed side by side, two sets, four players, and two clocks. The players sitting side by side are partners and play opposite colours. When you capture a piece, you give it to your partner. When it's your turn, you can either move one of your onboard pieces, or drop one of your offboard pieces on an empty square. Your team loses if you get checkmated or run out of time. Download a client and start playing! Languages: English and Czech. (Chess variants/Playsites)

174. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and seventy-fourth time on the 14th of February 2009 with the following links in mentioned category:

Sudbury Chess Club has a section about chess openings, including variants, which can be replayed directly on the website. (Chess theory/General)

opzijnbest.nl is a Dutch portal, that also contains a section with chess links. Language chiefly Dutch, but English is also used. (Link collections)

Chess960 - alle Grundstellungen auf einen Blick – all starting positions in Chess960 are graphically displayed by Heinz Uhl. The pictures speak for themselves. (Miscellaneous/Chess variants)

Deutscher Fernschachbund e. V. (BdF) - The German Correspondence Chess Federation - has nowadays also a game server.

Scuola Scacchi Notarstefano - the webmaster is a club player as well as a very active chess instructor in the province of Foggia.
Language: Italian. (Personal chess sites)

173. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and seventy-third time on the 1st of February 2009 with the following links in mentioned category:

Hecfran is an Argentinean chess portal, which is managed by Héctor Francovig. He is not only a chess player but holds a number of functions within Argentinean chess. Several well-known Argentinean chess players contribute with articles to this substantial portal. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

Maxim Dlugy (2518) - International Grandmaster, former president of the US Chess Federation, was ranked as the world´s best blitz chess player by WBCA during four consecutive years. However, he lost a very tight match against Kasparov in 1988. (Players)

Schachproblem des Tages -you can find a new chess problem every day on the website of the Austrian Chess Federation. Language: German. (Chess problems)

Le jeu d´échecs un veritable passion - Jean-Michel Delfosse, also named Zenman, has constructed a game database online. It could be somewhat difficult to find on the homepage. You can replay the games from many important tournaments directly. Language: French. (News in chess)

Ventajedrez - well-assorted Argentinean retailer on Internet. Language: Spanish. (Retailers)

172. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and seventy-second time on the 17th of January 2009 with the following links in mentioned category:

Colorado Chess Games – collection of games and videos by Colorado chess players. (Game collections)

TodoAjedrez is a well-done Argentinean chess portal, which focuses on chess training. Here you can find a free chess course and have the opportunity to play against a chess program or solve chess problems and much more. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

Schach und Kultur - Frank Mayer from Barcelona manages this website, that contains many interesting, richly illustrated, articles with a culture-historical approach. A delight to the eye. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Schackprogram i Javascript - for those who are interested in knowing how a chess program written in JavaScript works. Language: Swedish. (Chess software/Programming)

171. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and seventy-first time on the 5th of January 2009 with the following links in mentioned category:

Artur Kogan (2542), who was born in Ukraine, has finally landed in Spain, where he runs the Olala chess academy. He plays for harmony. Languages: Spanish and English. (Players)

The Edo Historical Chess Ratings system is a novel approach to the retroactive rating of chess players over time. Ratings over the whole period are calculated simultaneously by an iterative method (Bradley-Terry). J.H. Zukertort played for example at his best in 1878. (Players/Rating)

Schach-Ergebnisdienst, a program, which has been developed since 2006, is used to administer chess leagues. Open source code. It is used by some German chess federations as well as districts. (Chess software/Tournament and administration programs)

P4R (Círculo Ajedrez de Míguel Najdorf) - a really impressing club site from Argentine, a country – when these lines are written – has almost 1900 players with a rating of at least 2000. Language: Spanish. (Organizations and clubs)

170. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and seventieth time on the 21st of December 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Heritage Echecs Francais - the webmaster devotes this site to his passion for chess history, especially French chess history. Language: French. (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

Schach-Aktuell with daily reports and news about international tournaments and the Bundesliga. You can replay important games directly on the website. Language: German. (News in chess)

Cuadernos de ajedrez is an Argentinian chess magazin in PDF format, that specializes in opening theory. Language: Spanish. (Chess theory/General)

Amadeus échecs - ”Amadeus” has nothing to do with Mozart but is an abbreviation for Association Marocaine de Développement Universel et Sportif. The website will certainly promote the development of chess in Morocco. Languages: Arabic and French. (Gateways to chess)

Echecs Academie contains information about the basics of chess, articles, for example by GM Jean-Luc Chabanon, news, videos, and courses, most often in Paris, but also via Internet. Language: French. (Gateways to chess)

169. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and sixty-eigth time on the 10th of December 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

GambiChess is a chess site for the small masters, where the sympathetic Gambi shows them the way to the wonderful world of the 64 squares, and where they can learn chess history, anecdotes, legends and above all learn to play chess. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/For beginners)

Kuzey Kibris Satranç Federasyonu - the northern Cypriot chess federation has a well-done website. Language: Turkish. (Organizations and clubs)

Xadres Feminino no Brasil - this is a meeting-place and a discussion forum for female, Brazilian chess players. Language: Portuguese. (News in chess)

Confessions of a chess novice - the confessions are often about chess books and chess theory. (News in chess)

168. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and sixty-eigth time on the 22nd of November 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Sjakkfantomet - Sven Wisloff Nilssen presents himself as a superannuated chess player with a continuous passion for the game. Superannuated and superannuated – actually he has some titles in his luggage. Language: Norwegian. (News in chess)

Chessimo – Chessimo´s method of training is based on solving the exercises the program produces. If it takes too long to solve the various tactical, strategical and endgame exercises, the program displays the right solution and let you train again on a similar position. There is a demo version. Language: German. (Chess software/Chess tutorials)

Chess T-shirts - Patrick Verrijssen is a graphic designer - and in his spare time a chess player - from Belgium. A while ago he was looking for a nice chess T-shirt. He noticed that most designs he found on the internet were quite ... amateurish. The solution was quite simple: he made his own designs. (Manufacturers)

Chessalee - a female chess player from South Africa blogs from London. Nice and substantial blog, which also contains poetry. (News in chess)

Expert-Chess-Strategies.com states that wherever you are on this planet, in China, America, Russia, Europe, Asia or Africa, you can learn chess on their website. Even in the deepest jungle or in the Antarctica. (Chess training/General)

167. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and sixty-seventh time on the 8th of November 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

The Live Top List, which is managed by Hans Arild Runde, is an unofficial chess rating list, that intends to cover all players with a current, live rating above 2700 in the FIDE rating system. The official FIDE list is published 4 times each year, while this list is updated and published as games and tournaments are being played, typically with daily updates during tournaments featuring top players. Language: English. (Players/Rating)

Veggavisen sjakk is a discussion group with more than 270 members, when these lines are written, associated with Nettavisen. Language: Norwegian. (Discussion groups)

Caissa es ajedrez is a chess site, that has been present on the net since 2005. Its aim is to spread knowledge about chess in general but also to report about chess news from Venezuela and from the capital, Caracas, in particular. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Markus Müller plays for SG Kaiserlautern and keeps a high standard in spite of his many other interests. Language: German. (Personal chess sites)

Ganeshan chess, a new chess variant, in which the Hindu deity, Ganesha (with the elephant head), as a piece gives the game a new dimension. (Miscellaneous/Chess variants)

166. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and sixty-sixth time on the 27th of October 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

ChessOK.com is associated with Convekta and the website offers of course Convekta´s products as Chess Assistant, Rybka and various training programs. There are many demo versions. The website also contains chess news and links to a well-frequented playing zone. (Gateways to chess)

Galerie d´art russe presents among other things exquisite chess pieces by the Russian sculptor Oleg Raïkis. Language: French. (Manufacturers)

Mathematics and Chess Page - in this article David Joyner discusses what mathematics and chess have in common. A lot, but the struggle, typical for chess, divides them. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Blog de Mikel Huerga - Mikel Huerga is IM from Pamplona, Navarra, in Spain. (News in chess)

YourChess.net is a chess portal, which presupposes the participation of the visitors. (Gateways to chess)

Chess online has chosen the best sites for playing online chess. (Playsites)

Noticias Ajedrez Tenerife contains local and international information with splendid columns by Angel Jiménez. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

165. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and sixty-fifth time on the 11th of October 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

ChessRight.com from Arizona sells traditional and unusual chess sets, as well as chess boards, chess tables and other chess equipment. (Retailers)

Ajedrez 32 - a blog, where you can find everything concerning chess, from openings and defences to exercises and chess problems. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/General)

PawnStar.net - a playsite, which, when this is written, still is on the beta stadium. But some non-Danish players have already found the way to this site. Languages: Danish and English. (Playsites/Web based)

Schachprogramme unter Linux lists - and goes through – a number of chess programs and chess engines, which work under Linux. Language: German. (Chess software/The rest)

Baltic Chess Group offers for sell everything related to chess. Languages: Estonian, Russian and English. (Retailers)

Oueen-Talk Chess - Open Source Chess Software for Internet Chess with Friends in a Messenger. (Chess software/Clients)

Schach-Tipps.de - here you can find tips and advices, which correspond to your playing strength, tips, which can give you an advantage when playing aginst an opponent. Language: German. (Chess training/General)

Schack-trulpen - Schack-trulpen http://www.schacktrulpen.blogspot.com/ - the blog´s unusual name (at least for a Swede) depends in its turn that the webmaster has an unusual surname as well. But he likes chess very much all the same. (News in chess)

Al Shatrandj - a commercial site so far focusing in upmarket chess equipment and collectors chess sets, but also books etcetera. Languages: Portuguese, Spanish and English. (Retailers)

164. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and sixty-fourth time on the 20th of September 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Blitzchess - this site, which was submitted to the net in March 2008, is about electronic chess boards and chess programs. Various electronic chess boards are presented; reports about tournaments between portable chess computers and between chess programs as well as relevant articles from the French press. Language: French. (Tournaments/Rating chess programs)

Topschach.de – a new chess store from München, Germany, sells above all chess DVDs and chess books. (Retailers)

WhiteHorseChess.com from Arizona, USA, sells chess pieces, chess boards, chess books and chess software. New content is added all the time. (Retailers)

Zona de Ajedrez is a playsite for turn-based chess, which is still on the beta stadium when these lines are written. You can of course play tournaments or join a team and play matches. The playsite has been created by a group of chess enthusiasts. Main language Spanish, but seven other languages are supported. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

163. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and sixty-third time on the 7th of September 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

jChecs is an open source Java chess program, designed to introduce the basics of computer chess programming concepts. Its main purpose is to be a chess programming sample, but it can be used "as is" by chess beginners. ELO rating just above 1700. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

Schachprogramm - a very initiated Wikipedia article about how chess programs are constructed. So far only in German. (Chess software /Programming)

Genial Schach.de - a new German playsite with many exclusive features. More than 270 players are active when these lines are written. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondance chess)

Les Échecs à qui perd gagne (Loser chess) - Fabrice Liardet, a skilled player himself, has compiled a lot of information about ”loser chess” on this site. However the latest update took place in 2005. Language: French. (Miscelleneous/Chess variants)

162. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and sixty-second time on the 23rd of August 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Hotel - at Chess Hotel you can play regular chess and Fischer Random Chess in real time against players from all over the world. Just register and join one of the game rooms. There is also a client. Languages: English, French, Portuguese and Swedish. (Playsites/Both ways)

Schachmeister – chess training for beginners through texts and videos. New lessons, which aims at helping the beginner to improve his game but also how to really learn to learn to play chess, are published almost weekly. Language: German. (Chess training/For beginners)

Ancient Chess.com sells standard chess sets as well as Asian chess games as Shogi. Besides the website contains interesting stuff about the history of chess. (Retailers/Miscellaneous)

Flowerkrauts Schachallerlei discusses everything possible, but mostly chess. Language: German. (News in chess)

161. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and sixty-first time on the 9th of August 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Wildchess is a free database on the net, which not only contains standard chess games. It is also a database for variants such as Suicide, Atomic, Loser, Wild and Crazyhorse played on most of the Internet Chess Servers. Languages: French, English, Spanish, Russian and Dutch. (Game collections)

Ajedrez Alex - this blog has been created by a guy who loves the chess world. On his blog you can find many articles about opening studies, position analyses, exercises, theory and curiosities. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/News in chess)

Correspondence Chess Server (CCS) is a free turn-based correspondence chess server, which started in 2008. Membership is not time-limited and computer support is permitted. (Playsites/Correspondence and e-mail chess)

SuicideChess has as its goal to retrieve all information about Suicide Chess (Giveaway Chess) on the same website. FICS rules are used. Languages: French and English. (Miscellaneous/Chess variants)

Ecochess – instructive chess games can be replayed in various openings. Furthermore a number of tactical and endgame exercises are presented. (Chess theory/Chess problems)

Echecspassion-Tour is sponsored by Milliet Sophie. A ballad about chess in France. Photos, male and female players, youngsters, articles, remarkable things, cities and other things worth to mention. Language: French. (News in chess)

160. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and sixtieth time on the 13th of July 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

La boutique ECHEC et MATériel sells books, workbooks and software, related to chess education and training to improve your chess skill, as well as all sorts of equipment. Language: French. (Retailers)

Die Coaching-Kiste - a pedagocical site, which contains two sub-sections about scholastic chess and chess training, including a “didactic road plan”. Language: German. (Chess training/For beginners)

Argedrez is a game database on the net, which try to aim at collecting games involving Argintinean chess players in a single place. Language: Spanish. (Game collections)

CXR Chess Toolbar - Chess Express Ratings has developed a special toolbar for chess players. See presentation! (Chess software/The rest)

Chess training, that is managed by IM Volodia Vaisman, living in France but originally from Romania, offers chess training based on new methods. Language: French. (Chess training/General)

159. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and fifty-ninth time on the 29th of June 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Ajedrez online - Spanish chess portal, which among other things teaches the rules of chess. You can also make use of your knowledge by playing against the portal´s chess program. (Gateways to chess)

Echecs 64, le blog echecs de C. Bouton - C. Bouton has inter alia been the chief editor for Europé Échecs. He belongs to the 800 best players in France. (News in chess)

Schachcomputer.info is a German-speaking forum about computer chess. The forum had 383 members, which together had made 13743 contributions in 1851 threads on the 26th of June 2008. (Discussion groups)

Chess Computer UK - Mike Watters has a very impressive collection of electronic chess boards. (Chess software/Electronic chess boards)

Biblioteca de ajedrez - the aim of this blog is to support the study of this beautiful game. The blog contains presentations of chess books as well as digitalized study material. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/General)

158. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and fifty-eigth time on the 15th of June 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Demobrett, which is managed by Jens-Erik Rudolph, started in May 2008. He analyses among other things his own games. Language: German. (News in chess)

WuChess.com is designed for chess enthusiasts addicted to hip-hop music. Music and entertainment is important on this community, which already has succeeded in enlisting many members. You can take an introduction tour. (Playsites/Webbased)

Schach-1.de sells chess sets, chess pieces, chess boards and chess clocks. Language: German. (Retailers)

Chess Ballet is a screen saver for Windows95/98/NT4. Funny chess pieces fly and walk across the screen. You may configure various settings of the screensaver to make it a never ending pleasure. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

157. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and fifty-seventh time on the 2nd of June 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Schacksnack (previously Schackforum). The expectation is that “Schacksnack” will inspire the visitors to take active part, by writing comments to the contributions and also to debate in the well-known forum, which has been inherited from Schackforum. Schacksnack also publishes current interesting games, which can be replayed on the website. Language: Swedish. (News in chess)

Jacque Al Rey, cuban chess portal, which is well-done as well as substantial. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

Jan Werle (2581), Dutch Grand Master, born in 1984, who won his first prize at the age of eight. Some of his games can be replayed on the site. Language: Dutch. (Players)

Svenska Schackakademien, which originally was founded in 1986, has as purpose to promote the game of chess in Sweden. The activity of the academy should aim at bringing the game of chess economic resources, preferably considerable amounts. The academy should especially support Swedish ventures in international top-level and in young people playing chess. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

156. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and fifty-sixth time on the 20th of May 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Arianne Caoili is a young female player of Philippine origin. She quit competition chess in 2002 (age 14) as an International Master with a FIDE rating of 2300+ in order to complete high school studies for university. But she is currently ranked #1 female in Australia (2008). Language: English. (Players)

Como ganar al ajedrez contains eleven pieces of good advice to win in chess. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/For beginners)

La Boutique Echec et Material sells everything that concerns chess – see also catalogue. Language: French. (Retailers)

Die Schachgarde is a free chess server, which still is on the beta stadium. According to their own information the interface is user-friendly. Schachgarde also has upload functions. Language: German. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Partidas Ajedrez Comentadas contains the latest chess news with commented games, which can be replayed by a game viewer. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

155. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and fifty-fifth time on the 1st of May 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Das große Schachtraining - Taktikaufgaben per Email - here you can get free instructive tactical exercises by e-mail every week. The exercises are saved in a small ChessBase database. This database can be opened by any chess program, that supports the ChessBase format. Those who play correspondence chess at Freechess.de may also subscribe to the exercises. You can also try to solve the exercises at the Freechess server in competition with other players. Language: German. (Chess training/General)

El Blog de Ajedrez Alex Rodriquez - here you can find current international chess news, chess videos, endgame analyses, a new chess problem every day, opening studies and chess links. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Ajedrez Altoaragonés - this substantial blog is managed by Javier Fontana, who lives in Huesca, Spain. He is FIDE-Master. (News in chess)

Chess Calendar, which is run by Mischa Tscharotschkin, is more than a tournament calendar, because he also tries to give some additional information about cheap air flights and hotels. Language: English. (News in chess)

154. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and fifty-fourth time on the 19th of April 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Serbia Chess Federation - previously a joint chess federation with Montenegro. The official rating list shows more than 2400 players above a certain ELO rating. Languages: Serbian and English. (Organizations and clubs)

Liga peruana de ajedrez a distancia, the Peruvian correspondence chess federation, belongs of course to ICCF. Language: Spanish. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

Montenegro Chess Federation - previously together with Serbia in one federation. The official rating list registers 200 players with a rating starting from around 2000. Language: Serbian. (Organizations and clubs)

Svetozar Gligoric, born in 1923, became Grand Master in 1951. He has been champion of Yugoslavia no less than twelve times. Gligoric also worked several years as a chess journalist and organizer of chess tournaments. Language: English. (Players)

153. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and fifty-third time on the 6th of April 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Schachblog, which is managed by the journalist and the International Master Stefan Löffler, gives the background to international, German and Austrian chess events. The blog is open for guest contributions and of course for comments. Language: German. (News in chess)

L´échiquier de la Butte - a chess club, which is situated in the 18th arrondissement in Paris. Its playsite on the net is open for all visitors of the site. (Organizations and clubs)

Schachblätter - ”a lumber-room of two times 32 squares” is managed by Carsten Herrmann and Stefan Kalhorn. Language: German. (News in chess)

Rank zero is a satire blog, which according to the author exaggerates, or distorts if you prefer, small and big absurdities (especially from fields as chess, mathematics, literature and local geography, history and folklore from Mecklenburg) into the grotesque. Language: German. (News in chess)

152. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and fifty-second time on the 23rd of March 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Teaching contains a lot of chess lessons and exercises on almost all the stages of the game and for all levels of play. You can get a quick overview by looking at the chess lessons index page, but you can also navigate through this site by using the tags or categories or by using the search option on the site. (Chess theory /Chess problems)

DavChess.com - the playsite is still on the beta stadium, but it is fully functional. 118 registered players on the 22nd of March. Language: Spanish. (Playsites/Correspondence and e-mail chess)

Ajedrez Real is a chess academy, which is managed by IM Daniela Barrìa Zuñiga and WIM Giovana Arbunic from Chile. They also offer a free chess lesson without any further obligations. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/General)

Fabiano Caruana (2598), born in 1992, plays for Italy, but is living in Hungary. Language: English. (Players)

Chess Legend Club is an free online chess-playing community. You can play with other players and also compete against different chess software. 1215 members and 617 active games on the 22nd of March 2008. (Playsites/Correspondence and e-mail chess)

151. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and fifty-first time on the 8th of March 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Jeu d´Échecs, Histoire et Littérature has been inspired by Lewis Carrol, ”Alice´s Adventures in wonderland” and a certain mysterious chess game by the same Lewis Carrol. Language: French. (Miscellaneous)

YouTube Chess Game Analysis contains many commented chess games, however with varying quality. (Chess training/General) schack/Allmänt)

Emanuel Schiendorfer, Swiss chess player born in 1990, has played chess from childhood. Nice site. Language: German. (Personal chess sites)

Cuna de Dragones became Spanish champions for teams in 2006. Very well-done website. (Organizations and clubs)

Federación Insular de Ajedrez de Gran Canaria organizes more than ten chess clubs. Language: Spanish. (Organizations and clubs)

Schachlust - Guido Wehrle has created a small, beautiful and substantial chess portal. Language: German. (Gateways to chess)

150. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and fiftieth time on the 9th of February 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chessville has a free playing zone, whose interface has been constructed by Convekta. You can either play directly on the website or download a client. (Playsites/Both ways)

PerroMaster - a site from Paraguay, which above all lists free chess software, but also some other resources. Language: Spanish. (Chess software/The rest)

Het Overtom Schaakcomputer-Museum is a museum for electronical chess boards – some very spectacular – from the most important manufacturers. The collection is very comprehensive. Languages: Dutch and English. (Chess software/The rest)

Matt-Trainer - a free program for training mate problems. There is also a special database on CD with 500 mate exercises. Language: German. (Chess software/Chess tutorials)

149. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and forty-ninth time on the 26th of January 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

Ajedrópolis.com - a well-done Argentinian chess portal, which, when this is written, is almost entirely built out. Chess news, game analyses and openings etcetera. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

SRVChess, a free chess program with its own interface, which was submitted to the net in March 2005, has many functions – among other thing you can tune in the playing strength. Language: French. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

Kasparov Chess Foundation, founded by the former World Chess Champion, has as its mission to bring the many educational benefits of chess to children throughout the United States by providing a complete chess curriculum and enrichment programs. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Chess Point Switzerland - a Swiss family company, that offers ”an extensive but yet well-arranged range of chess items and services.” Language: German. (Retailers)

Scacchierando – this blog, founded in autumn 2005, is managed by Stefano Bellincampi, and is often updated with chess news. Language: Italian. (News in chess)

148. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and forty-eigth time on the 12th of January 2008 with the following links in mentioned category:

LatestChess, a chess portal based in India since 2006, wants to keep its visitors updated with the latest trends in the world of chess. Therefore LatestChess provides the latest news, articles by experts, interviews and much more. Chess lovers can also watch the games of their favourite players live on the site. Language: English. (Gateways to chess)

Beat the king - a new German webbased playsite, which, when these lines are written, still is on the beta stadium. However it is fully functional. (Playsites/Webbased)

Philippe Dornbusch - his aim with this blog is rather to amuse and entertain than to instruct. Therefore he lively mixes chess news with digressions to the world of music, film, art and literature. Language: French. (News in chess)

chess moves can make any finished chess game visible. Based on the game notation every chess move is represented by coloured stripes on a chess board, and all of a sudden there is a painting! Language: German. (Miscellaneous/Curiosities)

Chessbuff on chess contains many game analyses, of his own games as well as of other players. (News in chess)

147. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and forty-seventh time on the 29th of December 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Tablajedrez - Javier G. Maneiro seems to have started this blog in October 2007. Openings and game analyses are in the focus of his interest. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

64cases is a website, which permits you to play chess on the Internet at your own speed, at optional level and against opponents of your own choice. Language: French. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Gata Kamsky (15/2726) was born in Russia in 1974, but is nowadays living in USA. As young he belonged to the world's elite players, but Kamsky decided to quit chess in 1995 and stayed away from professional chess during 10 years. Now back on the top. (Players)

Schaken en reclame - chess in advertising has been compiled by Tornado Schaakvereniging. Language: Dutch. (Miscellaneous)

Max Euwe from the Netherlands was world champion 1935 – 1937. Max Euwe wrote many chess books and also served as President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) from 1970-1978. (Players)

146. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and forty-sixth time on the 15th of December 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Larsen´s Opening, also called the Nimzo-Larsen Attack, arises after 1. b2 – b3. According to statistics from ChessBase 1.b3 ranks sixth in popularity out of the possible twenty first moves. (Chess theory/Specific openings)

Cambor Enterprises is an American manufacturer, designer and direct importer of fine quality chess sets and chess boards. (Manufacturers)

Chillboard.de - here you can play chess via your browser. Language: German. (Playsites/Webbased)

Schaakpraat - well-filled blog in Dutch, which started on 26th November in 2006. (News in chess)

www.la-schach.de sells chess sets and accessories. Language: German. (Retailers)

145. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and forty-fifth time on the 1st of December 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

RWBC Chess lists a number of older chess engines, which no longer have any active homepages. Language: English. (Download sites)

Schachverein Unser Fritz resides in the hearth of the Ruhr area. Visitors are always cordially welcome. Language: German. (Organizations and clubs)

ChessGenius Classic7 is not compatible with the ChessBase platforms but has its own GUI. Eduard Nemeth describes how various chess engines can be installed in the GUI of Chess Genius 7. Languages: German and English. (Chess software/Chess programs)

Echess is a chess server, where you can play chess in real time as well as turn-based chess, against players of all levels. Language: French. (Playsites/Web based)

Schachclub 1868 Bamberg - Alexander Mikuta, who plays in the club´s first team, is webmaster. Language: German. (Organizations and clubs)

144. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and forty-fourth time on the 17th of November 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess opening - Wikipedia has a comprehensive article about chess openings. (Chess theory)

Gambit 89 Saarbrücken, the somewhat different chess club in Saarbrücken, Germany, experiences during 2006/2007 its best season. The first team became an easy Saarland Champion and advanced to the”Oberliga”. (Organizations and clubs)

ChessUp.net - create chess diagrams free online. (Chess software)

16 x 16 - chess magazine online with an unusual name reports about chess in Portugal. A number of commentators is associated with the magazine. Language: Portuguese. (News in chess)

Schackbörsen - a Swedish website for selling and buying used chess books, which seems to be quite serious. (Miscellaneous)

143. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and forty-third time on the 3rd of November 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Axel Smith (2384) and Nils Grandelius (2377) – two young, promising, Swedish players administers this site pregnant with significance. (Players)

Schach bei Coder - Thorsten Coder has created a substantial site, which contains evervything from chess news to tactical exercises. Language: German. (Personal chess sites)

Inte bara schack (Not only chess) - Lars Grahn, chief editor for Tidskrift för schack and a chess columnist in Sydsvenska Dagbladet, has many strings on his bow but still time for this excellent blog. Language: Swedish. (News in chess)

Italiascacchi reports about match and tournament activity in Italy. (News in chess)

142. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and forty-second time on the 20th of October 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Killer Tips is provided by Alexandra Kosteniuk. You can download chess problems via podcast. Chess Killer Tips took the second place at Podcast Alley´s rating list on September 2007. (Chess training/General)

Les Chroniques des Echecs treats everything that concerns the subject of chess: news, problems, videos and quizz. Language: French. (News in chess)

Chess Openings Database contains 2,6 millions games in PGN format. (Game collections)

Chess.com is a very substantial chess portal, which also offers opportunities to play turn-based chess. (Gateways to chess)

Chess.4mg.com is a site, that contains a little of everything and is managed by Can Aydinoglu. Language: English. (Gateways to chess )

Chesszilla.com - chess news and information from everywhere - is trying a new method. It lists a number of chess blogs, precisely fourteen, and links at the same time to the twelve latest contributions in every blog. (News in chess)

141. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and forty-first time on the 28th of September 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Schachverzeichnis.de (Der Webkatalog für Schachinteressierte) – a new German chess link collection, which on the 28th of September contained 1334 links sorted in 36 categories. (Link collections)

Chess dBase - Jaroslav Štún, a Slovak chess author and composer, has created this database, which contains more than 200 of his own chess problems of various categories: Fantasy chess, orthodox and helpmates etcetera. Language: English. (Personal chess sites/Chess problems)

iSchach sells chess books, chess videos, chess software and playing equipment. Language: German. (Retailers)

Schachimedes - an entertaining Austrian chess portal, which is managed by doctor Martin Stichlberger, and which is foremost aimed at hobby players and beginners. Language: German. (Gateways to chess)

140. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and fortieth time on the 16th of September 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Tal gambit - these pages, which are a sub-section of GambitSite, are dedicated to the so called Tal Gambit, which arises from the moves: 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 !? Language: English. (Chess theory/Specific openings)

Link.opedie.nl - the latest chess link collection from the Netherlands. (Link collections)

Memory versus Search in Games - this is the title of Dennis Breuker´s Ph.D. Thesis from 1998. The topics of this Ph.D. Thesis are Artificial Intelligence, and computer game playing (mostly Chess and Domineering). Languages: English and Dutch. (Chess software/Programming)

Artedrez aims at commenting on the relations, which have been maintained or are being maintained between the game of chess on one hand and the literature and the fine arts on the other. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Turnierkalender Münsterland - a tournament calendar for Münster and Münsterland in Germany. (News in chess/Tournaments)

139. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and thirty-ninth time on the 1st of September 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

SchachFuchs addresses itself to children and youngsters, who want to learn to play chess. The site contains a great deal of training stuff. Language: German. (Chess training/For beginners)

The Ulster Chess Union is responsible for organising, administering and developing chess in the Province of Northern Ireland. (Organizations and clubs)

Glarean Magazin is a new cultural publication on the net, which is devoted to various themes as music, literature and chess. Language: German. (News in chess)

Distribuciones Alekhine - a Mexican company, which offers to sell a broad assortment of chess sets, chess clocks, books, demonstration boards and chess software. (Retailers)

Antiblitz is a French playsite, free and complete: challenges, tournaments, ranking, play via a Java applet wit chat, statistics and forums. (Playsites/E-Mail and correspondence chess)

Madrid Mueve - a publication for the chess players in Madrid. Language: Spanish. (News in chess/Match and tournament coverage)

138. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and thirty-eigth time on the 17th of August 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Etienne Bacrot (23/2695), who has started Chess22 , is hoping to pass on to you his passion for the game of chess and to lead you through the fascinating world of analysis in the never-ending quest to seek truth on the chessboard. Languages: French and English. (Players)

Knights and Pawns is a small company dedicated to providing high quality, artistic chess sets for collectors and chess enthusiasts at a reasonable price. (Retailers)

CaseTête 64 morceaux - Stephane Drolet wants to introduce chess news, as well as chess players and their analyses, from Quebec, and chess meeting places in Quebec, to the French-speaking chess world. (News in chess)

Bobby Fischer lives today on Iceland. This Wikipedia article is very informatory. (Players)

Pokemon Chess - Frederic and Charlotte Sellier from Dieppe in France have been blogging about chess since February 2007. Language: French. (News in chess)

El arte del mate en dos (The Art of Direct Mate in Two) - Eduardo Sadier from Buenos Aires, Argentine, manages this site, which on the 18th of July contained 22500 problems. Languages: Spanish and English. (Chess problems)

Genios64 - Emmanuel Ranalli has created this blog about chess problems ”to support those chess players, who daily train the tactical part of the game”. Language: Spanish. (Chess problems)

Gert von Ameln has written a children book, ”Salin und der schwarze Zauberer”, about chess in the form of an ”almost realistic adventure story”. His chess site contains also a lot else. Language: German. (Personal chess sites)

PHM webshop - Swedish retailer of mechanical and electronical chess clocks from Gardé-Ruhla, one of Germany´s oldest manufacturers of clocks. (Retailers)

137. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and thirty-seventh time on the 23rd of July 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Magnus Carlsen (17/2710) is presently the best Nordic player and also the best player in the world in his age group (born in 1990). His father manages this website according to reports. Language: English. (Players)

Free Chess Strategies Videos created by Chad Kimbell, an International Chess Master, rated 2470. (Chess training/General)

Sjakkskolen - Norwegian site, which contains useful stuff for chess students as well as instructors/leaders. (Chess training/General)

Echecsem@il – a free playsite for webbased e-mail chess, which seems to have been present on the net since 2002. Language: French. (Playsites/E-Mail and correspondance chess)

Chess on the web – the concept behind the site was born out of a desire to bring together the best chess related website links in one place. This was achieved with the publication of the Chess on the web Handbook, the webmaster´s e-book, which has a multitude of useful chess links and is a useful reference for all chess enthusiasts. (Link collections)

Chess17.com - a free playsite for both blitz games and slow games. Languages: English and French. (Playsites/Webbased)

136. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and thirty-sixth time on the 7th of July 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Ajedrez.com.py - chess site from Paraguay, which wants to open a window to inform about the advantages with this sport, so that chess fans who wish to compete in chess know how to do. Language: Spanish. (News in chess /Match and tournament coverage)

Gambit - The New York Times Chess Blog will cover tournaments and events, trends and developments. Reader comments and questions will be more than welcome. (News in chess)

Norbert Heymann devotes himself to chess journalism professionally. He has written more than 500 articles, 46 chess books and brochures and manages a chess chronicle in the weekly ”Prisma” with a circulation of 4.5 millions. Language: German. (Chess training/General)

JesWeb - a French play portal, which also recommends the game of chess and presents the rules. (Chess training/For beginners)

Historias de ajedrez - Michael Rahal, IM from Catalonia, publishes interesting games and positions from important tournaments, as well as his own games. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Ecole de jeu échecs toulousaine provides chess courses on the net for beginners and club players. Language: French. (Chess training/General)

135. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and thirty-fifth time on the 24th of June 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

The Chess Olympiad in Dresden 2008 - Deutscher Schachbund and several other German organisations carry out many arrangements before the Olympiad. Language: German. (News in chess)

Free Chess Softwares - download free chess games and chess
softwares from ChessBoss.com. You can also play chess here. (Gateways to chess)

Jerzy Konikowski (2325) has written a number of chess books, about opening theory and biographies, in German as well as English. The website is in Polish. (Players)

Glaurung is available as a free UCI (the "Universal Chess Interface") chess engine for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. Glaurung is a strong engine. (Chess software/Chess engines)

QualityChessImports.com - Classic, Theme, or Travel Chess Sets and More. QualityChessImports.com offers a wide range of chess sets, chess pieces and related products. (Retailers)

LeBest.fr – a French link collection, which also has a section with chess links. (Link collections)

134. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and thirty-fourth time on the 10th of June 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Kelboreve.com has a gallery with photos of chess masters, caricatures and drawings. Language: French. (Miscellaneous/Curiosities)

ICCF Forum - discussion group associated with International Correspondence Chess Federation. On the 10th of June in 2007 the discussion group had 192 registered users, who had made 817 posts in 233 threads. (Discussion groups)

Club de Ajedrez Linex-Magic - chess club from Extremadura in Spain. The site is very substantial and ambitious. (Organizations and clubs)

Schach- und Münzfirma Fruth - here you can find a little of everything concerning the game of chess, from antiquarian chess literature to modern software and various items for the collector as for example post cards, signed by chess players. Language: German. (Retailers)

Robert Pearson´s Chess Blog - Robert Pearson, an ordinary club player, blogs from Reno in Nevada, USA. (News in chess)

The Collectors Shop contains also some chess links. (Link collections)

133. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and thirty-third time on the 30th of May 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Echecspassion is a French chess blog. The subtitle is difficult to translate, perhaps: ”Everything that makes up chess, everything that makes you love chess.” (News in chess)

Alisa Maric (2395), the best woman player in Serbia, as best number three in the world, was born in USA. Language: English. (Players)

Comentarios de ajedrez - a blog for enjoying chess and with comments about whatever the authors have in mind. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Ajedrezmail (ChessMail.org) organizes permanent email-based hess championships. 3045 registered users and 2583 “opened” games (30/5 2007). Languages: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Catalan, Portuguese, Russian and German. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Probechecs - this site is devoted to chess problems, starting with simple mate solutions to solutions of more complicated positions. Language: French. (Chess theory/Chess problems)

Bepichess - free Argentinian playsite, which is webbased. Besides there are a discussion group, chess quizz and chess problems. Language: Spanish. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

132. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and thirty-second time on the 13th of May 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Windows-Turnierverwaltung 4.12, which has been developed by Hans-Jürgen Werner and can be downloaded from the website of SK Freising, can administer tournaments with maximally 39 rounds and 254 players. Language: German. (Chess software/Tournament and administration programs)

Chess-Videos.com – watch free chess training videos or join the forums and post/discuss your own games. (Chess training/General)

Gran Ajedrez Renovado - this website is devoted to the game of chess, with openings, studiess, biographies, chess programs and information of general interest about everything that concerns the world of chess. Language: Spanish. (Personal chess sites)

Progressez aux Echecs avec Krzysztof Pytel - Krzysztof Pytel, IM and an experienced trainer, offers chess training in French, Polish, English and Spanish. (Chess training/General)

GM Varuzhan Akobian (2574) was born in Armenia, but moved finally to USA in 2001. He started playing chess at the age of five when his family moved to Mongolia. The weather conditions there were very harsh, so his father encouraged Varuzhan and his sister to stay indoors and play chess, instead of going outside to play. (Players)

131. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and thirty-first time on the 29th of April 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chessdom is a new chess site. Chessdom aims to enrich the understanding of chess and bring its popularity to a higher level. The content is very varied with a good coverage of important tournaments – in short a promising beginning. (Gateways to chess)

Sigeman Chess Tournament was arranged for the fifteenth time in 2007 by Limhamns Schackklubb in Sweden. The tournament use to have a strong line-up. Languages: Swedish and English. (Tournaments)

Emgaard – Karl-Johan Emgård manufactures handmade chess sets according to the desires of the customer. The board is made of tile and wood. The pieces are manufactured in clay with a weight in the bottoms for the sake of balance. He carries out all steps in the production personally. Language: Swedish. (Manufacturers)

FMO Chess Club is a new, free playsite for turn-based chess. The organization of the website is exemplary simple and easy to grasp. FMO Chess Club regards itself as a ”family chess club”. (Playsite/E-mail and correspondance chess)

