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How Stuff Works - Several short articles illustrating how computers play chess. Very basic and easy to understand. |
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Vunzzz Chezzz - Play Chess online with existing users or invite your friends. |
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Net-Chess - Host server for correspondence games and sets of related matches. Email notification, ratings, user-selectable interface design. |
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GoldToken.com Games - Free correspondence chess site with graphical boards and pieces and Elo ratings. The site keeps track of your board, end can email you when it is your turn. Challenge other players. |
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Chess Lab - Play Chess real-time online. No downloads needed. Search and analyse over 2 million chess games in current database. Does not behave well on Macintosh, particularly with System 9+ and not at all with IE. |
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Red Hot Pawn - Online correspondence chess played against friends or other members. Includes commmunity forum and email notification of moves. |
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Exeter Chess Club - Advice and discussions of opening strategy, sorted by chess rating relevance. |
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Chessplayer.com - Presented by 1994 US Open Champion IM Georgi Orlov. Instruction, articles, and puzzles. |
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Chessworks Unlimited - Involved with all aspects of chess, from research on opening theory to organization of major international events, including World Championships |
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Gambit Chess - Specialty site devoted to chess players who enjoy playing various opening gambits. Features online play in gambit-themed tournaments, notes, articles, analysis. |
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MindZine - Chess News - Chess news and articles from all around the world by Mind Sports Worldwide. News, features, polls, updated roundups of other chess Web site contents. |
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GrandMaster Chess - Grandmaster site of 1999 FIDE World Chapmpion Alexander Khalifman and other top Grandmasters. Instruction, news, links, gamebase, and puzzles. |
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ChessCity - Ezine with broad coverage, from the opening to the endgame, from history to gossip, special section on Whiz Kids. |
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Kung Fu Chess - A new fast-action version of chess where both players move simultaneously. Registration is required to play. |
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The London Chess Center - Home base for two British publications, The Week In Chess (TWIC) and Chess Monthly. Downloadable games to study and move-by-move analysis of live events. |
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Chess World - Play a casual game or participate in one a tournament (thematic, round robin, swiss system). Games can be timed or not. There is a test area where you can go to play a few moves in non-counting games just to see how the site works. |
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Chess.net - Free site with for-pay premium services. Requires client which can be downloaded (Windows only) or play with Java client in browser. (Does not appear to work on Macintosh.) |
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ChessAnyTime.com - Free online chess game played against live opponents. Includes top 100 players list. |
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ChessManiac.com - Offers turn-based correspondence chess. Also has a forum. |
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BrowserChess - Online chess game playable against the computer or other players. Includes message board and Hall of Fame. |
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TheChessKing.com - Online turn-based chess games played against live opponents. Includes player rankings. |
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gChess - Online email chess game playable against a friend. |
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SoundChess - Email chess application playable against a friend. |
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PlayChess - Offers private chess games with list of challengers, tournaments, PGN downloads, message boards, and directory of annotated games. Requires paid membership and includes free trial as a guest. |
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GameKnot Chess - Online chess community. Online play, tournaments, chess league, and thematic mini-tournaments. |
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ChessWorld.net - Web based play-by-email server. Features include tournaments, leagues, forums, voting, and annotated games. |
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