• Club Kasparov - A playing zone, news, analysis, events, and more
• Steve Pribut's Chess Page - Has the latest FAQ files, ratings and reviews, and chess news
• Internet Chess Library - game databases and ratings
• Chess Live On The Net - Moves explained, best games, beginner's page
• Chessopolis - World famous chess directory, also includes book and software reviews
• Chess Cafe
• Grandmaster Chess
• The Chess Variant Pages
• chess.net - Play, chat, watch and learn chess. Keep on what's going on. Basic service is free and there is a premium Gold Membership as well.
• ChessMaster - by the company that makes the Chessmaster PC games. You can download a copy of Chessmaster Online.

• Yahoo Chess - Yahoo games page, includes chess as well as many more - not fee based
• Chessed! - Free live internet chess club
• FICS - Real time chess on the internet (for free)
• ICC - Live, online chess on the internet (yearly membership fee)
• ICCF - International Correspondence Chess Federation - play chess by mail, fax and email
• PlaySite - Java-based site to play chess. Also has checkers, reversi and backgammon.
• Caissa's Web - Fee based, serves up to 2,500 live games per day
• University of Pittsburgh FTP Chess Site - Free games of all levels

• Search barnesandnoble.com for chess
• The Week in Chess
• Inside Chess
• US Chess Online - US Chess Federation publication
• New In Chess
• Internet Chess Watch - Current news about updated chess sites
• Chess Program Reviews - Bob Pawlack's page, which includes software reviews, tips and book recommendations to help you improve your chess. Check out the link section!

• Britbase - British based chess game archive
• Britbase links and other archives

• Bill Wall's Chess Basics
• SmartChess - Smart Chess Superstore publication
• The Rules of Chess - Edinburgh University

• Steve Pribut's List of Chess Clubs
• USChess - US Chess Federation's home page
• ICCA - International Computer Chess Association
• Google: Chess Clubs - Clubs listed by Google
• AltaVista: Chess Clubs - Clubs listed by Alta Vista

• About.com Chess - Check this out! Best online chess resources
• La Mecca Chess Encyclopedia - "In this site you find a lot of information about chess, chess players (images, biographies, etc.), chess events (tournament tables), Elo lists and calculation, ECO codes and, of course, thousands of links to best chess sites all over the world."
• GM Chess Link List - Very informative annotated link list
• Lars Balzer Link List - lots of links, games and even a newsletter
• Edinburgh Univ. - a complete list

• alt.chess.ics
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  • rec.games.chess.computer
  • rec.games.chess.misc
  • rec.games.chess.play-by-email
• gnu.chess
• alt.chess.bdg
• Usenet FAQ: Chess

• Chess History - a detailed chronology

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