Echiquier de Vesone, club from Périgueux in France, also has a playsite for turn-based chess (”jeu en différé” in French). Well-done club site. (Organizations and clubs/Playsites)

Peter Pixo has a site with chess rules, chess terms in various languages and an appreciable link collection. Languages: Czech and English. (Personal chess sites)

Schackspelande datorer – hur fungerar de? (Chess computers – how do they function?) - Joakim Östlund and Patrik Lindegrén wrote this thesis in October 2004. Language: Swedish. (Chess software/Programming)

130. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and thirtieth time on the 12th of April 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess-Results.com is a tournament database. You can search for tournament, player, country, organizer, tournament director, pairing program and so on. Languages: English and German. (Tournaments)

InfiniaChess.com - a new playsite. Besides standard chess you can play chess variants as Crazy House, Fischer Random and Loser Chess. (Playsites/Require client)

Entwicklungsvorsprung - blog with the subtitle ”reflections about the amusing things of the weekday and on the 64 squares”. Many game analyses. Language: German. (News in chess)

Naum is a Winboard-/UCI-compatible chess engine. There is a free version as well as a new, commercial version. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Chess Publisher - a free game viewer, which seems to function without any problem, for chess blogs. (Chess software /Game viewers)

Chess World has, according to the company, been the only dedicated chess shop in Melbourne for the past 11 years. The shop boast a huge range (over 200) of chess sets and boards. (Retailers)

129. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and twenty-ninth time on the 24th of March 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Echecs Variables - this chess blog was created in November 2006 and is already well-frequented. It deals with international and national chess events, as well as regional events from southern France. When these lines are written, the webmaster has published no less than 270 articles. Language: French. (News in chess)

ArtCarved Chess Sets - Jim Arnold from Florida, USA, makes artistic, robust chess sets of wood. Every chess set is unique. He writes: ”My wooden, Art-Carved Chess Sets, are not only beautiful to look at, but also are meant to be played with.” (Manufacturers)

Echecs-x – the radioactive site! Game analyses, portraits, tips, recommended books. For those who want to improve the quality of their chess play. Language: French. (News in chess)

Mike Serovey on Chess - the main focus of this site is analysis of his own games, with diagrams. Mike Serovey makes no secret of being an average player, but his site is all the same popular. (Personal chess sites)

The Hippopotamus Defence is summed up by Nikolay Kostov in the following way: “The main idea behind Black’s set-up is to fianchetto both of his bishops (on b7 and g7) and placing the knights on d7 and e7 after the pawn moves d7-d6 and e7-e6.” (Chess theory/Specific openings)

ChessVotes organizes various polls about questions like for example: Which is the best place on Internet to play chess in real time? (Miscellaneous)

128. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and twenty-eigth time on the 7th of March 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

ChessVibes reports among other things from the Premier League of the Dutch competition with many video reports. Languages: Dutch and English. (News in chess/Match and tournament coverage)

ChessDB is a free database, which is based on Scid and works on several operating systems. The program can do nearly everything what a commercial chess database can do. The next version will also make it possible to download games from ICC and FICS. Extensive documentation in English, but also in many other languages. (Chess software/Chess databases)

Live Chess online - live chess annotations by GM Sergey Shipov, but also comprehensive coverage of matches and tournaments. Language: Russian. (News in chess/Match and tournament coverage)

Zeitnot! started in August 2006. Maybe the first chess blog in Catalan? (News in chess)

Brutal Chess 0.5.2 - a chess program with its own interface. The programmers started to develop this program in May 2005, which is extensively documented in a blog. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

Xadrez Regional - a Brazilian chess portal containing a great deal. Language: Portuguese. (Gateways to chess)

D2-d4.com sells chess sets and various accessories. (Retailers)

127. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and twenty-seventh time on the 10th of February 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

MagnusCarlsen.no - this fan page follows the career of Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian wonderboy. Language Norwegian, but partly in English and German. (Players)

Zeitnot.com.ve - Frank Curiel, one of the absolutely best chess players in the club Estado Falcón in Venuzuela, reports about chess on a regional, national and international level. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Dictionnaire des citations d´échecs - Alexandre Vasilescu, webmaster for the chess club Sceaux and according to himself an average player, has developed a passion for chess quotations. On the 12th of December 2006 he had listed 519 quotations from 197 authors. Language: French. (Miscellaneous)

Chess-Store Schachspiel24 is a retailer ”with an ever-increasing supply and advantageous prices”. Language: German. (Retailers)

Kevin Coulombe has developed this free Java PGN viewer. It has many interesting features (users may modify the PGN in real-time and actually move the pieces around to explore the game). The program is very small (62 Kb) but yet fast – no lag, even with games of 200 moves or more. (Chess software/Game viewers)

ChessCoach.de – on Stefan Knappe´s homepage you can find a lot of stuff concerning chess training - tactics, endgames, openings, news. Furthermore you also can download his software "ChessCoach" for Palm and in future for Pocket PC too. Language: German. (Chess training/Chess software)

L´Open du Parc is the name of the open, international FIDE tournament, which the chess club JÉEN organizes in Paris, usually every Whitsun. (Tournaments)

126. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and twenty-sixth time on the 28th of January 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Torsten Bae, who is the chairman of the Norwegian Chess Federation and besides an IM candidate, has started a blog with good insight into Norwegian chess life. (News in chess)

Ole Valaker, also a chess journalist, often updates his blog, which has been discovered by many visitors in a short time. Language: Norwegian. (News in chess)

Der Schachfreund is a private organizer of children and amateur chess, an activity which has been undertaken during more than 35 years. Besides the chess club Coblenz, the most highly located chess club in Vienna, is represented on their site as well as a creditable link collection, above all to chess organizations in Austria as well as the neighbouring states. Language: German. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Morrachini Echecs Institut - allow myself to try a free translation of his own presentation: a coach ”à la maison” with the most modern media tools? It is possible! This site offers you chess lessons “à la carte”, pedagogic games, videos, analyses, the opportunity to acquire your individual directory of openings... With Fabrice Moracchini, FM and a coach for the French Chess Federation, 25 years of practice... Nice visit! (Chess training/Advanced)

Chess Openings Software - Bookup 2000 Express is a chess database program used mostly for modeling opening repertoires. There are three versions, one of them is freeware. See also “Chess software”. (Chess theory/General)

Blind Chess for DOS is intended for blindfold chess training, but the program can also be set to show the board. It will also work under all Windows versions and run on many handhelds. (Chess software/Chess tutorials)

Chess Park – a new playsite. You can either play directly via your browser or via a client. This playsite could be more user-friendly. (Playsites)

Alexander Herbstmann - a number of positional studies by Herbstmann, which all end in draw. Languages: English, German, French and Italian. (Chess problems)

125. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and twenty-fifth time on the 14th of January 2007 with the following links in mentioned category:

Schach-Notizen - though this well-done website focuses on computer chess, among other things by the ”ultimate” rating list, it contains also a lot of other stuff as the move of the week, game analyses and so on. Language: German. (Personal chess sites)

Chessmovies.com is building a collection of chess movies, regularly adding chess videos, submitted by chess fans around the globe. You can for example look at a video from the World Championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in 1972 and a lot of videos with Alexandra Kosteniuk. (Miscellaneous)

Kalendarz Szachowy - Polish tournament calendar with a good coverage and an advance planning. (Tournaments)

Indalchess.com - Spanish tournament organizer, founded by Antonio Fornieles, José David Cabrera and Pedro A. Amat, based in Almería, also promotes chess and sells chess equipment. (Tournaments)

ultim8games.com is a new Slovak chess server, which allows people to play online directly from their web browser. Their goal is to improve functionality as much as possible to became able to compete with the others all over the world. Languages also Hungarian, German and English. (Playsites/Require client)

Blockade Chess Cheater treats the risk of cheating due to the opportunity of wireless communication in connection with chess tournaments. This site was created and is maintained by Jon Jacobs, an amateur tournament competitor and occasional Chess Life, representing the US Chess Federation, contributor. (Tournaments)

124. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and twenty-fourth time on the 31st of December 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Parimarjan Negi (2538), born in India in 1993, is already a Grand Master. Language: English. (Players)

Magyar Sakkvilág - chess magazine from Hungary. Very beautiful start page. Only in Hungarian. (News in chess/Chess news)

Echecs-Info - Pierre Barthélémy, journalist on ”Monde", publishes topical chess news from the international arena for the French-speaking public. (News in chess)

Amity Chess Academy - this academy in India is set up with an aim to provide a platform for the upcoming players to nurture their talents and make a mark in national and international chess. Language: English. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Satranç Okulu (Chess school) - chess lessons, analysis, problems and Turkish chess news. Language: Turkish. (Chess training/General)

Youvsyou (You against you?) - free webbased playsite for e-mail chess. Your move will be registered on a virtual chess board and simultaneously sent by e-mail to your opponent. Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English and Chinese. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Chess by Egis - despite the name the site is located in Lithuania and uses only Lithuanian and reports chiefly about tournament results. (News in chess/Match and tournament coverage)

123. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and twenty-third time on the 17th of December 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

KiSch - das Kinderschachportal - this portal was created in the beginning of 2006 with the Yahoo-Newsgroup "KiSch", founded two years previously, as basis. More than 350 members exchange information and views upon the theme chess for children as well as tournaments and training stuff. Language: German. (Chess training /Chess promotion)

Peão dobrado, which probably means ”doubled pawn”, is a very well-done and substantial blog in Portuguese. (News in chess)

Streatham & Brixton Chess Club – this blog reports about how the club´s teams are getting on in the London, Surrey and Croyden Leagues – but much else besides, like puzzles, news, games, and general interest articles. The blog is updated around once per day. (News in chess).

Introduction au jeu d´échecs - a personal and nonpretentious site about chess, that above all addresses itself to amateur players, who play rather than good, but who for example nevertheless would like to defeat a chess program, using the black pieces! The site is focusing on opening theory. Language: French. (Chess theory)

Garry Kasparov Biography - besides this biography you have the opportunity to play through a lot a games by Kasparov on this site. Kasparov is nowadays actively engaged in Russian politics. (Players)

Carollygames produces a chess game with triangular squares for two or three players. Languages: French and English. (Manufacturers)

SC Dillingen - club in southwestern Germany with 89 members,which can muster seven teams, has also a well thought-out club site. (Organizations and clubs)

Marchand - Belgian retailer of chess equipment and software with a shop in Brussels. Language: French. (Retailers)

122. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and twenty-second time on the 2nd of December 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Veselin Topalov (1/2813) was born in 1975 in Ruse, Bulgaria. He became Grand Master in 1992 and has been a real top player the latest years. His chess career was crowned with the title match against Kramnik and his FIDE ranking as number one in October this year. Language: English. (Players)

Chess Tigers, which also manages a chess university, has an excellent news section. Language: German. (News in chess)

DelfiT - Franco Cavicchio has developed this chess program, which exists in two versions. One of them suits beginners and is free – the other one, the pay version, is more advanced. The chess board has a 2,5-D representation! Language: English. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

Mini-biografía de Bobby Fischer - mini biography about Bobby Fischer with no less than 117 comments. Language: Spanish. (Players)

Chess Chit Chat is a discussion group, associated with Planet Chess. (Discussion groups)

Göttinger Schachtreff is a rendezvous for chess players from Göttingen (in Germany) with surroundings, who meet once every week. Language: German. (Organizations and clubs)

Chess engine - a well-informed article from Wikipedia about chess engines. A chess engine is a chess playing program that does not have its own user interface. Previously they ran on user interfaces such as for example WinBoard – nowadays most commercial chess programs allow additional engines to be loaded. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Planet Chess contains chess instruction, articles, opening guide and theory, annotated games, planning section, and more! (Chess training/General)

Chessella - this is a web site where you can upload and share your (preferably annotated) chess games. Emphasis here is on training, not search in a database. Therefore chess diagrams are printed in the games just before any critical move, so that you can stop at a diagram and try and guess the move. Language: English. (Game collections)

121. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred and twenty-first time on the 18th of November 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Ajedrez Paisa - a Colombian chessportal, which has been present on the web since 1995, contains a little of everything. You can also play chess via the website. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

Pousseurs de bois is a chess blog, that is about an amateur, who is exerting himself to become a better chess player. The French title is difficult to translate – ”pousseur” means a ”boat which is pushing barges before itself” and ”bois” means ”wood”. Maybe ”piece pusher”? (News in chess)

Grow with chess - it is much more than a game. “Chess is more than openings, tactics, and gambits - it's a life long journey that can and will teach you so much more.” (News in chess)

Ajedrez Escolar runs chess education for children in Monterrey, Mexico. (Chess training/Traditional chess education)

Museo español de computadoras de ajedrez - a well-supplied museum for electronic chess boards. (Chess software)

Chess Training - blog about chess training. The motto is: Amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they can´t get it wrong. (News in chess)

Kimson Handicraft - Vietnamese manufacturer, which among other things sells chess boards and pieces - the latter also made of horns from water buffalo. Language: English. (Manufacturers)

120. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-twentieth time on the 4th of November 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Torneosajedrez.com is a tournament calendar first and foremost for Latin America. Tournament organizers can register free information about upcoming events as well as results. (News in chess/Tournaments)

Paul Morphy – the pride and the sorrow of chess - Matt Fullerty is at work on The Pride and the Sorrow, a novel about the live of New Orleans chess player Paul Murphy. (Players/Miscellaneous)

Schachteufel.de - a site for those, who preferred – or prefer – to play against a physical chess computer rather than a program on the screen. Language: German. (Chess software/Electronic chess boards)

Abdelaziz Onkoud, IM, likes to busy himself with chess problems during nights. This site is the happy continuation of those wonderful nights. Language: French. (Chess problems)

Victor Bologan (45/2659) from Moldavia became a GM in 1991 and is married with a Russian ballerine. Language: English and Moldavian. (Players)

Hecfran - Hector J. Francovigs website is about ”much chess, graphics and a little of everything”. Language: Spanish. (Personal chess sites)

Satiriki.ru/chess contains a lot of chess problems, studies as wells positions taken from real games, and which can be solved directly on the website. Languages: Russian, English and French. (Chess problems)

Renaissance Knights a nonprofit organization in Illinois, utilizing chess as a tool to improve academic, intellectual and social skills. (Organizations and clubs/Chess promotion)

119. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-nineteenth time on the 24th of October 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Pics contains a lot of photos of chess players from the whole world, listing somewhat towards photogenique players – that is female players. (Players/Miscellaneous)

Le site des jeunes de la FFE - the youth section of the French Chess Federation has a stylish site. (Organizations and clubs)

Ohio Chess Gateway - information for Ohio Chess Enthusiasts. Includes a listing of upcoming events and past tournament results. (Organizations and clubs)

Amigos del circulo de ajedrez de Villa del Parque - Victor Francia is blogging about his chess club in Buenos Aires, Argentine. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Amigos del Ajedrez - two of the strongest chess clubs in Zaragoza, Aragonia, has founded a cultural association, whose activity is reported on this website. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Skaki - chess magazine from Greece. Language only Greece. (News in chess)

Le Blog de l´Orang-Utan (1.b4) treats the Orangutang opening. Language: French. (News in chess /Chess theory)

Compuntoes - Noticias de ajedrez - even though the word “compuntoes” (which does not mean anything) occurs very often on this blog owing to a competition, the blog also contains a lot of chess material, i.a. the famous game between Byrne and Fischer on October 17 in 1956. (News in chess)

118. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-eighteenth time on the 7th of October 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Judit Polgar - an extensive article from Wikipedia. You can replay 1000 games of her on this website. (Players)

FantasyChess is a complete platform for chess playing, which concludes with an annual chess tournament between schools, which this year (2006) takes places on December 9 in Epitech, France. The tournament is based on the classical chess rules. Language: French. (Tournaments)

Ala de Rei - Francisco Vieira is blogging about many chess related subjects. Language: Portuguese. (News in chess)

Chess 38 is a blog, that focuses on chess news. Comprehensive coverage of the match Topalov – Kramnik. Language: French. (News in chess)

Superchessengine.com - with the subtitle ”Everything you need to know about uci chess engine & more” – organizes tournaments between known and unknown chess engines. (Tournaments/Rating chess programs)

ChessComp.com - free online chess playing community. You can “participate in tournaments, teams and more all with high ranking lists”. 2821 registered users (significantly fewer active players however), who on October 10 2006 had played 21085 games. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

117. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-seventeenth time on the 23rd of September 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Online Chess Index is providing information on chess rules, strategies and tactic. (Gateways to chess)

Kenilworth Chess Club has a comprehensive list of chess blogs. The rest of the site is absolutely also worth a visit. (News in chess)

SpaceChess.de - a new German discussion group with 104 users, who have made 1883 contributions in 247 threads. (Discussions groups)

Albion-chess.com sells handmade, decorative and classical chess sets. (Retailers)

Smarthink 1.0 - a chess engine, which is sold by Lokasoft, and which is delivered with the ChessPartner GUI. (Chess software/Chess programs)

Wegiel - Polish manufacturer of chess sets, boards and pieces, and ”used on the most chess tournaments in Europe”. Language: English. (Manufacturers)

116. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-sixteenth time on the 3rd of September 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

ChessTheatre is a free program to view and publish PGN chess databases. You can use it to view your chess games on your own PC, but also share them with others on the internet by using the integrated publishing function. (Chess software/Game viewers)

Programas-gratis.net is a download site, which also contains a number of free chess programs. Language: Spanish. (Downloads)

Chess Dominion, which has been developed by Students for Think Quest, contains a little of everything, from an introduction to chess to short player biographies. (Chess training/For beginners)

World Online League organizes tournaments with twenty programs taking part, amateur programs as well as commercial programs. (Tournaments/Rating chess programs)

Farscape Games Ltd also sells chess equipment: pieces, boards and accessories. (Retailers)

115. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-fifteenth time on the 19th of August 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Schack på klubbspelarnivå - Johny Johansson has, as far as I know, created the first Swedish chess blog. (News in chess)

Andrei Sokolov (2589) has got a fan page. Language: German. His own site is called ”Les Échecs en noir et blanc”. (Players)

ASV Grün-Weiss Wismar 1990 e.V. - chess in Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Germany. (Organizations and clubs)

Agrest schackskola intends to run various projects in schools to strengthen the relation between chess and school work, starting from the third class. Language: Swedish. (Chess training/For beginners)

Olibris is a small publisher, which devotes itself to publishing quality chess books in the French language. (Publishers)

CCLR - a team is testing a number of chess programs and engines. Rybka 1.2 was leading the list from August 12 2006, followed by Zap!Chess Paderborn, while Deep Shredder 10 took the third place. Language: English. (Tournaments/Rating chess programs)

Chess 5 - ”your online chess database”. You can store your chess games onlineand send them to your friends, or let other members evaluate your chess games. This means of course that the quality of the games will vary considerably. (Game collections)

Dan Corbit - Dan Corbit´s site contains a lot of software, especially chess engines, and other chess related material for downloading. (Downloads)

Ktulu is a strong engine, which has been developed by Rahman Paidar from Iran, using the ChessPartner GUI. (Chess software/Commercial programs)

NyChessKids was organized by IM Saudin Raobovic to improve communication between educators, parents, and kids involved in scholastic chess in New York. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

114. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-fourteenth time on the 5th of August 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Susan Polgar has written this article, "The new Age of Internet Chess" (2005), in which she discusses Internet chess, weighing its Pros and Cons as well as reviewing the most important chess servers. (Playsites)

Club Ateneo Cacereño de Ajedrez - Spanish club site, which reports about local, national and international chess events. Besides this well-done site contains material about chess training. (Organizations and clubs)

International Chess University is according to the presentation the world's first international chess university, dedicated to online chess education,
using real audio and video over the internet. (Chess training/General)

Free Chess Programs - Zarkon Fischer presents a selection of chess software, which can be downloaded free from Internet. (Chess software/The rest)

Jennifer Shahade (2322) has once won the US Championships for Women, and furthermore written a book, ”Chess Bitch”, an account of how today’s young female chessplayers are successfully knocking down the doors to the traditionally male game. (Players)

Xadrezgalego, which works according to the motto ”we like chess”, is a company, a school and a club at the same time. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

Belgisch Schaakbord/L'Echiquier Belge - the Belgian Correspondence Chess Federation publishes a monthly magazine, which can be downloaded in PDF format. Languages: Flemish and French. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

NEindiaChess is the first chess site from northeastern India, Assam, ”where the sun rises”. The webmaster has won several chess titles and has also been Joint Secretary of All India Chess Federation. (Personal chess sites)

Chess Programs for Pocket PC and Palm devices - when Axel Schumacher started to write this review, he estimated that it would take him a few days to do so. He did not know that it already existed over 60 chess programs for Pocket PC and Palm. (Reviews)

Chess by Cellufun - play the game of chess against others online, or practice against your phone or Cellufun´s server AI with a variety of difficulty levels. (Playsites/Require client)

113. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-thirteenth time on the 16th of July 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Félag Íslandskra Bréfskákmanna, that is the Icelandic Correspondence Chess Association, has submitted a new website (only in Icelandic). (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

Be wise chess sets - this site is devoted to chess sets and pieces. Advices about chess sets. (Miscellaneous)

Zap!Chess is the commercial version of Zappa, the 2005 World Computer Chess Champion, developed by Anthony Cozzie. The CD contains two versions: “Paderborn” and “Reykjavik”. Reykjavik is the version that won the World Championship. (Chess software/Commercial programs)

Chess problem - excellent article from Wikipedia about chess problem or chess composition. ”Exactly what constitutes a chess problem is, to a degree, open to debate.” (Chess problems)

Improveyourchess.com is managed by a number of British Grandmasters and International Masters with Tony Kosten as editor. Commercial training site, which “will try to ensure (to) provide a second-to-none service”. (Chess training/Advanced)

American Chess University´s mission is to develop instructional management programs for teachers, chess coaches and trainers. This FIDE and USCF sanctioned organization offers a complete curriculum designed for chess professionals. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

ChesSOS is a turn-based playsite, currently in beta-testing, but with many features already added. You can register and start testing. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Chess Circle - discussion group, possibly Canadian, with 5391 registered users, who up to now have written 28760 articles. The oldest users registered already in 1987… (Discussion groups)

112. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-twelfth time on the 1st of July 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Tutorial de ajedrez - an elementary introduction to the art of chess playing. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/For beginners)

StrateGems is published by Good Companions, which on their part is an international association of chess problem enthusiasts, chess problem composers as well chess problem solvers. Language: English. (Chess problems)

Cnchess.com is, on their own statement, the biggest chess manufacturer in China. The assortment comprises everything from chess boards and chess pieces to – chess medals. (Manufacturers)

Internationale Partienarchive links on to most of the national game collections of importance. (Game collections)

Alexandra Kosteniuk´s Chess PGN Player - Tobias Feigel and Ray Wilson have developed a webbased game viewer for Alexandra Kosteniuk. Just type in a box (or copy-paste from a PGN or text file) the chess moves and replay a game. (Chess software/Game viewers)

Problemas de Xadrez - Roberto Stelling from Rio de Janeiro, successful chess problem solver, manages this site. Language: Portuguese. (Chess problems)

IM Norbert Lücke has a website with among other things chess exercises. Languages: German, Spanish and French (Personal chess sites)

Capablanca - Cuban website, which contains a lot of material about Capablanca and the Capablanca Memorial Tournaments. The first one took place in 1962 and was won by Najdorf. The site also contains information about present chess events. Language: Spanish. (Players)

Jovan Petronic has a good link collection. Language: English. (Link collections)

111. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-eleventh time on the 17th of June 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Books Online – books about chess openings, middlegames and endgames and many other chess related topics. (Publishers)

Chess-Openings.info catalogues the popular opening moves in chess, in the four main categories - Open, Closed, Semi - Open and Flank. Also the less popular openings are included. (Chess theory)

Imineo.com sells video recordings from important tournaments and matches. Language: French. (Publishers)

Prime Support and Services offers chess training, especially for players rated between 1200 - 2100 ELO. (Chess training/General)

Kenilworth Chess Club, founded in 1972, is located in New Jersey, USA. Few American chess clubs can compare favourably with this substantial and professional website. (Organizations and clubs)

Schachfantasien - Manfred Trescher offers a cavalcade of imaginative pictures. No words are needed. (Miscellaneous)

ajedrez.do, a chess magazine from the Dominican Republic, not only contains chess news but also study material. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

ChessVista.com - Frits Agterdenbos´ primary goal is to provide the international chess community with high quality chess photos from international events. (Players/ Miscellaneous)

Fruit, which has been developed by Fabien Letouzey since 2004, took the third place on the SSDF rating list from June 8 2006, ahead of for example Fritz. Fruit 2.1 and older versions can be downloaded from WBC Ridderkerk. Nowadays a team develops Fruit. (Chess software/Chess engines)

El Ajedrez es así - Antonio de la Flor has created this site, that above all adresses itself to beginners. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/For beginners)

Münchener Schachakademie offers a great variety of courses, all the way from beginner courses to courses in chess psychology and tournaments preparations. Language: German. (Chess training/Traditional chess education)

Chess on The Web - is a browser based correspondence chess server. Up to now more than two hundred players have registered. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

110. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-tenth time on the 4th of June 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

The Lion - Menno Bijmolt, who once started this site, presented the Lion in the following way: "The Lion is an extraordinary chess opening. Playing with black you have an incredible strong weapon against all the white opening moves you can imagine. The Lion is an excellent response to 1.e4 or 1.d4, but the Lion is also the best answer for 1.c4 and 1. Nf3. ” Languages: English and Dutch. (Chess theory/Specific openings)

LeChessBlog - the site of Gilbert Miralles (2487) contains chess news, information about courses as well as tournaments and competitions in his surroundings. Language: French. (News in chess)

Kid Chess - a free site, which offers tutorials on the basics of chess and individuals can play chess puzzles and games including standard chess, easy chess, monster chess, and the knight’s tour. Individuals can learn about the Chess Place Thursday night chess club, located in Marietta, Georgia, USA, summer camps, tournaments, and after-school programs. (Chess training/For beginners)

Chessguru.net - step by step articles for beginner and intermediate players. “Learn interesting things about chess that will help you win your games! Learn about tactical procedures and how you should play the openings, middle game and the ending.” (Chess training/General)

PDA-Schach contains information about chess in general as well as the chess training program "ChessCoach" for handhelds. Language: German. (Chess software/Programs for Pocket PC)

ÉchecsPass - from the presentation:”The game of chess, recognized as a sport today, is a tremendous tool of expression and leisure. The idea of this site is principally to make you discover this, and for others, to progress as players (free translation)”. Language: French. (Chess training/General)

Online Chess Problems - solve chess problems and compete. Turkish website in English. (Chess problems)

Chess Sets Plus – specialty retailer of chess sets, chess pieces, chess boards, and other games. “Great Prices, Great Service, & Free Shipping!” (Retailers)

Le JÈEN (Jeu d'Echecs à l'Ecole) is a chess club, which was founded in 1984. The club can count more than a dozen French championships and has also represented France at world championships. The aim of JÈEN:s is to develop the game of chess as well as to help all club players to improve their game, regardless of their level. (Organizations and clubs)

Chess news and events - this blog is managed by Goran Urosevic from Serbia, also an able chess player. Language: English. (News in chess)

109. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-ninth time on the 20th of May 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Ajedrez21 no longer runs a playsite but co-operates with ICC. Instead Ajedrez 21 functions as a chess portal, a well-frequented one. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

DirectoryGame.com – online game directory with categorized, searchable listings of online game sites. (Link collections)

Schack Online - new Swedish chess site under construction. You can play chess and chat. (Personal chess sites)

Harald Lögdahl, Harald Lögdahl, who plays in Eskilstuna SK, has developed a program, Sendchessgames (in English), with which you can upload PGN files to a Java viewer on Internet. Besides he has developed a chess pairing program and rating caculator. (Chess software/Various utilities)

Schachbezirk Magdeburg - the chess district of Magdeburg comprises at least eight chess clubs. Language: German. (Organization and chess clubs)

TuS 1860 Magdeburg-Neustadt Schachabteilung – chess club in Magdeburg, Germany. (Organization and chess clubs)

Luis Javier runs a web site, which is about his friend, Jose Angel Cejas, successful chess player (2312) in Cordoba, Argentine. Language: Spanish. (Personal chess sites)

Social Correspondence Chess Association is – according to their presentation - an organisation that provides quality correspondence chess to players of all standards. SCCA was formed in 1940. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

Almira Skripchenko (34W/2423) is born in Moldavia but plays nowadays for the French Chess Federation. The webmaster, Francisco Valiente, collaborates with Almira Skripchenko concerning the content of the site. Language: Spanish. (Players)

Problemas de ajedrez/Chess problems – Jose Luis Perez will publish a chess problem every day, which he hopes that the visitors will solve. Language: Spanish. (Chess problems)

And then there was chess - Edward Meyer from the Netherlands started to play chess as a grown-up. However it quickly became one of his main interests. Blog in English. (News in chess)

108. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-eigth time on the 6th of May 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Buho 21 is a new, free multiplay site - at the moment only chess and trivia however. The software is the same as was previously used for Ajedrez21. Language: Spanish. (Playsites/Webbased)

Dieter Bishoff Schachhomepage - Dieter Bischoff is one of the absolutely best blind chess players in Germany. (Personal chess sites)

The Chess Academy was started by professional educator, John P. Buky, to promote chess in the schools in USA as part of the educational curriculum. (Chess training/Promote chess)

Messaggero Scacchi appears weekly on the web. Language: Italian. (News in chess/Chess news)

Ajedrez de Punta - this is the chess club at Universidad de la Punta in Argentine. Languages: Spanish and English. (Organizations and clubs)

Schach - this site by Stefan K. Baur, which contains chess rules, mates, opening theory and so on, exists in fact in three different designs, dating from 2004, 2005 and 2006 respectively. Language: German. (Chess training/General)

Wilhelm Steinitz - article from Wikipedia about the first official world chess champion. (Players)

The Ninja Boards - this well-frequented discussion group is maintained by ChessNinja.com in collaboration with TWIC. (Discussion groups)

107. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-seventh time on the 24th of April 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

FICGS is a new, international correspondence chess server. You can play for free in various kinds of tournaments or against opponents, whom you choose yourself. FICGS organizes special events as thematic tournaments, tournaments with money prizes, Chess960 and so on. Besides you can play go (go will probably be the last board game, in which computers will gain supremacy). The server is located in France, but the language is English. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Chessbug - the site for chess lovers and for those who wish to deepen their understanding of the game. Chessbug contains material about openings, middle and endgame as well as book reviews. (Chess training/General)

Federación de Ajedrez del Oeste del Gran Buenos Aires - district organization in Buenos Aires, Argentine, with a well-done homepage. FAOGB also publishes a free monthly bulletin in PDF format. Language: Spanish. (Organizations and clubs)

Jaque Aragon strives to become a place, where you can ask questions, meet, exchange ideas and step by step add new tools and improvements, all in order to function as a place of reference. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

Schachclub Freibauer 1980 Moerlenbach - Birkenau e.V - Mörlenbach is a little town in Germany with 10000 inhabitants, but nevertheless the chess club has succeeded to advance to the second division of the German Bundesliga. (Organizations and clubs)

The Closet Grandmaster blogs from Sydney in Australia. ”Chess is very simple. He goes there, I go here. I go there, he goes here.” You just have to agree. (News in chess/Chronicles and newsletters)

Mikromurks has up to the present played more than 20000 games, mainly blitz games thanks heaven, on ICC. One of his blitz games in Najdorf, Sicilian, is a pearl. Language: German. (Personal chess sites)

Intchess - a new chess magazine from Singapore, associated with the club with the same name. Ignatius Leong, known from a FIDE context, is the chairman of the club. (News in chess/Chess news)

106. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-sixth time on the 2nd of April 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

CapaKaspa - with the sub-title "user-friendly chess on the net" - is a blog, which also links you on to a turn-based playsite, that is "user-friendly chess". Language: French. (News in chess)

Cécile Guédon, alias Jongleurs de Terre, creates and manufactures chess pieces inspired by the Middle Age. Language: French. (Manufacturers)

World Chess Links is - when these lines are written - a chess link collection in construction. Languages: Italian, Spanish and English. (Link collections)

Russian Chess also has a link collection. Languages: Russian and English. (Link collections)

iNemesis is a graphical interface for playing chess on the ICC and FICS servers. It is based on CClient, but has a comletely new user interface and offers many more features. (Chess software/Clients)

Chess Forum - well-assorted retailer on Manhattan in New York. (Retailers)

105. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-fifth time on the 18th of March 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Andrew Martin Chess Academy offers chess coaching on-line, annotated games and other services. The staff includes, besides Andrew Martin, well-known chessplayers as GM Glenn Fear, GM Nigel Davies and WGM Yelena Dembo. (Chess training/General)

Competitiile Noastre de Sah - Romanian site, which focuses on chess competition. (News in chess/Match and tournament coverage)

Annuaire Echecs.net - French link collection with 1283 links, shortly commented. (Link collections)

TSV Bindlach-Aktionär - very substantial German club site. Klaus Steffan is webmaster. (Organizations and clubs)

Anyone 4 Chess is an association for turn-based playsites. One of its main goals will be to follow the example of FIDE and gain recognition as a separate chess entity as for example correspondence chess. (Playsites/The rest)

Instant Chess - French discussion group with 30 members, who have posted 1281 messages (March 18th 2006). (Discussion groups)

104. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-fourth time on the 6th of March 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

L´école d´échecs contains basic material and simple exercises. Language: French. (Chess training/For beginners)

ChessSets.com alleges that the company is the premier retailer of chess sets in the world and that you will find the widest selection of chess sets at the lowest prices! (Retailers)

Bayerische Schach-Jugend is the youth section of the Bavarian Chess Federation. Language: German. (Organizations and clubs)

ChessLand - Thierry Cousteix has created this blog, which contains many exerciser for beginners. Language: French. (News in chess)

La web del Chacu - the webmaster gives his views of accusations about cheating and abusive behaviour, which he himself has encountered on well-known playsites as ICC and Ajedrez21. This is about the other side of the coin. Language: Spanish. (Personal chess sites/Playsites)

Supreme-Chess contains a game collection with 500.000 games, chess problems, an introduction in the art of chess playing as well as articles. (Gateways to chess)

103. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-third time on the 18th of February 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Bidmonfa.com - a substantial portal, which also continuously reports about chess tournaments in the whole world. Languages: Catalan, Spanish and English. (Gateways to chess)

Schachfeld.de - German discussion group, which had 504 members on February 18 in 2006, and who had made 4429 contributions in 684 threads.
(Discussion groups)

My Chess Set is offering a wide variety of chess sets, boards, individual chess men, clocks, chess tables and components. (Retailers)

Chess Advance by Jorge E Caballero is about chess programming in general and chess engines in particular. The website also contains a section with various programs, developed by Mexican programmers. Language: Spanish. (Chess software/The rest)

Espérance Sportive de Tiziouzou is the first Algerian chess club with its own homepage on the net. Language: French. (Organizations and clubs)

JRedition from Spain runs an educational project, ”Ajedrez en la escuela”, which among other things includes 10 textbooks and webbased support. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

102. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-second time on the 4th of February 2006 with the following links in mentioned categor

Ajedrez Mundial is a non-commercial blog, which without a lot of fuss reports about the most important chess news in the world. Besides there is a section with chess problems. Language: Spanish. (News in chess/Chronicles and newsletters)

MonRoi - company, based in Canada, which, according to the product information, has developed a simple and sleek device, Personal Chess Manager, that allows chess players to record, electronically store and review chess matches. Those games can also be viewed in real time at MonRoi´s web-site. MonRoi's Professional Tournament Manager collects data from Personal Chess Manager devices in real-time and can broadcast chess matches live. MonRoi has also developed its World DataBank of Chess where tournament games are stored for viewing and analysis. (Chess software/Chess databases)

Tablero Catracho, that was submitted to the net on the 28th of December in 2005, contains information about chess activity in Honduras as well as internationally. Besides there is a section with columnists. Language: Spanish. (News in chess/Chess news)

Planeta de Ajedrez - free playsite in collaboration with Convekta, chiefly aimed at Latin America. Tournaments with prizes are organized every day; there are educational groups and chance to play against strong GMs or IMs. Language: Spanish. (Playsites/…require clients)

Denkschach - Jürgen Denk´s site contains a little of everything, among other things some player portraits. Language: German. (Personal chess sites)

Tablerotico - site from Costa Rica, mainly devoted to match and tournament coverage. Language: Spanish. (News in chess/Match and tournament coverage)

101. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundred-and-first time on the 22nd of January 2006 with the following links in mentioned categor

Joueur d´échecs - Francis Delboe, who is an international arbiter, member of FIDE Arbiters Council, and who has had leading positions in the French Chess Federation up to January 2005, has recently created this site. It contains topics of the day, ”odd” chess and arbitrage. Language: French. (Personal chess sites)

Ajedrez en Yucatan - here you can find everything about chess life in the state of Yucatan in Mexico: rating, news, chess meetings, the Carlos Torre Repetto tournament, the social aspects of chess, information for parents and trainers, instruction in chess journalism and much more. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Rybka is a strong chess engine, appropriate for the analysis of all chess positions in all graphical front ends which support the UCI protocol. Language: English. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Ajedrez en Honduras contains general information about the tournaments, which take place in Honduras, articles, photos, game collections as well as links to important web sites devoted to chess training. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

GensUnaSumus - interactive game database, that started with 750000 games on December 5 in 2005. The goal is to update the database with 1000 games monthly. The membership fee is €12 annually. Language: English. (Game collections)

Pawn Promotions offers chess news, articles, games to view online and so on. Besides Pawn Promotions publishes chessbooks. (Gateways to chess)

100. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the hundredth time on the 8th of January 2006 with the following links in mentioned category:

Mr. MIP´s Chess Palace includes an interactive chess puzzle engine that allows you to test your ability to solve 1- or 2-move problems and other material. (Chess problems)

Christophe Philippe (2380) has a site with his own games. He also organizes tournaments. Language: French. (Players)

Carlos Hemmers has a chess blog with news, links, reviews and – adventures. There is also a list with other chess blogs. Language: English. (News in chess)

