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Note that links are in alphabetical order: Newark before New Bedford because NEWA comes before NEWB.


First and foremost

The official international FIDE laws of chess are found at This Link and also This Link. Downloadable as a WORD document at This Link
In Faroese at this link.
In French, .PDF this link

Databases


América-Base [Spanish — Español]
BC Chess Game Database [British Columbia, Canada]
BritBase
ChessGames.com
Chess Lab
Danbase — Danish Games Archive
Dowloads [Portuguese — Português]
Dutchbase
Finnish Chess Game Database
GreekBase
ItalBase
MontrealBase
Zbiory Partii Szachowych [Polish]

General


Aaron’s Guide to Winboard and Chess Engines
Academia Brasileira de Cultura e Xadrez [Portuguese — Português]
Academia de Xadrez de Gaia [Portugal, Portuguese — Português]
Achess
Achim’s Chess Page
AJAX - Associação de Jogadores Amadores de Xadrez [Portuguese — Português]
Ajedrez 21 [Spanish — Español]
Ajedrez Chileno [Chile, Spanish—Español]
Ajedrez de Estilo [Spanish—Español]
Ajedrez Democrático [Spanish — Español]
Ajedrez Educativo [Spanish—Español]
Ajedrez Esperanza [Argentina, Spanish — Español]
Ajedrez Hoy [Argentina, Spanish — Español]
Ajedrez en Madrid [Spanish—Español]
Ajedrez en México [Spanish—Español]
Ajedrez Marcote [Spanish — Español]
Ajedrez Mania [Spanish — Español]
Ajedrez Mutante [Spanish — Español]
Ajedrez Santa Fe [Spanish — Español]
Ajedrez Tico [Spanish—Español]
Ajedrez Vasco [Spanish—Español]
Ajesan [Spanish — Español]
Alfa 7 Xadrez [Portuguese — Português]
American Chess Events
America’s Foundation for Chess
An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement
Anyone 4 Chess
Arbitros de Ajedrez [Spanish — Español]
Basics of Chess, The
Become a Chess Expert
Beira Xadrez [Portuguese — Português]
Bien débuter aux échecs [French — Français]
Bill Wall’s Chess Blog
Bill Wall’s Chess World
Bishop’s Opening, The
Biographies of Chess Players
Braille Chess Association
British Columbia Chess Scene
Blue Gem 7000 Chess
British Junior Chess News
Bruno’s Chess Problem of the Day
Bryan’s Chess World
BS Chess
Canadian Chess
Canadian Correspondence Chess Association
Canal Xadrez [Portuguese — Português]
Central do Xadrez [Portuguese — Português]
CEX - Centro de Excelência de Xadrez [Portuguese — Português]
Cheeseland Chess
Chess
Chess.AC [The .ac stands for Ascension Island.]
Chess Academy of Canada
Chess and Poker
Chess Archaeology
Chess Area
ChessBanter Chess forum home
Chess Boot Camp
Chessbug
Chess Cafe
Chess Captor
Chess Central
Chess Channel
Chess Chess Chess
Chess Circuit, The
Chess Clubs Map of USA
Chess Composition Books
Chess Corner.com
Chess Corner.net
Chess Doctor
Chess Dominion
ChessDryad.com — California Chess History
Chess Ebook
Chess Exchange
Chess Explorer
Chess Express Ratings
Chess Eye - Chess Visualisation Training [English + German + Turkish + Portuguese]
Chess For All
Chess for Juniors
Chess For Success [Ohio, USA]
Chess Gateway
Chess Grandmasters of the World
Chess Graphics
Chess Guide
Chess Guru
Chess History Center
Chess Ideas (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Chess Improvement by Effort
Chess in Manitoba
Chess Kids Academy
Chess Kit
Chess Lab
ChessLand
Chess Learning Center, The
ChessLinks [French — Français]
Chess Magnet School [Website]
Chess Masters
Chess Matrix, The /A Texas Chess Website”
Chess Metrics
Chessmile [French — Français]
Chessmill
Chess Mind
Chess Miniatures by Bill Wall
Chess ’n Math Association [English + French — Anglais + Français]
ChessMix The #1 Chess Resource
Chess.Net
Chess Network
Chess News and Events
Chess Ninja’s Dojo Homepage
Chess Odyssey
Chess Opening Software
Chessopolis
Chess Oracle, The
ChesSOS
Chess Planet
Chessplayers’ Inn
Chess Poster [English + Spanish—Inglés + Español]
Chess Press [Portuguese — Português]
Chess Problems Unlimited
Chess Publishing
Chess Pundit
Chess Pursuits
Chess Quiz, The
Chess Rules
Chess Siberia
Chess Strategy [free e-book]
Chess Tactics Explained in English
Chess Talk
Chess Terminology English - Spanish
