Chris Kantack's Chess Links 
 (Last Updated: January 30,  2012)

Some Key Handheld Chess Programs

Stockfish Great free chess engine.  Runs on Apple iOS and many other systems.
DroidFish An Android port of the Stockfish 2.1 engine!
Chess Tiger Now available on the iPhone as "Chess".   (The Palm version is now free!)
ChessGenius Richard Lang's great program available on many platforms.
IntelliChess Pocket PC program that also acts as a ChessClub.com client!
Filebuzz Chess software for smartphones.

 

Other Computer Chess Pages

Chess Programming Wiki A wealth of chess programming information can be found here!
ComputerHistory.org/chess Covers the history of computer chess! 
Electronic Chess Features (mostly) tabletop chess computers from the past 40 years.
Computer Chess Ratings Ratings from Selective Search Magazine
HIARCS Chess Software Highly renown chess software for many systems, including handhelds!
Rebel Home Page Features all kinds of material on computer chess!
Chess Programming A links page on computer chess programming resources.
Chess Town Resource providing links to many computer chess sites.
Tim Mann's Chess Pages Plenty of great info and super links to multiple computer chess resources!
Lucas chess An interesting way of learning chess against different computer engines!
Ransith's Chess Technology Guide Several options here for free chess computer play!

 

Chess Online Playing Sites

Gameknot Play online and/or practice solving a myriad of chess puzzles.
online-chess.eu IM Kalin Karakehajov's offers online chess play, links, and opening analyses.
Chess.com A very popular site featuring online play and educational info.
Visit ChessWorld.net! One of my favorite site for playing correspondence chess!
Yahoo board games Great free site for playing chess online with thousands of others!
ItsYourTurn.com Play correspondence style chess games.  Many other games also featured.
Internet Email Chess Club This email chess playing site has been around for many years and is well run.
FICS Chess Server  (freechess.org) Popular free site for online chess players.
Chess Lab Features chess, checkers, backgammon, and gin rummy!
Internet Chess Club Very popular site for online chess competition and many other chess activities.
Red Hot Pawn Online Play online chess against other people or a computer!
Chess Cube Considered by many to be one of the best playing sites.

 

Chess News Sites

The Chess Mind Excellent site featuring recent chess news and developments.
ChessCafe.com A quality site featuring many great articles by well-known authors!
Chessbase News An excellent site for current chess news, trivia, and tournament results.
The Week in Chess Well-established site providing major tournament chess coverage.
ChessVibes.com Frequently updated site providing plenty of chess news & more!
Correspondence Chess News No longer active; but archive issues still available.
Europe Echecs Superb site offering the latest chess news and much more.  (In French)
New In Chess Chess Magazine and over 2200 links to other chess sites.
www.ajedrezenmadrid.com Latest tournament results around the world.  (In Spanish)

               

Chess Discussion Forums, Games, & Database Sites

ChessForums.org Just signed up here myself and am checking it out!
The Chess Exchange Active chess forum covering many chess-related topics.
chessgames.com Over a half million games online and much more!
chessbomb.com Live tournaments and matches with realtime computer analysis.
Lar Balzer's Chess Games Links Source of millions of chess games.  All available for downloading!
jrobichess.com Large database of Grandmaster games and advice on learning chess.

 

Chess Improvement and Other General Chess Links

Amateur Chess Organization A new world chess organization for amateur chess players!
Dan Heisman: Chess A fantastic chess resource for instruction, tournament organizing, and more!
Carolus Chess Interesting chess history and culture site!
ChessQuotes.com A new, well-organized site featuring great quotes throughout chess history.
USChessHallOfFame.com Several biographies on some of the best current U.S. players.
JeremySilman.com This chess author and book reviewer has quite an interesting site here.
World Chess Links This sites provides access to thousands of other chess resources.
ChessKit.com A "cornucopia" of all things related to chess! 
The Chess Website "All around" site providing chess  learning and game playing opportunities.
USChess.org Official site of the U.S. Chess Federation
Chess Graphics Alan Cowderoy's site is probably the best for chess photos and graphics!
ChessMetrics Jeff Sonas' unique site on chess statistics.
ChessVideos.tv Chess video and discussion site.
Chess Journalists of America Devoted to the promotion of high quality chess journalism.
Chess Tempo A lot of chess exercises here!
Chess Express Ratings An interesting chess ratings service for individuals and clubs.

 

Chess Retailers/Manufacturers & Software Sources

ChessHouse.com One of the best all-around and reliable chess internet retailers. 
House of Staunton Great source of very high quality chess sets and related products.
BoardChessSet.com Chess men, sets, boards, and tables are all here.
The Chess Piece A chess retailer with with an interesting mix of products.
Caissa Editions Bookstore An excellent site offering older and historical chess books for sale.
Handango Good source for ChessGenius, Chess Tiger, and other Palm software.
Fred Wilson Chess Books New and old chess books, training videos, and much more.
Wholesale Chess Retailer of of many chess-related products.
ChessUSA Chess retailer that offers online discussion forums.
PocketGear.com Great source for Palm software including chess programs for Palm.
Made In Firenze Unique and luxury chess sets!
Chess Central Offers a variety of chess software, books, and other items.

 

Scholastic Chess Links

Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis
America's Foundation for Chess
 Chess-in-the-Schools
National Scholastic Chess Foundation
Chess'n Math Association

Northwest Washington Scholastic Chess

Northwest Chess

Scholastic Chess Gateway

About.com's Scholastic Chess Page

Starting a Scholastic Chess Club
Scholastic Chess Links and Resource Page

 

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