Dutch Chess Collectors with the motto: “If it's related to the game...we collect it!!” (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Mobi is a FICS and ICC chess client for portable devices. Most modern mobile telephones comply with the technical requirements. The currently supported languages are English and Swedish. Test pilots are also sought when these lines are written. (Chess software/Clients)

Rook House - the name of this discussion group is taken from a statement by Bobby Fischer, in which he declares his wish to build a house in the shape of a rook. (Discussion groups)

99. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the ninety-ninth time on the 17th of December 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Engine Tours - these tournaments are played on the ChessBase server. On December 9 in 2005 1976 chess engines had played 1020303 games. Among the top 10 chess engines you can only find one non-commercial. (Tournaments/Rating chess programs)

Albin Counter-Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5!? – ECO-code D08) – Andrew Martin means that almost all opening theorists frown upon this counter-gambit and yet Black continues to win a lot of games! (Chess theory/Specific openings)

JGBWeb Ajedrez - Jordi Gonzáles Boada informs about the basics of chess. Language: Spanish. (Chess training schack/For beginners)

Sir Tobi´s Home - playsite for web- and e-mailchess. There is both a German version and an English one, but the latter is not yet finished when this is written. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Chess Analysis Pro 7000 - in the advance publicity it is said that the program “is extraordinary in its ability to analyze your own chess games in the most useful and detailed way available. With this information you can clearly see what's holding you back and more to the point what professional strategies your missing out on.” Price about 30 Canadian dollars. (Chess software/Chess tutorials)

Chess Chat Forum - very well-frequented Australian chess forum. On December 17 in 2005 1040 members had posted 76995 messages in 3000 threads. (Discussion groups)

98. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the ninety-eigth time on the 3rd of December 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Jean Luc Chabanon (2413) – French GM with his own blog containing a great deal. You can also play against him. Languages: French and English. (Players)

Tiroler Schach - the homepage also contains some chess problems as well as tutorials. Language: German. (Chess training/Traditional chess education)

Softtanks Chess Game is a webbased chess program. If you want to play against it on a higher level, you must register. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

FreeSwiss - freeware for administration of tournaments according to the Swiss system. It is a simple program, but fully sufficient for administration of internal club tournaments. Download the program from the ”Download”-section on the club site of SK Langen. Language: German. (Chess software/Tournament and administration programs)

Osvaldo Zambrana (2409) - IM from Bolivia, who recently made his third GM-norm. Language: Spanish. (Players)

Coko - Eric van Reem´s chronicle about computer chess, chess studies and Fischer Random Chess. Language: German. (News in chess)

97. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the ninety-seventh time on the 19th of November 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Nettavisens sjakkspalt describes itself as Norway´s first interactive chess column. The information – often with focus on Magnus Carlsen – is excellently presented. (News in chess/Chess news)

Chess (not only) for UNIX contains a number of help programs, among others a startup utility for xboard, a DGT Engine for Linux, both in beta version. (Chess software/Various utilities)

Susan Polgar Chess Blog - on this site she provides chess enthusiasts with updates on her chess activities as well as commentary on important chess news from around the world. (News in chess/Chronicles and newsletters)

Chess Collector contains reflections, game analysis and a set of photos with chess themes from the world of cinema. Stylish site. Language: French. (Personal chess sites)

Tour à tour - Jean-Pierre Mercier, who also is an able player, writes chess columns for Liberation. This is his freedom blog. Language: French. (News in chess/Chronicles and newsletters)

Schach Forum - German discussion group with 42 registered users, who have made 4615 contributions so far. (Discussion groups)

96. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the ninety-sixth time on the 5th of November 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Pushed Pawn - in his presentation Andrew Zito writes that Pushed Pawn is a place “where we hopefully will be striving to document and advance the social, cultural, and technical side of chess, chess players, and chess playing.” (Gateways to chess)

Chess Software Tools sells various programs capable of formatting and manipulation of chess games in PGN or FEN. These tools offer time-saving ways to work and view PGN games and positions.
(Chess software/Various utilities)

Le jeu d´échecs facile with free courses for beginners as well as more advanced players. Many game analyses. Language: French. (Chess training/General)

Jürgen Juhnke sums up his chess career and shows many of his own games. He played at his prime during 1969 – 1973. Language: German. (Personal chess sites)

PlayerPlaza.com is a playsite, where you can play chess or checkers about money. Macromedia Flash Player must be installed and all pop-up blockers must be off in order to play Player Plaza games. (Playsites/ Require client)

Braroe Chess - American retailer of chess equipment, chess handhelds and electronic chess boards. (Retailers)

95. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the ninety-fifth time on the 22nd of October 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess-Ref.org - Beda Kosata has created this interactive game collection, which contains 181235 games with 21891 players. You can use a PlayerIndex as well as an OpeningIndex. (Game collections)

Hnefatafl was the name of the board game, which the vikings liked to play, even in Valhalla. The site explains the game rules and you can also try to play hnefatafl online here. Languages: Danish and English. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Peter Güssow has been involved in problem chess since childhood. The site contains many of his own compositions, from two-movers to twenty-movers. Language: German. (Chess problems)

Le Cheval d´Odin (Wotan´s horse) - the webmaster plays correspondence chess. Here you can find games, articles, opening analyses and a little of everything. Language: French. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

Chess Live Radio, that is associated to US Chess Federation, broadcasts chess news on the air. (News in chess)

Hilmar Ebert devotes himself above all to probem chess, but there are also other information about chess, for example chess humour, on the homepage. Language: German. (Chess problems)

94. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the ninety-fourth time on the 8th of October 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

The 37th Chess Olympiad in Torino takes place between May 20 and June 4 in 2006. The site does not only focus on the Olympiad but it also contains a lot of other chess related information. Languages: English and Italian. (News in chess /Message board)

PawnsMaster.com - the aim of the site is to impress the basic rules in the art of chess on complete beginners and casual players. Language: French. (Chess training/Beginners)

Trainingscentrum van Schaakvereniging Spijkenisse goes through the chess rules, treats chess tactics and openings as well as effective training methods. Language: Dutch. (Chess training/Beginners)

Lin4Chess (or how the penguins play chess) aims at investigating how the GNU/Linux environment works regarding chess software and chess play on the Internet. Language: French. (Chess software/The rest)

Chess Prints - here you “will find chess art with a surreal twist, images that illustrate the imaginative, surreal and metaphorical aspects of the game we know as Chess”. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

ActuEchecs.fr - French chess portal with news, pedagogical chronicles and links. (Gateways to chess)

93. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the ninety-third time on the 25th of September 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chesshelp functions as a kind of guide to chess resources on the web. (Link collections)

ChessLecture.com is an online chess video library. They offer a brand new video everyday, Monday thru Friday. The fee for this service is $12.95 per month. (Chess training/General)

Serbia and Montenegro Chess Federation organized the European Youth Chess Championship 2005, September 13 - 24th. The site is not complete when this is written. Languages: Serbian and English. (Organizations and clubs)

Peter Dove has created this blog, that among other things contains his own game analyses and accounts of his training exercises. (News in chess)

Historical Photographs contains scanned photographs of chess players from times gone by. (Players/Miscellaneous)

ChessGML means the Chess Game Markup Language. It is an application of XML, World Wide Webs Consortium´s Extensible Markup Language. ChessGML aims to provide an open, standardardized data format for the exchange and publication of any kind of chess data. (Chess software/Programming)

92. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the ninety-second time on the 11th of September 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess players from Wikipedia lists a great number of notable chess players in this section. There have been some controversies on the biographies. (Players/General)

http://www.freechess.info - information portal for, according to their own information, the biggest, German webbased corrchess server, freechess.de Here you can find current information about freechess.de and its events. Other focal points are an extensive section with software and chess book reviews, as well as one of the biggest German collections of chess links from the whole world. Language: German. (Gateways to chess)

Marcelo Jorquera from Chile calls his blog "Bitácora de un ajedrecista" – in English ”A chess player´s binnacle (place for the compass)”. The aim of the blog is to spread news articles, experiences and comments on the scientific sport. Language: Spanish. (News in chess)

Chess.com is ”currently under development to become the #1 online chess portal. The new Chess.com will let you find, discuss, and learn everything related to chess.” (Gateways to chess)

Sydney Academy of Chess is one of the biggest chess coaching firms in New South Wales, Australia, coaching over one thousand school children around Sydney every week. Their students range from primary school aged students to more advanced senior school students aiming for results at the numerous chess competitions around the state. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Eurogallery Live Art - because the topic of chess being very much neglected in the world of art, Eurogallery Live Art, together with an international artist, have created an exhibition of a series of chess related works. These paintings will be shown live over the web per daily upload. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

91. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the ninety-first time on the 27th of August 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Computer History Museum is opening a new physical and online exhibition on computer chess in Mountain View, California in September this year. It follows a chronological plan from Turing and Shannon to the development of PC chess software and the drama of Deep Blue. (Miscellaneous/Chess software)

Chessquizz - Lionel Goldgewicht has constructed this site with well working online free chess exercises taken from “the best chess games of chess history”. Language: French. (Chess theory/Middle and endgame)

Initiation au problème d´échecs, that is an introduction to problem chess. Contrary to combination exercises a chess problem is not fetched from a played game but constructed absolutely by the composer, who tries to realize a theme. Language: French. (Chess problems)

www.freechess.info has a review section of chess books. Language: German. (Reviews/Discussion groups)

1. Livingston Chess960 Computer WM - three non-comercial programs, Spike, Jonny, and Glaurung took the first three places ahead of Shredder in this Chess960-tournament in August 2005. Chess960 means that the major pieces are set up randomly behind the pawns. (Tournaments chess programs)

MathWorldTM is "the web's most complete mathematical resource, assembled over more than a decade by internet encyclopedist Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from the mathematics and internet communities". You can find many chess related mathematical problems here, for example: Which number of positions can be found after the 4th move? Correct answer: 71782 to 71870 (depending on how you calculate). (Miscellaneous/The rest)

90. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the ninetieth time on the 14th of August 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Baloo Chess is above all going to treat various chess openings. Language: French. (Chess theory/General)

Chess Webmaster Tools is specifically geared towards webmasters of chess web sites, and will be updated frequently. Free resources given are John C. Knudsen´s specific recommendations, based on many years of experience. (Miscellaneous/Build a chess site)

Bravenet offers a lot of free tools for those who intend to build a chess site. (Miscellaneous/Build a chess site)

Schachkalender.com sells a chess calendar with humoristic texts, creative chess photos and postcards with chess themes. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Chess Coach Store - Canadian retailer of chess equipment, especially for chess coaches, teachers and tournament players. (Retailers)

John´s page - Jonathan Civitarese has a section, which foremost treat the history of chess computers and programs, but which also contains reviews of chess books. Language: French. (Personal chess sites)

Chessehub - link collection, compiled from the results of searching for certain relevant chess terms. (Link collections)

Chessfield Warriors - German online chess club, which first and foremost plays on Schach.de/Playchess.com. Language: German. (Playsites/The rest)

Chess in Colour - this chess variant has an ”unique approach”. A good move is when pieces of the same kind are exchanged and both removed from the board. (Miscellaneous/Chess variants)

89. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the eighty-eigth time on the 30th of July 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Chronicle, a bi-weekly online magazine, wich started on June 24 in 2005. Anwar Qureshi is editor-in-chief – several well-known chess personalities is supporting the magazine. (News in chess/Chess news)

chess-repertoire.de sells various chess training programs, with regard to opening repertoire as well as tactics. Language: German. (Chess software/Chess tutorials)

Women of Chess - a photo gallery with young, female chess players. (Players/Miscellaneous)

ChessEngineGrandTournament (CEGT) organizes tournaments between chess programs, commercial as well as non-commercial. The amateur program Fruit 2.1 1 is sensationally placed second behind Shredder 9 on their latest rating list. Languages: German and English. (Tournaments/Rating chess programs)

Personal Chess Trainer has been developed by a number of Brazilian elite players with GM Gilberto Milos at the head. The basic concept of this training program is to develop your chess strategy and tactic through repetition and memorization of key concepts (patterns) and positions. You do not have to buy a pig in a poke, because there is a demo version. Language: English. (Chess software/Chess tutorials)

Karel van der Welde (2482) - Dutch GM, who diligently is participating in many tournaments. Language: Dutch. (Players)

Stukken - Choumicha, a Dutch organization that works among young people, has a website with a chess section, that contains a number of combination exercises. “Stukken” in Dutch has several meanings, among other things ”article (for a paper)” and ”pieces”. Languages: Dutch and English. (Chess training/General)

SilverPawn.com - the main idea of this site is to provide the user with a set of self-study tools for player development. The user can select learning material by himself/herself in the database. (Chess training/General)

Fruit 2.1 (UCI only), which has been developed by Fabien Letouzey, is so far the strongest chess engine, stronger than Ruffian and Crafty. Fruit 2.1 is almost as good as Shredder 9. You can download the program from WBC Ridderkerk, or ChessLib. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

88. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the eighty-eigth time on the 9th of July 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Escacs - Xavier Deulonder i Camin has created this site about chess in Catalan. Opening is called ”obertura” in Catalan. (Personal chess sites)

The Collectors Shop - British retailer, who sells chess sets, but also wooden rocking horses and pedal cars. (Retailers)

Schach startblatt.at - a new, Austrian link collection about chess. You can suggest a link directly, perhaps your own chess site. (Link collections)

Harald Schneider-Zinner is a government educated and licensed chess trainer in Austria. Though the site chiefly is about his training activities, there is also a number of tactical exercises. Language: German. (Chess training/Traditional chess teaching)

SMIRF - Reinhard Scharnagl is developing a chess program, which not only plays classical chess but also Chess960 (FisherRandomChess) and a variant on a board with 10 x 8 squares. There is a beta version with a German and an English interface. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

Blubbie.com is intended to contain ”a bit of everything”. The webmaster, who admits that he is not a very good chess player, also reveals that he baptized the site Blubbie because of a goldfish with the same name. Language: English. (Personal chess sites)

87. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the eighty-seventh time on the 26th of June 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

TDX v1.5 follows the basic Swiss-system pairing rules and should, according to the constructor Kent Smotherman, suffice for most small to medium chess tournaments. Language: English. (Tournament and administration programs)

Quark - Tomas Mayer has been working with this chess engine, which is constantly developed, since November 2000. Languages: German and English. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Blitzchess.com - a playsite for blitzchess with more than 5000 members according to their own information. BabasChess is used as a client. (Playsites/Require client)

Pascal´s Schaaktrainingspagina - Pascal Loosekot has compiled a number of game analyses, endgame and mate exercises. Language: Dutch. (Chess training/General)

Arcoworldchess - Cristina Rigo from Arco started her career as an arbiter in 1991 and has since organized many tournaments in Italy as well as abroad. Language: Italian. (News in chess/Tournaments)

Thüringer Computerschach - Rainer Serfling organizes tournaments between chess programs. Language: German. (Tournaments/Rating chess programs)

Schachgesellschaft Winterthur - a very well-done Swiss clubsite. A correspondence chess game, which the club played against Lesegesellschaft Basel in 1850 , can also be replayed on the site. Language: German (Organizations and clubs)

86.The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the eighty-sixth time on the 12th of June 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

ICCF Amici - ICCF´s ezine started on June 10 2004 and appears four times a year. The content is of course first class. (Correspondence and e-mail chess/News in chess)

ConsultandoAjedrez claims that their site differs from all other sites because the group considers that experiences from the chess world can be transferred to other sectors, among others the business sector. Besides pure chess material is published, for example in a monthly bulletin. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

Netherlands Motiefgroep Schaken is a non-profit membersite for Dutch topical chess collectors. Auctions are also carried out on the site. Language English, but you can also communicate in Dutch, German and French. (Miscellaneous/Curiosities)

Jean Leboche (pseudonym) is rather a defence player than an attacking one and prefers to wait for the opponent´s bad move. Language: French. (Personal chess sites)

Thought Machines has constructed a table with an ”unique rotating board allowing easy 180 degrees perspective shift”. A prototype was used in connection with the match Kasparov versus X3D Fritz. (Manufacturers)

Galerie Majo - Marika and Josef Bartu from the Czech Republic sells oil paintings with chess motifs from 50 to 190 euros. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Schachschule-Muenchen.de - a small family enterprise, which organizes chess teaching at day nurseries, after-school centres and schools in Munich. (Chess training/Traditional chess education)

Auckland Chess Centre - this club of New Zealand goes back to the end of the 19th century and states being the best club in Auckland. (Organizations and clubs)

Alvarez Castillo Editor - an Argentinean publishing house, that also publishes chess books. Language: Spanish. (Publishers)

Thomas Tavernier, born in 1990, presents his favourites among the world chess champions and some of his games. Mountain-climbing seems however to be his greatest passion. Language: French. (Personal chess sites)

85. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the eighty-fifth time on the 27th of May 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

El Péon - a new, free, Mexican playsite for e-mail chess with a tempting start page. You can download your played games. Language: Spanish. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Firebrand Chess from Georgetown in Texas sells chess equipment and chess computers. (Retailers)

Dopisni Sah V Sloveniji (Correspondence Chess in Slovenia) – a very well-done and substantial site in Slovenian. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

Chess World has collected games in a number of usual and unusual openings to download in zipped PGN format. (Game collections)

www.schach-fans.de - German discussion group about chess, which started in February 2005. (Discussion groups)

The Chess Computer Store, that is based in Dayton (with the race-track), Ohio, is specialized in chess computers, above all Saitek and Excalibur. (Retailers)

84. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the eighty-fourth time on the 14th of May 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

NTG Sjakk - Norges Toppidretts Gymnas (The Norwegian High School for Elite Athletics) has a chess course, which is managed by GM Simen Agdestein, who also has coached Magnus Carlsen. The curriculum is well-worked out and ambitious. (Chess training)

Hong Kong Chess Federation always enters a Hong Kong team in the Chess Olympiad, which takes place every second year. It also tries to enter teams in the various Asian competitions. Language: English. (Organizations and clubs)

Rodolfo Garbarino (2387), IM from Argentine, teaches chess to groups and individuals. The homepage also contains information about his chess career. Language: Spanish. (Players/Chess training)

Ian´s page contains, besides information about club and tournament activity in Australia, advices about how to act (observe – not play!) as a Grand Master. (Personal chess sites)

Echiquier Lempdais has a nice and well-done club site. Language: French. (Organizations and clubs)

São Paulo Chess Federation was founded in 1941. Apart from continuous information about the chess life on provincial as well as national level, the homepage contains chronicles, among others by GM Rafael Leitão. Language: Portuguese. (Organizations and clubs)

Cercle d´Échecs de Danjoutin, French club, which was founded in 1984 and which organizes about 50 players. (Organizations and clubs)

50 máximas de ajedrez - Eduardo Biagi has collected 50 maxims about chess. Some of them are purely contraproductive as Byron´s “Life is too short for chess”. Language: Spanish. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

HellboyChess - with Pierre Debailleul as webmaster – seems to be associated to Le Club de Bethune. Language: French. (Personal chess sites)

83. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the eighty-third time on the 30th of April 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

GenDiagW - a program, that easily generates chess diagrams. Languages: French and English. (Chess software/Diagram utilities and chess fonts)