Chess Theory [English + Frech — English + Français]
Chess Tigers [German — Deutsch]
Chess Video
Chess Visualisation Training
Chess Wanderer, The
ChessZ
Chess Zone
Classic Chess Problems
Closet Grandmaster, The
Clube de Xadrez On-line [Portuguese — Português]
Clube de Xadrez Virtual [Portuguese — Portugués]
Colegio de ajedrez de La Matanza [Argentina, Spanish — Español]
Colorado Master Chess, Inc.
Computer Chess Programming
Connchess
CorrespondenceChess.com
C’s Chess
Deep Blue
Del Alter Goniff
Diemer-Duhm Gambit
Discover Chess
Duif’s Place: Chess for Fans and Tournament Players
Easy Chess - Free Chess Quizzes and Tuition
Echecs.Anjus.com [French—Français]
Ecole d’Echecs et d’Informatique des Remparts [French Polynesia, French — Français]
EchecsNet [French — Français]
Ecole de jeu d’échecs toulousaine [French — Français]
Email Chess and Chess in Art
Emory Castle Chess Camp [Georgia, USA]
Enrocate.com [Spanish — Español]
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings
Esajedrez - Ajedrez en El Salvador [Spanish — Español]
Escuela de Ajedrez Jaque Mate [Spanish — Español]
Escuela Superior de Ajedrez Ataque al Rey [Argentina, Spanish — Español]
Études échiquéennes {rench — Français]
Eurosport Ajedrez [Spanish — Español]
For Chess Lovers
Fórum Català d’Escacs Segle XXI [Catalan - Catalá]
France Echecs - Forum de discussions sur le jeu d’échecs [French — Français]
Generation Chess New York Masters
GM Chess
GNU Chess
Grandmaster Chess Games in Java Viewer
Grandmaster Square
Great Pawn Hunter Chess Tutorial, The
Harmen Jonkman’s Chess Calendar with lots of Tournaments
Hechiceros del tablero [Spanish—Español]
History of Chess [English + French — English + Français]
How To Play Chess
HungaraChess [Argentina, Spanish — Español]
Internet College Chess League
JaqueMate - Portal de ajedrez escolar [Spanish — Español]
KingChess [German — Deutsch]
La Casa de Ajedrez [Spanish — Español]
La Página del Ajedrez Uruguayo [Spanish — Español]
LatourdIVoirE, Club virtuel d’échecs [French — Français]
Lawrence S. Tamarkin Chess Page
League of Extraordinary Chess Players
L’école d’échecs de Saint-Affrique [French — Français]
Le joueur d’échecs [French — Français]
Lesechecs.be [French — Français]
Les Echecs en noir et blanc [French — Français]
Liga Peruana de Ajedrez a Distancia [Spanish — Español]
Logical Chess
L’univers des échecs iEchecs [French — Français]
Mac Chess [Free Mac chess software]
Mais Xadrez [Portuguese — Português]
MECCA - Chess Encyclopedia
Miami International Chess Academy
Mieux Jouer aus Echecs [French — Français]
Mokrane [French — Français]
Montreal Chess News [English + French — English + Français]
Mr. Mip’s Chess Palace
National Scholastic Chess Foundation
North American Chess Association
Oceania Chess Calendar
OlimpBase the encyclopedia of team chess
OrganisEchecs [French &Français]
Planeta Ajedrez [Español—Spanish]
Practical Chess Endgame
Prisma Scacchi [Italian — Italiano]
Problemas de Xadrez [Portuguese — Portugués]
Professional Chess Services, Inc.
Russian Chess
Sakk.lap.hu [Hungarian — Magyar]
Sarah’s Serendipituous Chess Page of History, Games, Pictures, Theory
Scalise Chess Page [Spanish — Español]
Schakers Informatie ~ De schaherspagina van Nederland [Dutch — Nederlands]
School Chess Association
SchoolChess.com
Seagaard ChessReviews
Sign Up 4 Chess [Tournament sign-up service]
Space Coast Scholastic Chess
Start Chess
SuperAjedrez.com [Spanish —Español]
Supreme Chess
Sydney Academy of Chess [Australia]
Teachess [English, Spanish + Portuguese — English, Español + Português]
Ten Ton Hammer
Test Your Chess
Tim Mann’s Chess Pages
Tom Purser’s Blackmar-Ciemer Gambit Pages
Torre 64
UK Web Chess Guide
U.S. Chess Center [Washington, D.C. USA]
Western Massachusetts Chess
West Florida Chess
World Chess Hall of Fame
World Players Council
Xadrez Galego [Spanish — Español]
Xadrez Online [Portuguese — Português]
Xadrez Virtual [Portuguese — Português]

Links Sites

It’s not as simple as stealing links from these pages. I have to click each one to make sure it ain’t dead, then classify them.