Oceania Chess Calendar keep all chess events in order in Oceania, that is Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and a number of island states in the Pacific. (Tournaments)

Predator at the Chess Board - this is in fact an online chess tutorial. The author, Ward Farnsworth, advocates that “this site aspires to be the most detailed and systematic treatment of basic chess tactics yet published.” (Chess training/For beginners)

Littérature échiquéenne contains very short comments to various chess books. Language: French. (Reviews)

Rafael Leitão (2590), is probably the best player in Brazil. The homepage also contains his selected games, chronicles and analyses. Language: Portuguese. (Players)

Échecs PhC - Philippe Chopin, French Correspondence Chess Master in 2004, presents mostly his tournament results and games, which have been played on ICCF and AJEC since 1992, but also some news and reviews of chess literature. Language: French. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

Rundenturnier Verwaltung - a tournament and administration program. There is a demo version – size 25 Mb. Language: German. (Chess software/Tournament and administration programs)

Systeem Keizer - Dutch tournament and administration program. The program was last updated in September 2004. (Chess software/Tournament and administration programs)

EG issues 1-150 contains 150 issues of EG (Endgame) from 1965 and ahead in PDF-format. An editorial asks: ”Why E G ... E G is very nearly egg. Analogies between the egg and the endgame study are not hard to find”. The next, maybe natural, question is, if “eggheads” also are involved in endgame studies. (Middle and endgame)

82. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the eighty-second time on the 15th of April 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

chess-960.org is creating a database with Chess 960-games (Chess 960 = Fischer Random Chess). There is also a generator, that creates a starting position out of 960 possible positions at random. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/Chess variants)

Notichess is a daily newsletter. Its purpose is to deliver the latest and the most important chess news from the whole world to the subscriber´s mailbox. Archive in PDF format as well as game archives in PGN or CBV format. Language: Spanish. (News in chess/Chronicles and newsletters)

Correspondence Chess - Frank Seyl from Bonn in Germany, who plays at IECG, is submitting his tournament results and games to the net. Language: English. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

Chess Mail - until now 159 tournaments have started. The time control is 5 days per move with additional time. Also visitors can take a look at the game positions, replay or download the games. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Encyclopedia of Chess Openings - Mike Leahy, the ”database man”, has created this database with one million games sorted according to ECO-codes. You can download the games in Bookup 2000 Express – how to do it is demonstrated by this informative web video. (Game collections)

Chess is life - Spanish chess portal, but with limited content. The title is inspired by Bobby Fischer. The webmaster seems to be affiliated with Club de Ajedrez Pueblo Nuevo in Madrid. (Gateways to chess)

Caballeros del Tablero (The Knights of the Board) – the ”principal chess site” in Guanajuato, Mexico. (Organizations and clubs)

Proyecto Educativo - what is chess? Game, sport, art or science? Which is its pedagogical value? These questions are discussed in the presentation of this project. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

rooff´s Chesspage - the webmaster, who is an educated chess trainer, presents a number of chess problems and exercises. Language: German. (Chess theory/Chess problems)

101 ChessTips.com will contain 101 chess tips in the form of short articles. (Chess training/General)

Dermot Rochford, a collector, who sells antique chess sets and related items. He also gives some pieces of advices about what a new collector should consider. (Retailers)

The Fiji Chess Federation - Keiran Lyons, 16 years, based in Australia, became the first Fiji player to be awarded a FIDE title (WFM) in February 2005 . (Organizations and clubs)

81. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the eighty-first time on the 1st of April 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

The 37th Chess Olympiade 2006 in Turin - the organizers have already submitted a homepage to the net. The page, a beta version, is still only in Italian. (Tournaments)

Chess Ukraine - its goal is match and tournament coverage. Tastefully designed site. Languages: Russian and Ukrainian. (News in chess/Match and tournament coverage)

Doska Chess Supplies from Great Britain sells electronic chess boards and chess programs. (Retailers)

Academia Brasileira de Cultura e Xadrez - a cultural portal from Brazil, which also contains a lot of information about chess. Language: Portuguese. (Gateways to chess)

Rook, a bi-weekly newspaper, which appears in Ukraine, also publishes chess news. Language: Russian. (News in chess/Chess news)

Dennis M´s Chess Site - Dennis Monokroussos, from South Bend, Indiana, enjoys winning as anyone else, and he has had a reasonable amount of success as a competitor, but what keeps him coming back to the game is its beauty. And that´s what this blog is about. (News in chess)

The Engine Games Heaven Deluxe - Michael Wäsch has collected 360000 Grand Master games and 900000 games between chess engines for downloading. You can also learn a lot about hashtablebases, endgame-
tablebases, books and book-making, tuning-tips, how to trade engine games and more on this site. Languages: German and English. (Game collections)

OlympicChessDC.org is a nonprofit organization, which addresses itself to children and youth between the ages of 4 and 18. Special emphasis is placed on youth who are disadvantaged, socially at risk, or reside in distressed neighborhoods in District of Columbia, that is Washington with surroundings. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Chess Obsession Forum with a blog, discussion forum and a chat room. (Discussion groups)

For Chess Lovers - a chess portal with a varying content, that also conducts e-mail chess play. (Gateways to chess)

80. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the eightieth time on the 19th of March 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

The Study Simul - play against GM Viktor Gavrikov and learn simultaneously. Language: English. (Chess training/General)

ChessComputers.org - Ismenio Sousa has created this site with the purpose of sharing information about chess computers and collecting them. (Chess software/The rest)

Guatredrez - a rather newly started chess portal from Guatemala with chess news, chronicles and some game analyses. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

Guajedrez is run by two young brothers Pensamiento. Gabriel took the third place in his age group, 10 years or younger, in the Youth Championships on March 6 2005 in Guatemala. Language: Spanish. (Personal chess sites)

Kumbula i Africa in Azania (South Africa) manufactures chess sets with tribal or animal motifs. In the latter case a lion and a lioness might play the part as king and queen. (Manufacturers)

Ajedrez en Córdoba - Carlos Benjamin Lujan plays at the first table in the club Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, in Argentine. The aim of this site is to reflect and promote the chess activity in this big city. Language: Spanish. (Personal chess sites)

Schachshop - Swiss retailer with a varied selection. Language: German. (Retailers)

blog-echecs - Jean-Baptiste Bournisien, who besides chess also takes an interest in bridge, plays in the club Clermont-Ferrand Echecs. Language: French. (News in chess)

A Beginner´s Guide to Chess Programming - this concise introduction has been prepared by Adam Oellerman, who also has written a strong Draughts engine, and is currently working on a brand-new chess engine. (Chess software/Programming)

Richard Brill has submitted a lot of photos of Kasparov, but also of Karpov, to the net. (Players/Miscellaneous)

79. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the seventy-ninth time on the 4th of March 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Advanced Chess is a relatively new form of chess, first introduced by grandmaster Garry Kasparov, with the objective of a human player and a chess computer program joining their forces and competing as a team against each other. Regular Advanced Chess events, thrice won by Viswanathan Anand, were held in Leon, Spain, during the years 1999 – 2002. (Miscellaneous/Chess variants)

Echiquire.com - Alain Gaudry, French artist, has created this ambiguous chess set with effeminate chess pieces and an androgynous king. It just exists eight sets. (Manufacturers)

Willeke.de - playsite for slow chess. The interface is also used on some other playsites. 754 games were in progress on March 4 2005. There is also a discussion forum. If a login window is displayed, write ”gast/gast” for a start. Language: German. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Gamedesire - 49 players were logged in at 03.18 P.M. on March 4 2005, all of them in the Polish game room. You have to download a plugin program. Languages: English, French, German, Polish, Spanish and Turkish. (Playsites/Require client )

Gewinnspiel.123Chess - or ”Everybody against Marcus”. Marcus Schmücker, IM, plays against a group of opponents, whose size varies according to the number of applying players. The move which the majority of the players propose will be played, and the player who has proposed most such moves, wins and receives a prize. (Playsites/The rest)

CapaKaspa - new French playsite for slow chess. 27 players wanted to be challenged on March 4 2005. The playsite is also keen on teaching chess basics. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Cédhé sells handmade board games, chess as well as checkers. Language: French. (Manufacturers)

Echecs Online with more than 1300 registered players, 468 games in progress and 20750 finished games on March 4 2005. The interface is quite acceptable, though the chess board is small. Language: French. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

World of Chess - Rob Mitchell from Nashville, Tennessee, started this chess blog on February 23 2005. The site “is intended to become a haven for the lovers of the game of chess and the drinkers of fine coffee.” (News in chess/Chronicles and newsletters)

GT Chess is a basic chess program written in Java (requires Java 1.4 or later). It is 100% freeware. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

ChessBuddy, a chess program for mobile phones, plays at four different levels. Several brands and models of phones are supported – with more to come. (Chess software/ Programs for Pocket-PC)

Paul Morphy - this is an interesting and exhaustive site about Paul Morphy, who was of mixed Irish-Spanish descent. (Players)

The future of internet chess - online chess has disappointed Steve Lopez, columnist at the ChessBase website, more and more. During the years he has met an increasing number of abusive nuts as well as too many cheaters. He has even experienced how his time control at Yahoo Chess, suddenly changing from 20/10 to 1/0, was manipulated by a hacker. Because his mailbox was filled very quickly by responses, he decided to make a roundup of them, with comments, already after a week. (Playsites/Cheating on chess servers)

Club de Ajedrez Karpov Pontevedra - a chess club from Galicia in Spain. The homepage has been made by a simple blog program, perhaps an appropriate approach for small chess clubs with small resources. The homepage Ajedrez en Pontevedra from the same town is taking a rest at the same time. (Organizations and clubs)

Ingo´s Chess Office for You - every Wednesday 3000 to 6000 games are submitted to this site for downloading. Languages: German and English. (Game collections)

Zed the chessbot is a web based chess robot, which is able to communicate about chess. I put forward the provocative question ”draw?” to Zed, which answered “what you said was either too complex or too simple for me”, an answer almost worthy the oracle in Delphi. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

78. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the seventy-eight time on the 20th of February 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Challenge - the Swedish Chess Federation and Folkspel introduced this playsite on January 25 in 2005. There is a need for a serious Swedish chess playsite. The design is very attractive. You have to download a plug-in, Shockwave 10 Player. However, the playsite is still on the beta stadium, and the interface does not function perfectly yet. I hope the initial problems will be solved soon. (Playsites/…require client)

Queen - Stier Digital produces this chess clock. You can even use it for training purposes. Language: German. (Manufacturers)

Jester´s Game is a chess variant for three players – 3 x 18 pieces are used. You can test the game directly on the website. Besides you can play against a weak, traditional chess program, on the website. Languages: German and English. (Miscellaneous/Chess variants)

Unusual Chess Openings - Adam Bozon has listed 60 unusual openings. Some of them he considers just ridiculous. You can download 500 games in several of those openings in PGN format. (Chess theory/General)

Deep-Chess!!! - with the sub-title ”The obscure aspect of chess”– treats serious chess themes as well as chess curiosities and “chess intrigues”. Deep chess is “independent and does not represent any financial interests”. The website seems nevertheless to have some points of contact with Schachbezirk Düsseldorf. Language: German. (Gateways to chess)

Chess Chicks/Jolies Joueuses d´échecs has its focus on female chess players. This site will, according to the webmaster, improve concurrently with his increasing knowledge of programming. Languages: French and English. (Players/General)

Chess Timer "Silver" is recommended by the European Chess Union. Manuals in English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Italian and Czech. (Retailers)

Schachclub Bad Harzburg - this clubsite also contains a lot of information about computer chess. Language: German. (Organizations and clubs)

MyChessLand.com contains chess news, a presentation of the chess rules, player biographies and a link collection. (Gateways to chess)

Arves is actually an initial abbreviation for Alexander Rueb Vereniging voor SchaakEindspelStudie. Al Rueb was one of the founders of FIDE and its first chairman in 1925. The association is devoted to endgame studies. Languages: Dutch and English. (Middle and endgame)

Centro de treinamento em xadrez - the aim of CTX is to spread propaganda for chess in all corners of Brazil by courses, lectures, interviews and reports about chess events. Language: Portuguese. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Base Française - 40290 games from various chess events in France can be downloaded from the homepage of Echiquier Quimpérois. (Game collections)

Arimaa - or ”The game of real intelligence” – has been constructed in order to show that it is possible to create a strategy game, in which a computer program is not able to defeat a human opponent for a long time. As we all know, the best commercial chess program today score even with the best human chess players in the world, Kasparov or Kramnik. Whoever can develop a computer program, which can beat the best human Arimaa player chosen by this project before 2025, will win $10000 USD. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

77. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the seventy-seventh time on the 5th of February 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess history - a comprehensive timeline: an article about the history of chess up to the beginning of the 19th century. (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

SchackOnline manages a webbased playsite for correspondence chess – the first Swedish – with no less than 3272 users (February 4th 2005). The interface is simple, but fully functional. There is also a lively discussion forum. The playsite has become popular ”in secret”. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

LesEchecs.be - very well-done Belgian site with chess basics, chess opening theory, combination and endgame exercises and player biographies. Language: French. (Gateways to chess)

Jaque Mate Ushuaia - Argentinean site with chess news. Language: Spanish. (News in chess/Chess news)

BC Café - Brazilian portal, which also has a chess section with articles and chronicles. Language: Portuguese. (News in chess/Chess news)

Stop by again - uncommented link collection, that started with 500 links. (Link collections)

ChessPatterns.com contains links to sites, which treat various aspects of chess programming. (Programming)

Fritz & Chesster - this chess tutorial for beginners from ChessBase was awarded in 2003. There is now a second part. (Chess software/Chess tutorials)

Web-Abfrage der Nalimov Endgame Tablebases - you can set up a position with six pieces, including kings, and then the webbased program calculates how many moves are needed, for example for white, to mate black. Various variants are also displayed. Language: German. (Chess software/Middle and endgame)

Glossaire - dictionary with terms, often used in chess, compiled by Joué Sud Touraine Echecs. Language: French. (Miscellaneous/Chess dictionaries and glossaries)

Daily Chess Puzzles and Chess Problems - Brian Balestri publishes daily chess problems, mostly collected from played games. The exercises can also be sent by e-mail. (Middle and endgame)

FIDE Training! Don´t miss the action! - in 1998 FIDE formed a committee, FIDE Trainers Committee, comprising of leading chess trainers around the chess globe. In this article IM Jovan Petronic presents the committee, summarizes its activity up-to-date and talks about its plans for the future. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Jiri Sula has among other thing collected games from the most important chess tournaments since 1994. The games can be downloaded in PGN format. Languages: Czech and partly in English. (Personal chess sites)

Schachklub 1907 Kulmbach - Alvin Krämer has created this well-done site about his chess club, which is situated in Oberfranken, Bavaria. Language: German. (Organizations and clubs)

Cajun Chess.com has a calendar with upcoming tournaments, mostly in the American South. (Tournaments)

76. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the seventy-sixth time on the 23rd of January 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

The Chess Baron - innovative chess sets: over 100 designs based on staunton. (Retailers)

Echecs-Analyses - a discussion group, with about forty members, for chess analyses. Language: French. (Discussion groups)

Die Schachnovelle (The Royal Game) by Stefan Zweig – the homepage is the result of a project at the literary café at the Bondenwald high school in Hamburg-Niendorf. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Schach, das Spiel der Könige contains a little of everything: chess history, anecdotes, chess problems and results from tournaments between chess programs. Language: German. (Personal chess sites)

Asilados en Argentina en 1939 - a list with about twenty eminent chess players, among them Najdorf, Ståhlberg and Eliskases, who remained in Argentine at the outbreak of the Second World War. Language: Spanish. (Players)

OlmiChess V2.61 functions as a playing program as well as a client for play against human opponents on the web. You can test the program before buying it. Language: German. (Chess software/Programs for Pocket-PC)

Chess-Craft.com - Vijay Sales Corporation from Jalandhar in India manufactures chess pieces and wooden crafts. (Manufacturers)

Evgenija Shmirina (2167) - WIM, born in Ucraine in 1989, but now living in Dresden, Germany. Already when she was nine years old, she became the female Ucranian champion in rapid chess for U12. Languages: German and Russian. (Players)

Apprende echecs - the chess club Figeaçois has a section with chess basics, including mate exercises. Language: French. (Chess training/Beginners)

schaken.verzamelgids.nl - uncommented, Dutch link collection. (Link collections)

The Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association in the West Indies is also a member of FIDE. Language: English. (Organizations and clubs)

AjedrezCS - Carlos Schmit has created this site, which contains a good many chess news, especially from Argentine. Language: Spanish. (Personal chess sites)

75. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the seventy-fifth time on the 9th of January 2005 with the following links in mentioned category:

Richmond Chess - this website is intended to promote the game of chess and to inform the community of chess venues, people, events, and activities in central Virginia, USA. (Organizations and clubs)

Schackprogrammet Amundsen - John Bergbom has written an interesting paper (PDF file) about chess programming. There are three basic elements in a chess program: move generating, search and an evaluation function. Amundsen plays on FICS. Language: Swedish. (Chess programming)

L'Echiquier de la Tour d'Argens - French chess club close to Saint-Tropez in Provence has an extensive activity: a chess school for children with hundreds of participants, a chess camp, conducted by a GM, in the beginning of August every yea, a chess festival every second year and an organized exchange, for example playing correspondence chess, with a foreign club every year. (Organizations and clubs)

Aristocraft Exports - an Indian manufacturer of chess boards and pieces. (Manufacturers)

Schachland - a big chess store on the net. Language: German. (Publishers)

Spacechess - Matthias Haberkorn has developed various three-dimensional versions of the chess game. Languages: German and English. (Chess variants)

Chess Here - a new, free playsite. You are also encouraged to visit their chess database, which contains thousands of grandmaster games. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

ChessZone - a virtual chess school, which offers commented games from the latest tournaments, digital chess books, chess programs and a newsletter, which among other things contains chess exercises. Language: Russian. (Chess training/General)

74. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the seventy-fourth time on the 27th of December 2004 with the following links in mentioned category:

Portal Ajedrez - a new playsite, that also contains chess news, anecdotes and curiosities, a special section for beginners, chess problems and a download section. Language: Spanish. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Free Software Foundation provides this directory with chess related programs (with the GNU General Public License) as a service to the free software community. (Downloads)

Fianchetto is a free chess tournament manager for Swiss tournaments. It is not intended for on-line tournaments, but its aim is the management of traditional chess tournaments, those with a board and chess pieces. (Chess software/Tournament and administration programs)

ASEAN Chess Confederation was founded on 28 May 2000, in Vung Tau, Vietnam, whereby its constitution was approved. The founding members are the national chess federations of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. (Organisations and clubs)

Le gambit Humphrey Bogart (1. d4 Nf6 2.g4!!?) - this gambit is also known by other names: the Gibbins-Weidenhagen gambit, Bronstein´s gambit and Tim Krabbé´s gambit. Humphrey Bogart did also like to play it. Language: French. (Chess theory/Specific openings)

Frankfurt Chess Tigers Schach-Förderverein 1999 e.V. has an advanced club page with chess news and a chess university under construction. Language: German. (Organisations and clubs)