Webmasters of chess sites are encouraged to seek links from all of these sites.
Webmasters of chess link websites and chess link web pages are encouraged to sign up to receive new submissions as they are submitted to this site. Send the word SUBSCRIBE to link-request-request@chesslinks.info.

Bill Wall’s Chess Links
Chess Games Links maintained by Lars Balzer
Chess Links – Regularly Updated Chess Sites
Chess Portal, The
Chess Webs.com
Chingland — Chess in England
Clink
Essential Links
Fratello Chess Page
Louis Kessler’s Chess and Computer Chess Links
More Chess Links
Nystar.com Chess Links Page
Start Chess
World Chess Links [English, Spanish & Italian—English, Español & Italiano]

Merchandise

For websites offering chess merchandise, Click Here.

Online Chess

Some sites, you play a human opponent, others you play a server.

Achess
Ajedrez Online [Spanish — Español]
Atlantic Chess
Browser Chess Game
Bujo21 - Juega al Ajedrez y Trivia online [Spanish — Español]
Chess Any Time
Chess Applet - Homeostatic Chess Player
Chess Comp
Chess Friend
Chess Here
Chess King, The
ChessLab
Chess Maniac
Chessworld.Net
Echecs.Com [French — Français]
Free Blubbie Chess Server [English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Klingon, Russian, Spanish, Swedish]
Free Blubbie Chess Server [English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Klingon, Russian, Spanish, Swedish]
Free Internet Chess Server
Free Internet Correspondence Games Server
Free Mobile Chess for Your Cell Phone
Free Pawn
GameColony
GetClub
Infinia Chess
Instant Chess
Internet Chess Academy
Internet Xadrez Clube [Portuguese — Português]
Kurnik [Many languages]
MoneyGaming.org
Pawnpusher
Play Chess [English, German, French — English, Franç Deutsch]
Queen Alice Internet Chess Club
Red Hot Pawn
Scheming Mind
Stan’s NetChess
World Chess Network
Xadrez Online [Portuguese, English, French + Spanish — Português, English& Français + Español]

Organizations and Clubs

For geographic chess federations CLICK HERE
For clubs and associations CLICK HERE

Association of Chess Professionals
Chess Education Association
Chess Journalists of America

Periodicals

To be listed as a periodical, the content of the periodical must appear on that website.
64 Chess Review [The .ru stands for Russia.]
64 Square Jungle, The
Ajedrez en Colombia [Spanish — Español]
Ajedrez Noticias Diarias [Spanish—Español]
Braille Chess Association Gazette
British Chess Magazine
Campbell Report, The
Central Oregon Chess Journal [Oregon, USA]
Chess Books
Chess City
Chess Drum, The
Chess Game in Colour
Chess Madness
Chess Mail
Chess Ninja [paid subscription]
Chess Today [paid subscription]
Chess Tournament and Match History
Chess Trainer — Your Online Chess Academy
ChessUp - Chess Diagram Tool
Chess Victory.com
Chessville
Chess Watch
Colorado Springs Chess News
Echecs Mag [French — Français]
Echiquier-Nicois [French—Français]
En Passant – The magazine for Norfolk’s chessplayers
Europe Echecs [France, French—Français]
Inforchess [Spanish — Español]
Italia Scacchistica [Italian — Italiano]
Jaque [Spain, Spanish—Español]
Juguemos a Pensar [Chile, Spanish—Español]
L’Italia Scacchistica [Italy, Italian—Italiano]
Kingpin
Merseyside Chess
Messaggero Scacchi [Italy, Italian—Italiano]
New In Chess
Notzai [French — Français]
Revista Xadrez [Portuguese — Português]
Schach [Germany, German—Deutsch]
Ukranian Chess Online [English + Russian]
Virginia Chess Newsletter [all PDF]