Bird´s Opening (1.f4) as well as From´s Gambit (1.f4 e5) is discussed on this site. Language: French. (Chess theory/Specific openings)

Horst Wandersleben carries out tournaments with ”naked” chess engines, that is engines ripped off their opening books and tablebases, only using their calculating capacity. Language: German. (Tournaments/Rating chess programs)

Chess Dragon - free chess database with many different search criterions. Besides you can install WinBoard compatible chess engines, for example Crafty, to play against or analyse with. (Chess software/Chess databases)

Chess Corner - quite usable playsite, which has 14331 registered members according to their own information. (Playsites/ E-mail and correspondence chess)

Sebastian La Rosa has collected games for download and besides prepared a chess course for beginners. Language: Italian. (Personal chess sites)

Edition Olms - Swiss publisher, which has published Kasparov´s ”My great predecessors” in German, also publishes chess literature in English. (Publishers)

Chess ratings - article by About.chess om about Elo´s rating system. (Rating)

Arpad Elo developed the rating system which goes by his name and which was adopted by FIDE in 1970. Biographical article. (Rating)

Chess images – the big search engines, Google, Yahoo and Altavista, find tremendously many chess images. (Miscellaneous/Build a chess site)

73. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the seventy-third time on the 12th of December 2004 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess programs for mobile phones - this is the most comprehensive list on the net, that also includes reviews, about chess programs for mobile telephones. This type of programs has indeed a bright future. (Chess software/Reviews)

Momentoo Photography - Fred Lucas, Dutch photographer, sells pictures of famous chess players as wells as pictures from grand tournaments. Language: English. (Players/The rest)

Strategy Games - chess retailer in Canada: stores in Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa. (Retailers)

Echecs par Arrabal - a collection of chess chronicles from August 1999 to November 2002 by Arrabal in L´Express. Language: French. (News in chess/Chronicles)

2005 US Chessmaster Championship, was carried through from November 23 to December 5 2004 in San Diego, California. The 16-year-old Hikaru Nakamura is the new US Champion, while Rusa Goletiani won the Women´s Championship. (Tournaments)

Deep Ass!!! - this homepage ”publishes serious and non-serious reports on the chess theme“. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

L´Échiquier Braille is a meeting-place for visually handicapped chess players. Language: French. (Discussion groups)

Walter Eigenmann gives his attention to the development of computer chess during the latest years. He has placed the 200 best chess programs and 50 best programmers in order of precedence, basing his opinion on 120000 computer chess games. Language: German. (Chess software/The rest/Rating chess programs)

Gaïa - chess engine, which has been developed by Jean-Francois Romang and David Rabel. Language: English. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Satrancokulu.com - Turkish chess portal with an all-round content. (Gateways to chess)

72. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the seventy-second time on the 29th of November 2004 with the following links in mentioned category:

Pirat has been developed by two eminent correspondence chess players, Klas and Jürgen Wolf. The program functions as an ordinary e-mail chess program, but it contains in addition to that many other features as database, administration-tool for correspondence tournaments, chess engine, access to the Nalimov tablebases and so on. Free. Languages: German and English. (Chess software/Multiple chess plattforms)

SM Caranza - this club from Ferrol (A Coruña) has managed to advance to the division “Honor del ajedrez español” in the Galician league in Spain. Updated homepage when these lines are written. (Organizations and clubs)

La Tour Hyeroise - the chess club in Hyeres is one of biggest clubs in France concerning the number of members. (Organizations and clubs)

Association des Clubs Scolaires d'Echecs Varois - 20 clubs with more than 1000 licensed players in the department of Var in France belongs to this association. (Organizations and clubs)

Intellichess - you can play against the program as well as use it as a client for play on ICC. You can set up a position on the board; you can save your game and load it later. PGN format is supported. The program costs about 30$, but you can download a free trial. (Chess software/Programs for Pocket-PC)

The Bobby Fischer Unofficial Home Page contains comprehensive and up-to-date information about Bobby Fischer. (Players)

schachlinks.com - Mattias Dobkowics has started this link collection. It is to be hoped that the collection grows. Language: German. (Link collections)

Daniel Roos, IM and chess trainer for the French Chess Federation, publishes a selection of chronicles on his homepage. The chronicles have previously been published in Dernìeres Nouvelles d´Alsace. Language: French. (News in chess/Chronicles)

Gibbens-Weidenhagen Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4) is analysed by Nick Cummings. Stun your opponents from as early as move 2, encourages he. "Gibbins" is probably a more common spelling. (Chess theory/Specific openings)

L´Échiquier Descartois has among other things material, which is intended for beginners. Language: French. (Chess training/For beginners)

Black Eagle is a small a program that can convert YahooChess Game Notation(Yahoo game scores ) to PGN format. It can be freely downloaded and used. (Chess software/Various utilities)

OnlineChess - Flemish playsite, that emphasizes the user-friendliness and the flexible thinking-time of the playsite. The playsite has been started in collaboration with Schaakklub S.K. Den Eik. Free. (Playsites/E-mail and correspondence chess)

Alex has been designed by Alexander Turikov. Estimated Elo 1921. You can test the program during 15 days, before you must decide whether to buy it for 8 $ or not. Languages: Russian and English. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

Radechess - Rade Milanovic, IM born in Bosnia, emigrated to U.S.A. in 1998, and is now coaching the successful college chess team of University of Texas at Dallas. He also gives lessons to individuals, groups and over the phone. (Chess training/Advanced)

Xaki Hiztegia - chess dictionary in Basque (euskara), which does not belong to the Indo-European language family, with corresponding designations in Spanish, English and French. (Miscellaneous/Chess dictionaries and glossaries)

Ace chess openings uses, according to the webmaster Nick Cummings, a revolutionary method to teach a club player to be a winner. Play and review method plus good psychological preparation can turn any club player into a winner. Openings include the virtually unknown Gibbens-Weidenhagen gambit. (Chess training/General)

Chesstopia - American retailer from Cleveland, Ohio. The proprietor, Peter M. Surace, has been the Chess Club Advisor at Cuyahoga Community College for the past 30 years. (Retailers)

Classement Bridier en liaison avec le classement ELO - the author discusses the Bridier ratingsystem, which ignores draws, and which is used by AJEC (Association des Joueurs d'Echecs par Correspondance). Language: French. (Rating)

Basic Chess - when the game starts, the pawns and rooks are on their usual squares. The first six moves are used to put the remaining pieces on the board – given certain limitations. (Miscellaneous/Chess variants)

71. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the seventy-first time on the 13rd of November 2004 with the following links in mentioned category:

educajadrez - site from Uruguay, that contains chess news and training material. Furthermore you can subcribe on a monthly newsletter. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

Fischer Random Chess Email Club - here chess players can play a “chess variant in which chess creativity and talent is more important than memorization and analysis of opening moves”. (Playsites/Correspondence and e-mail chess)

WeizenkornLegende provides exclusive chess sets, chess books and chess clocks for private customers, clubs and federations. Their chess gifts made of ceramics are ”unique”. Language: German. (Retailers)

Chess Champion School is managed by IM Melikset Khachiyan, born in Azerbadjan, but who emigrated to USA in 2001. The school is situated in California. Khachiyan has coached several well known chess players, who have become Grand Masters later. (Chess training/Advanced)

RT Schach is one of the largest chess clubs in the Bavarian region of the Oberpfalz - but by far not the strongest. The club is mostly active in something that's called "Breitenschach" in German. RT Schach is playing with four senior teams and one youth team and is organizing two tournaments at regular intervals. Language: German. (Organizations and clubs)

Web de David Sanz - David Sanz became champion in Burgos, Spain, in 2004. The homepage contains among other things some commented games. Language: Spanish. (Personal chess sites)

Cyberchess.net - free, webbased playsite. Simple but beautiful design. (Playsites/Webbased)

Problem Online 2004 - Croatian net magazine for chess problems. Language: English. (Chess problems)

Ajedrez Martelli - the chess club Círculo de Ajedrez de Villa Martelli, which is located in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, was founded in 1954. The club has especially made a reputation by its activity among children. Language: Spanish. (Organizations and clubs)

Apprendre jouer aux échecs - Berto Dichi, who also has taught chess in public schools in Paris, has compiled this homepage for beginners. Language: French. (Chess training/For beginners)

Finite Chess is dedicated to those who love chess but have little time to "study" the game, and also for those who are just starting to open the books. This site is also intended to provide useful material for those who teach chess at a scholastic level. The site presents conceptual instruction, selected core principles, and a practical survey of openings and endgames. (Chess training/General)

Little ChessPartner 1.08 - you can play against this program, a predecessor of ChessPartner, on Free Blubbie Chess Server. The computer thinks only 2 half moves ahead, so “give it a go and try to beat it”, says the webmaster. (Chess software)

Composers of chess - a short introduction by Bill Wall to chess compositions and with information about some important chess composers. (Chess problems)

Schachkomet.de - Anton Lindenmair, born 1956 in Augsburg, became blind eleven years later. He works as a programmer – on his leisure-time he chiefly devotes himself to chess. The site contains a lot of material about chess for blinds. Language: German. (Personal chess sites)

Pawns n pieces contains among other things reviews of chess software. (Reviews)

Entrainement physique pour les tournois d´échecs, theorie et pratique - article by Greg Hinrichsen, originally written in 1993, about the importance of physical training before chess tournaments. Language: French. (Players/The rest)

Chessplanet.com.au - Australian organization, that aims to inspire young people with the beauty and excitement of chess through the implementation of structured educational programmes. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Suicide Chess Review is about ”Suicide Chess” (aka ”Losing Chess” or “Giveaway Chess"). Suicide Chess is a chess variant where the goal is to "lose", i.e. to be left without pieces or moves. You can play this variant on several playsites on the web, for example FICS. Language: English and Serbian. (Miscellaneous/Chess variants)

Teamchess.org is an association for players, who want to play in teams on the net, primarily on ICC and FICS. (Playsites/The rest)

Bulldog Pub and Den Accessories - Canadian retailer of chess boards and pieces. (Retailers)

70. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the seventieth time on the 31st of October 2004 with the following links in mentioned category:

Google News searches for ”relevant” chess news. I have gotten the impression that this search function, still on the beta stadium, finds well-frequented sites, which also write about chess, rather than specialized chess sites. (News in chess/Chess news)

100 % Echecs - Florent Diedler´s site is intended for beginners as well as more advanced players and contains ”everything that concerns chess, rules, tips about how to become a pro…". Language: French. (Chess training/General)

Netz-Schach V1.6 has been developed by Jörgen Hoffmann. The program can be used as a client for play via intranet and as an e-mail chess program. In the latter case the opponent does not need to have access to the program. Language: German (Chess software/Clients)

Ajedrez en Pontevedra reports above all about the chess activity in Pontevedra, Galicia, in northwest Spain. The town has no less than four chess clubs. (Match- and tournament coverage)

Trouvez le coup deçisif ! (Find the decisive move !) - Daniel Sequies has collected 200 positions, where you have to find the decisive move. The site also contains a good many other stuff about chess. Language: French. (Chess theory/Middle- and endgame)

Schaaklog.nl is a forum for Dutch chess players. It has two purposes, partly to supply interesting articles to the readers, and partly to function as an opportunity for the members to publish themselves. Language: Dutch. (Discussion groups)

SC Neuhausen - chess club in south Germany. One of its members is Sebastian Bogner, 13 years old, who already has won his third IM norm. (Organizations and clubs)

Chess composition - Ján Golha´s site contains his own chess problems, information about composition tournaments and so forth. Languages: Slovak and English. (Chess theory/Chess problems)

Chess Analyses - on Jan van Reek´s site you can download large annotated chess databases, game collections from super tournaments and matches between masters, and finally at least 150 games with classical endings. (Game collections)

Marquis is a small, simple chess program, especially intended for blitz play and beginners. Roland Marquis from Swiss has made this program. Language: German and English. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

e3e5 - the company ”Intellectual games” was founded in spring 2002 in St. Petersburg. The site contains chess news from St. Petersburg; articles about chess position analysis and the means to develop it, and a section about Association for Chess Professionals . Languages: Russian and English. (Gateways to chess)

Schack4an is a competition for teams consisting of pupils, who are in the fourth form in the Swedish primary schools. The competition is intended for beginners and is based on the concept that all players are important for the team to achieve success. (Tournaments)

Asociación Santafesina de Ajedrez Postal (ASFAP) - the only regional correspondence chess federation in Argentine was founded in 1991. Language: Spanish. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

Cercle d´Échecs Gambit Luxembourg-Bonnevoie - chess club in Luxembourg, founded in 1936, has won rather many national titles. Language: German. (Organizations and clubs)

Reindeer is a program that connects to ICC and allows you to chat easily, play chess and more. The programmer wanted a BlitzIn with more options, to learn more about internet programming and to win a science fair – and he successfully accomplished all three. (Chess software/Clients)

Sicilian, Introduction to (Einführung in die Sizilianische Verteidigung) – article by Erhard Frolik. The Sicilian defence was mentioned for the first time in 1594 by the Italian Giulio Polerio. (Chess theory/Specific openings)

The Royal Chessboard - retailer in Tennessee, USA, has also an associated chess club. (Retailers)

Vektor 3, which also has a sister, Vanessa, is an award winning chess program for Mac OS X. It features an intuitive user interface, that takes full advantage of Mac OS X' Aqua interface. Due to Vektor3's multi-document approach, you can open and work with several documents at once. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

Abacci Chess with the sub-title “rules, tactics, strategy and history”. The seed content for the site came from two Project Gutenberg public domain texts, “Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership” by Edward Lasker and “Chess history and reminiscences” by H. E. Bird. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Thinking Machine 4 - this program is actually a curiosity, because it plays extremely bad. It is a sort of artwork: when the machine (Black) is thinking, a network of curves is overlaid on the board. Webbased. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

69. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the sixty-ninth time on the 18th of October 2004 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Position Trainer manages effectively your chess material, CD´s, books and databases. According to the developer, who is an experienced programmer, you can build up your own repertoire and training positions within minutes. You can also directly import your repertoire from ChessBase, ChessAssistant and BookUp. Free. (Chess software/Game databases)

Ajedrez Mutante - site from Santiago del Estero in Argentine, which chiefly is devoted to match and tournament coverage. Language: Spanish. (News in chess/Match and tournament coverage)

Chess on Greenland - this site promotes the development of chess activity on Greenland. Also outsiders may contribute. Language: Danish. (Chess training/Organizations and clubs)

Solving Ortodox Chess Problems - Heiner Marxen, who has been interested in chess problems since 1973, presents this sphere on this site. He has also developed the problem solving program CHEST. Language: English. (Chess problems)

Robert Hyatt, associate professor at University of Alabama, Crafty´s creator, continues to develop this chess engine. Available via his e-mail address for questions about chess programming 24 hours daily. (Chess software/Programmers)

Hübsch-Gambit, Das - 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 Nxe4 4. Nxe4 dxe4 is closely related to the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. Language: German. (Chess theory/Specific openings)

La Diagonale du Roy - French chess club in Provence, which also is involved in a regularly recurrent rapid chess tournament on a high level.

Fuchs-Schachspielserver - a Berliner working-team has created this small, free chess server, which is based on the Lasker Chess Server. Arena or WinBoard are used as clients. Language: German, but the commandos are in English for the time being. (Playsites/...require client)

Tony Peterson from England sells used, rare and out-of-print chess books. Printed catalogues are issued three or four times a year. (Retailers)

Slibo aims to be a comfortable chess interface for KDE (Linux). The program has more functionality than the xboard chess interface and can therefore replace it. Slibo can be used with common chess engines like Crafty or Gnuchess, but it provides its own chess engine too. (Chess software/Multiple chess platforms)

Logithèque - French download-site with some chess programs. (Downloads)

Chess Clinic - IM Rashid Ziatdinov, who carries out chess coaching, can also be challenged on ICC. His site contains training material as well as pedagogical articles. (Chess training/Advanced)

Zugzwang - Claude Papet address himself to the beginner and the average player, to all those who are aware of the fact that they never will become a Master, but who yet love the game and will go on fighting. Languages: French and English. (Personal chess sites)

Torneos 2.0 - a free tournament program, which can run all-against-all tournaments with a maximum of 29 players. The program is also able to compute changes in the Elo of the players, which tournament results may produce. Language: Spanish. (Chess software/Tournament and administration programs)

The Bayshollis Collection contains chess memorabilia, that is autographs from well-known chess players, signed postcards, letters and cheques and so on. (Miscellaneous/Curiosities)

Etienne Dupuis presents a number of various chess problems on his site, from orthodox problems to proof games. His program Euclide.0.92 is also used to construct proof games. Language: French and English. (Chess problems)

Kowloon Land Limited - Dutch wholesaler with its own production in China of chess clocks and orher basic chess products. Language: English. (Manufacturers)

Chess on stamps - Fabio Coracini Ollita from Brazil started collecting stamps a long time ago. Only in 2002 he decided to begin a thematic collection - and chess was his choice. Language: English. (Miscellaneous/Curiosities)

Chess Soft has been developed by Alexsandr Stanishevskiy, a very experienced programmer. Languages: Russian and English. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

Easytorecall Web Directory, an English portal, that also has a chess section with reviews of websites, articles and so forth. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

68. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the sixty-eighth time on the 3rd of October 2004 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess Planet - this playsite has been started by Convekta, producer of the chess database ChessAssistant and various chess training programs. According to the presentation the best Russian chess professionals play at this portal. The tournaments of the Russian Federation Open Internet Cup 2004 take place every day (total prize fund amounts to $20,000 USD). Each day tournaments are conducted in which more than 30 Russian Grandmasters and Masters play. The interface is somewhat sallow and the registration procedure complicated. Languages: Russian and English. (Playsites/…require clients)

Chessline.net - GM Roland Schmaltz and IM Roman Vidonyak promise chess training worth its price with educational material from the Russian chess school. Language: German. (Chess training/Advanced)

JSK Échecs - chess club in Koeningshoffen, just outside Strasbourg, Alsace in France. It is not the strongest club in France, but the homepage is pleasant. (Organizations and clubs)

Chess Clock - a free program, which functions as a chess clock, and which you for example can install on a laptop to place beside the chess board. (Chess software/Various utilities)

Brasilía Clube de Xadrez - Brasilian club from the capital with a homepage, that serves as a portal with international as well as national chess news, chronicles and articles, games to download and other things. Language: Portuguese. (Chess portals)

my-corner.de is foremost a playsite for correspondence chess, though you might play chess in real time there too. 414 games have been finished. Tomas Gerner is responsible for this site. Free. Language: German. (Playsites /Correspondence and e-mail chess)

Comitté des échecs du Bas-Rhin organizes the chess clubs in the region Bas-Rhin in Alsace, France. (Organizations and clubs)

Aristarch is a chess engine, developed by Stefan Zipproth. In fact Aristarch gets on very well against commercial programs – see for example CSS-Computer Rating List from November 1 2004. Languages: German and English. (Chess software/Chess engines)

ChessBanter.com is a web gateway to ”the finest chess newsgroups”. This is a web interface to the popular rec.games.chess series of newsgroups.
But those discussion groups are not moderated and the opinion ”finest” is hence exaggerated. But anyway, the web interface certainly makes the reading more pleasant. (Discussion groups)