Players

Chess sites of individual players, alphabetically by last name.
Abrams, John
Acers, Jude
Akobian, Varuzhan
Anand, Vishwanathan
Baburin, Alexander
Belakovskaia, Anjelina
Boger, Raymond
Bokar, Dr. Jason
Bologan, Victor Viorel
Bombelli, Lanfranco
Busemann, Stephan
Câmara, Hélder [Portuguese — Português]
Chlodwig
Costa, Waldemar S. [Portuguese — Português]
Dembo, Yelena
Donnelly, Mike
Dražića
Edwards, Jon
Fairchild, Hal
Fischer, Bobby [unofficial]
Francovig, Hector [Spanish — Español]
Gabarino, Rodolfo G. [Spanish — Español]
Goldsby I, A.J.
Gonzalez, Bolívar [Portuguese — Português]
Heisman, Dan
Howell, David
Johansson, Thomas
Jonkman, Harmen
Jouhannet, Patrick [French — Français]
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
Kramnik, Vladimir
Kramnik, Vladimir
Kuppenheim, Rochade [German — Deutsch]
Laplaza, Jorge [Spanish — Español]
Lehikoinen, Pertti
Leko, Peter
Marconi, Ralph
Mária, Ivánka [Hungarian + English — Magyar + English]
Marques de Oliveira, Eduardo [Portuguese — Português]
Meyer, Edwin
Monokroussos, Dennis
Morozevich, Alexander [English + Russian]
Onischuk, Alexander [English]
Onischuk, Alexander [Ukranian]
Palciauskas, Victor (Vytas)
Petronic, Jovan
Petronic, Sanja
Philippe, Christophe [French — Français]
Polgar, Judit
Polgar, Susan
Ponomariov, Ruslan
Pytel, Krzysztof [French — Français]
Schiller, Eric
Silman, Jeremy
Spraggett, Kevin
Svidler, Peter
Umansky, Mikhail [English, German + Russian]
Vescovi, Giovanni [Portuguese — Português]

Software


ChessMaker

Stamps


Chess on Stamps
Chess on Stamps

Tournaments, Festivals and Events


Sign Up 4 Chess [Tournament sign-up service]


2005.12.26 - 2005.12.30 26th Bethune International Open
2005.12.26 - 2006.01.05 V Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Gema [Spanish — Español]
2006.02.16 - 2006.02.28 Morelia International Chess Festival [English + Spanish — English + Español]
2006.05.11 - 2006.05.14 Grand Prix d’échecs de Bordeaux [French — Français]
2006.05.20 - 2006.06.04 Chess Olympiad Torino 2006
2006.06.18 1er Rapide International d’Annemasse & 1er Tournoi Espoirs [French — Français]
2006.07.08 - 2006.07.16 Festival International d’Echecs de Montpellier [French — Français]
2006.07.22 - 2006.08.04 Biel Chess Festival
2006.08.06 - 2006.08.18 Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2006
2006.08.13 - 2006.08.21 Acropolis International Chess Tournament
2006.08.14 - 2006.08.26 81o Championnat de France d’Echecs [French — Français]
2006.08.18 - 2006.09.27 Belzberg Invitational Canadian Closed & Zonal Chess Championships [Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
2006.08.19 - 2006.08.27 Campeonate Centroamericano y del Caribe 2.3 Masculino y Femenino sub 20, 2006
2006.08.19 - 2006.08.27 26o International Chess Tournament
2006.08.22 - 2006.08.30 IV Abierto Internacional Ayuntamiento de Mondariz [Spanish — Español]
2006.08.28 - 2006.09.01 Coulsdon “Premiership” International
2006.09.01 - 2006.09.04 2 FLA Championships & 2 World Championships
2006.09.02 - 2006.09.04 46th Rocky Mountain Open, The
2006.09.02 - 2006.09.10 VI Torneo de Ajedrez Stmo. Cristo de Candás
2006.09.05 - 2006.09.08 FIDE World Blitz Championship
2006.09.08 - 2006.09.10 City of Dublin Championship 2006 [Ireland]
2006.09.09 - 2006.09.20 European Youth Championship 2006
2006.09.23 - 2006.10.01 15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International
2006.10.15 - 2006.10.21 Guernsey International Chess Festival
2006.10.20 - 2006.10.28 Essent Chess Tournament [English + Dutch — English + Nederlands]
2006.11.04 - 2006.11.05 British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2006
2006.12.28 - 2007.01.07 Hastings International Chess Congress
2007.01.05 - 2007.01.07 Central Florida Class Championships
2007.01.23 - 2007.02.01 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival
2007.02.23 - 2007.02.25 Bunratty Chess Festival
2007.03.03 - 2007.03.10 Cappelle Tournament [English + FFrench — English + Français]
2007.03.04 16ème Open d’Aurec [French — Français]
Bermuda Fourways International Invitational Tournament
First Saturday Chess Tournament Series in Budapest, Hungary
Four Nations Chess League
Maritime Chess Tournaments [Canada]
UK Chess Challenge, The



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