Graduate Chess is a chess tutor/assistant program for the Pocket PC.
The designer, who recently got back into playing chess, started to read chess books, and realized just how inconvenient having a chessboard by your side, when reading, really was. He wanted to set up the board easily or to revert quickly to a saved position. Graduate Chess was the answer to this predicament. (Chess software/Programs for Pocket-PC)

Look up (Finger) Player - if you want to find out who is who in ICC. (Playsites/The rest)

Deska functions as a PGN-viewer and interface to chess engines. The program is intended for for Linux/Unix compatible platforms. Language: English. (Chess software/Multiple chess platforms)

The Patzer´s Book Review - a review section by the “average” player for the “average” players. How GM´s, IM´s etc. "read" books, how they understand chess concepts, the "glasses" through which they see, are far different from the "average" player, the “patzer” claims. (Reviews)

Industrias del Ajedrez in Sant Pere de Torelló in Spain manufactures chess pieces and boards. The company was founded in 1935 by two brothers, Gaspar and Josep Furnols, and their brother-in-law Josep Graseras, who like other local workers were fed up with the harsh conditions in the surrounding factories and started their own business instead. (Manufacturers)

The Ströbeck Chess Museum - it all started when in the 11th century a Halberstadt bishop incarcerated a prisoner brought back from a war crusade in Ströbeck's peel tower. The prisoner was, in fact, a prince and he taught the royal game of chess to the local peasants guarding him. Languages: German and English. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

All the King´s Men - American retailer of chess boards and pieces from New Yersey. (Retailers)

Caveman Chess provides service on chess instruction and camp management, organizes and direct tournaments in and about Illinois, USA. The founder Kevin L. Bachler was once nicknamed ”caveman” because of his attacking style in chess. (Tournaments)

The Lewis Chessmen were probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200, and found on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland in 1831. You will now find them at the British Museum in London and at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

Blog do Xadrez (Chess blog) - chess news from the whole world in Portuguese and English, but not especially pretentious. (News in chess)

Echecultures organizes chess training and tournaments in primary schools in Paris, France. (Chess training/Traditional chess education)

67. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the sixty-seventh time on the 18th of September 2004 with the following links in mentioned category:

Schachserver is an online chess database with approximately 37 millions positions from about 500,000 games and 700,000 computer analysises. You may send in your games for computer analysis. The site is not yet completely finished, when this is written. Language: German. (Game collections)

Howard Staunton (1810 – 1874) is regarded as the unofficial world champion during the 1840s. Staunton also lent his name to the patent pieces which are now the standard in international play, as well as to a counter-gambit in Dutch defence. His tombstone really befits an eminent chess player. (Players)

Turniersystem – the program organizes tournaments according to the Swiss system and the FIDE rules. This could be done by the website or by downloading and buying the program. Language: German. (Chess software/Tournament and administration programs)

Parties d´échecs par votes - Stewens d'Orchymont play chess against the public. You vote for a move and the winning move is played against him. Language: French. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Viswanathan Anand is considered to be the greatest sportsman India has ever produced. He won for example the FIDE World Chess Championship on Christmas Eve in 2000. (Players)

Einstein Challenger TM Chess is a chess program for mobile telephones, at the moment Sharp GX20 and Nokia 6600 and 3650, but the program will be adapted for other brands as well. You may either play against the program or against an human opponent. (Chess software/Programs for Pocket-PC)

All India Correspondence Chess Federation - games are normally played by post-card, although the federation have recently started e-mail play as well. Language: English. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

rhernando.net is a new Spanish-speaking playsite. (Playsites/…for correspondence and e-mail chess)

ChessDryad.com, which besides Californian chess history, also contains chess educational stuff (among other things ”A Purdy Fine Method of Chess”), articles, current events and the CalGames Database. (Gateways to chess)

Schachkultur is about the marks chess has left in cultural, scientific and other contexts. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Educational Technologies has specialized in chess education for elementary school students in southern Connecticut, USA, since 1999. All instructors are current or former members of the successful West Haven High School Chess Team. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

Yelena Dembo (35W/2423) – Russian female chess player, born in 1983, who after “much beating about the bush” finally landed in Greece. She is also active as a chess coach and journalist. Language: English. (Players)

Knightmove.net is a privately run chess site aimed for chess enthusiasts all over the world. It is a multi-featured site mainly for beginners and intermediate players with instructional material, chess puzzles, chess history, news of the chess world, downloads, annotated games, comprehensive link collection and more. (Chess training/General)

Ancient Games is located in Southern Florida. The company, which has been in business in ten years, sells sundry chess equipment. (Retailers)

ChessTrainer™ is a group Indian chess trainers, who conduct coaching in schools as well as online. Language: English. (Chess training /Advanced)

Chess Collectors International is a society for collectors of exquisite chess pieces. You can get a taste of their collection by looking at this 3D presentation, which however will last for a while. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

Megagiciel.com - you might find some chess programs on this download site from Quebec. Language: French (Download sites)

Chess Area is managed by five capable Roumanian chess players and their coaching is intended for players of all levels. They can coach in Roumanian, English and Hungarian. (Chess training /Advanced)

Synchronous Chess - the men behind Synchronous Chess want to eliminate the advantage white has because white always move first, by letting the two players move their pieces synchronously, and independent of each other (i.e. without previous knowledge of the opponent's simultaneous move). (Miscellaneous/Chess variants)

DiagTransfer has two original main features, namely to copy diagrams to another programs or to web pages. (Chess software/Diagram utilities and chess fonts)

Complete Chess Server Guide, by GM Roland Schmaltz, better known as Hawkeye on the ICC, 4 time winner of the World 1-minute Chess Championship, has finally published his first book about internet chess. (Playsites)

66. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the sixty-sixth time on the 5th of September 2004 with the following links in mentioned category:

Vladimir Kramnik - this well-done site has been created just in time for the WM-match against Leko September 25 – October 18 in Brissago. Kramnik is described as a cosmopolitan personality with many interests besides chess. (Players)

Libro del Acedrex, compiled in 1283 on behalf of the Castilian king Alfonzo X, was the first book in an European language, that is Spanish, which treats the rules of chess. An English translation has also been submitted to the Web. (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

Échec et Mat! address itself to nine-year-old children and older, to those who do not know the chess rules at all or to those who just want to repeat them. Language: French. (Chess training/For beginners)

Bengt Ingre – Schackproblem - Bengt Ingre (1934-2000) played chess during his whole life, but became more and more interested in chess problems. He was also active as an arbiter in FIDE. There are few websites in Swedish about chess problems – this is probably the best one. (Chess problems)

The Irish Chess Archive is a repository of information about Irish chess players both past and present. It includes player profiles, autobiographies by players, results and games you can play over in your browser or download. This example is worthy of imitation. (Players)

Ajedrez Orinoco, which characterizes itself as the Chess portal of Venezuela, contains presently mostly match and torunament coverage, but the site will certainly develop. Language: Spanish. (Gateways to chess)

The Alan Benson Chess Collection in California sells rare chess books. (Retailers)

Le petit joueur (The small player) – a site for the small players by a small player. But the chess studies prove that the small player is not very small, at least not intellectually. Language: French. (Chess training/General)

Club de Ajedrez Xiria - well-done club site from Galicia in Spain. (Organizations and clubs)

Schach-AG der Herder-Oberschule Berlin-Charlottenburg is a ”chess workshop” in a senior compulsory school in Berlin, Germany. The pupils study and play chess in the school, but they also have access to numerous training material, that also may be used by the visitors of the homepage. Languages: German, but English is on its way. (Chess training/General)

GNU Chess - a description about how to install GNU Chess in Winboard. Language: French. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Chess Oscar - since 1995 the Russian chess magazine ”64” has organized a voting about the best chess player of the year. The voting in 2003 was won by Viswanathan Anand. Languages: English. (Players)

Chess Tutorials - this is a sort of support site, which sorts the extensive (and unsorted?) information on the well-known site of Exeter Chess Club. (Chess training/General)

Schachgeschichte und Geschichten functions mainly as a link collection to chess history and stories. There are also many words of wisdom, proverbs, anecdotes and aphorisms about chess on this page. Language: German. (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

Jean-Philippe Durand also has a section about chess, with among other things a chess openings list, on his homepage. Language: French. (Personal chess sites)

The Chess Matrix contains about 1000 links till sites, which deal with chess and other board games. (Link collections)

Chess, Iranian or Indian invention? - most chess historians that the game of chess was invented in India, from Chaturanga, but here are alternative theories. This article pleads for chess coming up in Iran. (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

Turnieje.com - Polish site, that registers tournaments and reports about competitions. (Tournaments)

Littlethorpe Chess Club - “we are the largest (and the best!) chess club in Leicester in UK”. (Organizations and clubs)

Board Game Studies is an interdisciplinary group dedicated to research on board games and the history and development of board games around the world. The society organizes a seminar every year and publishes a journal too. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

65. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the sixty-fifth time on the 22nd of August 2004 with the following links in mentioned category:

Max Euwe - world champion 1935 - 1937. Said Bobby Fischer after meeting Max Euwe, “That man is too normal. There must be something wrong with him.” Language: English. (Players)

Clases de Ajedrez offers chess lessons for chess players of all levels, from beginners to advanced players. Pay-service. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/General)

King´s Indian (E60 – E99), which was introduced by Louis Paulsen in the end of the 19th century, is comprehensively treated on this page. Even if you do not understand French, you can download games in this opening. Language: French. (Chess theory/Specific openings)

Steffan´s Schachseiten - a regional chess portal from Oberfranken in Germany. (Gateways to chess)

How to use the best free chess programs - article about WinBoard, Crafty and different clients published of the homepage of the Belgian club, le Cercle d'Echecs de Liège. Language: French. (Chess software/The rest)

Chess Problem Discussion Board - discussion group about chess problems. 92 users had posted 491 articles on August 21 2004. (Discussion groups/Chess Problems)

Schach – Ursprung und Metamorphose - a historical exposition in 16 sections of text about the development of chess up to the present way of playing chess. ”The game of chess is like a sea, where a mosquito can bath and an elephant can drown.” Language: German. (Miscellaneous/Chess history)

Escuela Nacional de Ajedrez (ESNAJ), that was founded more than thirty years ago, is the most important organization in Mexico to interest children in the game of chess. Language: Spanish. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

A Guide to Scholastic Chess - this guide was created to help teachers and scholastic chess organizers who wish to begin, improve, or strengthen their school chess program. It covers how to organize a school chess club, run tournaments, keep interest high, and generate parental and public support (Chess training/Chess promotion)

DAchess is a site for chess news. Its ”main task is to inform the readers about what happens in the chess world”. DAchess continues the tradition from ClubKasparov, KasparovChess och WorldChessRating, according to DAchess. Language: Russian. (News in chess/Chess news)

3movesnet - playsite for slow chess games. Free. Languages: German and English. (Playsites/…for correspondence and e-mail chess)

Chess problem terminology explains a number of sophisticated conceptions within this area of chess. (Chess problems/Chess dictionaries)

Schach-Engines für Linux lists chess engines, which can be run in Linux, including some advices about how to install certain chess engines. Language: German. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Brad Stone tells about the split between ICC and FICS in 1995, when the former began charging members $49 a year. (Playsites/The rest)

Szachmaty - Polish chess portal, with a mixed content, from anecdotes to commented games. (Gateways to chess)

Decouvrez le monde des échecs avec Aristide (Discover the chess world with Aristide) – the young webmaster, who has created this charming page, also composes music. Language: French. (Personal chess sites)

ChessWar - Olivier Deville organizes tournaments with a great number of programs, from his own secret programs, all free chess engines, which function in WinBoard, UCI and CB, and some commercial chess programs. Language: English. (Tournaments chess programs)

Ajedrez y Computadoras is a sort of marc of respect to the ”machines”, that is to say electronic chess boards, which have given the webmaster many pleasant periods of amusement. The page also contains history around the standalone chess computers, images and product information. (Chess software/The rest)

GM Boris Alterman, a native from Ukraine, gives private chess lessons. The page contains some samples of his chess lessons. (Chess training/Advanced)

Tricks and traps - the best openings tricks focus on the squares f2 and f7, according to the author, who also regards the Caro-Kann as the top one bad opening. (Chess theory/General)

64. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the sixty-fourth time on the 7th of August 2004 with the following links in mentioned category:

Chess training online - here you’ll find lessons in chess tactics, chess lectures, thousands of chess combinations, some chess history and chess games of all World Championships. You can coach yourself online. Languages: English, German and Russian. (Chess training)

Shepshed Rooks Chess Club - club located in Leicestershire, UK. Includes contact details, latest news, league tables, fixtures, pictures, club championship and guestbook. (Organizations and clubs)

Chess Theory is dedicated to chess theory, opening theory, chess practice, chess learning and analysis ”and will guide you from classical chess theory to modern”. Languages: French and English. (Chess theory)

Sam Palatnik (2438), GM from Odessa, Ukraine, but he nowadays lives in USA. He has a diploma in Engineering Science, been working as a professor in chess theory and was appointed Emeritus Coach of Ukraine, the highest awarded coach by the former Soviet Union. Language: English. (Players/Chess training)

Specialty Chess Sets - American retailer for a “large variety of unique, high quality chess sets from around the world”. (Retailers)

Schaaklinks is a Dutch based website, but most of the links (610 on August 7 2004) refer to websites in English. Beautiful design. (Link collections)

Club d´Echecs Brunoy - the site gives all information about the chess club in Brunoy, Essonne, as well as it treats chess in general. Language: French. (Organizations and clubs)

Laws of Bughouse chess - these rules concern OTB chess. (Chess variants)

Organiser un tournois d´échecs - manual in PDF format about how to organize chess tournaments by François Dorion. Language: French. (Tournaments)

Connections between Music and Chess - John Greschak has compiled this page about the relationship between chess and music: list of pieces of music with the word chess used in the title, musical terms used in chess and so forth. (Miscellaneous/The rest)

ChessV is a universal chess program designed to be capable of playing a (potentially) unlimited number of chess variants. It provides support for opening books, pawn structure hash tables, and other features of commercial chess programs. Free. (Chess software/Amateur programs)

schachmaterialen.de - Christoph Wiesnewski, (2409), born 1980, learnt the chess rules when he was three years old. He offers his chess knowledge, which is founded on a successful player career and coaching experiences, for public use. Language: German. (Chess training/Advanced)

Mikhail Golubev (2531) from Ukraine with his games, facts about tournaments where he played and his chess clubs, present and past. Besides he is a diligent chess writer. Language: English (Players)

Schach in der Literatur - Udo Harms collects – and reviews – novels, in which chess as a theme occurs. His absolute favourites are Vladimir Nabokov´s ”The Defence” and Stefan Zweig´s ”The Royal Game”. Language: German. (Reviews/Miscellaneous)

Daniel Chess Web - a little chess school on the web with openings, annoted games, mates, pins and so on. Language: French. (Chess training/Beginners)

Chess Central offers a limited number of free e-books for download, among other Bill Wall´s ”Off the Wall Chess Trivia”, chess curiosities. (Publishers)

Pro Deo 1.0 - Ed Schröder, the creator of Rebel, has released a free chess engine, Pro Deo 1.0 (estimated Elo 2700), that is stronger than Rebel 12. You can install it in ChessPartner as well as ChessBase. Language: English. (Chess software/Chess engines)

Sacky.sk (Chessfans.com), multi-lingual playsite for correspondence chess, based in Slovakia. There is a training center, a discussion forum and an online shop. 12533 active players on August 7 2004 according to their own information. Languages: Slovak, Czech and English. (Playsites/…for correspondence and e-mail chess)

Glossary of chess terms - Jeremy Silman has compiled this chess glossary. If you already know all chess terms in English, you might as well have a look at the section “Chess and Astrology”. (Miscellaneous/Chess glossaries)

Natch is a software solving a special kind of chess problems, proof games, a variant of retrograde analysis. Languages: French and English. (Programs for chess problems)

63. The Chess Portal, the English version of Schackportalen, was updated for the sixty-third time on the 9th of July 2004 with the following links in mentioned category. The next update will take place around the 7th of August:

The 36th Chess Olympiad will take place in Calvià (Majorca) between the 14th and the 31st of October 2004. Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English and German. (Tournaments)

Chess meetup - if you leave your home country or home town for vacations, but still want to play a friendly game of chess, you might find an opponent via Chess meetup. Just now 1277 chess players in 651 cities around the world have registered at this agency. (Players/Miscellaneous)

ChessOrganizer II administrates all chess leagues in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. (Organizations and clubs)

Gladiatoren Ante Portas - two very eminent correspondence chess players, Volker-Michael Anton and Fritz Baumbach, have written this book about the Massow memorial 1996 - 2001, one of the strongest correspondence chess tournaments which ever have been carried out. A CD-ROM with all games is enclosed. Language: German. (Correspondence and e-mail chess)

Queen Alice, the newest turn-based playsite on the net for correspondence chess, seems to have all necessary functions. The name has been inspired by the book “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll. Free. (Playsites/…for correspondence and e-mail chess)

Discount Chess Shop, American online-shop from Ohio, has selected all their ”items with the tournament chess player in mind”. (Retailers)

Association Belge pour le Développement des Échecs strives to introduce a new metod for the development of chess in Belgium, but also to offer among others the schools a new resource. Language: French. (Chess training/Chess promotion)

HIARCS now also exists as a program for handhelds. The program is guaranteed to be strong – see comparison table with the competitors of HIARCS on this homepage. (Chess software/Programs for Pocket PC)

Garry Kasparov - a short and concise biography in English from Wikipedia. (Players)

Chessportal.de - German discussion group. 101 members had made 6954 contributions on July 8 2004. (Discussion groups)

La página de Julio - a chess page with a strong connection to Extremadura in Spain. (Personal chess sites)

C.D.E. Ajedrez Parque Sur Albaceta - chess club in Albaceta, Castilla – La Mancha in the south-east of Spain, has an awesome homepage. (Organizations and clubs)

Rension Manufacturer - Chinese manufacturer of chess boards and pieces. Languages: Chinese and English. (Manufacturers)

Needle is a freeware Winboard-compatible chess engine, constructed by Mikko Nummelin from Finland. Language: English. (Chess software/Chess engines)

UK Web Chess Guide, which is maintained by LetsPlayChess.com, is a link collection, which can be freely embedded as part of UK chess web sites. (Link collections)

Le Monde des Échecs - French retailer of mainly chess software, electronic chess boards and various chess equipment. (Retailers)

La légende des pièces contains player biographies, analyses of the most important openings and the game of the month. Language: French. (Personal chess sites)

Hadoques Chessboard - the webmaster, who considers himself being a beginner, has created this site for the sake of other beginners. The site contains annotated games , a discussion board and a section for webchess. Language English, but the webmaster lives in Stockholm, Sweden. (Personal chess sites)

Tuttogratis - Spanish-speaking site for downloads of freeware, including chess programs. (Download sites)

www.schachtraining.at by Egon Brestian, IM from Austria, offers chess coaching as well as simultan matches for payment. Language: German. (Chess training/Advanced)

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