General Links

Argedrez The international version of Argedrez
Australian Chess Federation Keep up-to-date on everything going on down under
Bangkok Chess Club Thailand’s coolest international chess club
Bishop Chronicles The world according to Adisa “The Bishop” Banjoko
Blindfold Chess History, Psychology, Techniques, Champions, etc
Books Should Be Free A source for free audio books
British Chess Magazine BCM online
Bulgarian Chess Network One of the largest sites about chess in Bulgaria
ChessBase News, events and more
Chessbooks Rare, second-hand and out-of print books in the U.K.
Chess by the Numbers Obsessed with both statistics and with chess
Chessdom Chess news, interviews and more
The Chess Drum The Original Pan-African Chess Site
Chess Express Ratings Provides today’s player with more than just a rating
The Chess Federation of Canada Promoting the knowledge, study and play of chess in Canada
ChessFriends.com Opportunities to play and improve your game
Chess Informant The well-known Informator online
Chess in San Diego Resources for chess players in the San Diego area
Chess Journalists of America Recognizing chess journalism at its best
Chess Openings Tutorial Software by Bookup Corp.
ChessPublishing.com The chess opening theory site
Chess School SA Chess coaching for Schools in South Australia
Chess Tactics A Field Guide to Chess Tactics
Chess Today The first Internet-based daily chess newspaper!
The Chess World Chess for All
Chesszone.org Dozens of free e-books, databases, and annotated games
Cool Chess Canada Find the right chess set for the player in your life
CPS Chess Welcome to the Chicago Public Chess League
DGT The official site for DGT products
Echiquier-Nicois The French web international newspaper
The English Chess Federation Promoting the playing of chess in England
ePlusBooks.com Chess books for the iPad – more than just text!
Europe Échecs The site of the fine French publication
Everyman Chess The British chess publisher’s home on the web
Fédération Française des Echecs News regarding chess in France
Federazione Scacchistica Italiana The governing chess organization of Italy
FIDE Trainers Commission With surveys and book recommendations
First Saturday Chess Tournaments For GM and IM norms
French Chess Federation Founded in March 1921
Full English Breakfast Chess chats with cheeky chaps
Gambit Publications Download sample PDFs from Gambit Books
Genius Prophecy Chess Free chess articles to help the average player improve
Ginger GM The website of GM Simon Williams
Hamburger Schachklub von 1830 Home page of the Hamburg Chess Club, in German
Handmade Chess Information on the construction of wooden boards & pieces
Hear Dutch Here Learn the proper pronunciations
Hong Kong Chess Club The only chess club in Discovery Bay
IChessU Chess lessons for any age, chess level or budget
IdeaChess Chess strength evaluation for registered users!
Kaissiber Site of the excellent German magazine edited by Stefan Bücker
King Chess Sets The best in hand crafted chess pieces and chess boards!
Kingpin The great satirical chess magazine on the web
Kunst & Schach Art & chess by Rosemarie J. Pfortner (In German)
Lit2Go Online service of the Educational Technology Clearinghouse
Live Chess Ratings Daily monitoring the top chess players
Marshall Chess Club Founded by Frank J. Marshall in 1915
Max Euwe Centrum An institute unparalleled in the world of chess
Mechanics’ Institute Newsletter Written by John Donaldson
Metropolitan Chess Located in Downtown Los Angeles
New In Chess One of the world’s best chess magazines
Playchess.com The world’s fastest growing chess server
Progresser aux échecs Avec Xavier Bédouin MI et Entraîneur fédéral
Regency Chess Canada’s finest selection of chess products
Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation Illinois’ premier chess organization
Rochade Kuppenheim A fine German club site with articles in German and English
Saint Louis Chess Club Making chess an important part of our community
Schachbundesliga The highest German chess league
Scholar’s Mate Canada’s Chess Magazine for Kids Free Online
Staunton Chess Sets The story of classic chess piece design
Suffern Chess Club A great outlet for friendly competition
Turkish Chess Federation The official site of the Turkish Chess Federation
The Week in Chess Mark Crowther’s popular home page
World Chess Federation Access the FIDE Handbook online, view live events, and more

U.S. Chess

CalChess Dedicated to broadening and developing chess in Northern California.
California Youth Chess League Empowering youth to grow through chess
Connecticut State Chess Association Working to promote chess in CT
D. C. Chess League To promote the popularity of the game of chess
Florida Chess Association The FCA has started a Florida Grand Prix
Georgia Chess Association Committed to expanding the Georgia chess community
Illinois Chess Association The official USCF affiliate for Illinois
Indiana State Chess Association Happenings around the state of Indiana
The Kansas Chess Association To broaden and develop chess in Kansas
Massachusetts Chess Association Representing the interest of chess in Massachusetts
Maryland Chess Association This new site should allow us to add information easier
Maine chess Association Promotes various chess related activities in Maine
Michigan Chess Association A non-profit organization, dedicated to the advancement of the game
Minnesota State Chess Association In continuous operation since 1894
Missouri Chess Association To provide chess players with information about current activities
Mississippi Chess Association In existence since the 1950s
Montana Chess Association To support and enhance enjoyment of the game
North Carolina Chess Association To broaden and develop chess as an art and recreation
North Dakota Chess Association An organization dedicated to chess and education
Northwest Chess Chess news from Washington and Oregon
Nebraska State Chess Association Official state chapter of the USCF
New Hampshire Chess Association To promote chess in the state of New Hampshire
The New Jersey State Chess Federation Supporting chess clubs around the state
New Mexico Chess Organization To promote chess in the state of New Mexico
Nevada Chess, Inc. From places to play and results of local tournaments, to local news
New York State Chess Association Better opportunities to play and learn the game
Ohio Chess Association Membership includes Ohio Chess Bulletin
Pennsylvania State Chess Federation Committed to helping scholastic chess as much as possible
South Carolina Chess Association Furthering the enjoyment of chess in South Carolina
South Dakota Chess Association Supports the game of chess across the state of South Dakota
Tennessee Chess Association The official governing body for chess within the state
Texas Chess Association Serving Texas chess players
United States Chess Federation The official site of the USCF
Utah Chess Association Utah’s home for chess information
Virginia Chess Federation To provide a permanent record of state chess news and events
Vermont Chess Information A source for information on chess happenings in and around Vermont
West Virginia Chess Association To foster and promote chess activity in West Virginia
WVSCA The West Virginia Scholastic Chess Association
Wyoming Chess Association Official web site of the Wyoming Chess Association

Chess Connections

Michael Adams Official website of GM Michael Adams
Yochanan Afek The website of IM Yochanan Afek
Varuzhan Akobian Official website of GM Varuzhan Akobian
Vinay Bhat Not strictly a chess blog
Dejan Bojkov Where I will try to inform and entertain you!
Magnus Carlsen Magnus Carlsen’s Site
Jeff Coakley Homepage of Canadian author and ChessCafe.com columnist
Nigel Davies British GM Nigel Davies’ website
Yelena Dembo The popular author’s home on the web
Maxim Dlugy GM Maxim Dlugy’s web site
Anish Giri Welcome to Anish Giri’s website
Jan Gustafsson GM Jan Gustafsson’s website
Efstratios Grivas GM Efstratios Grivas’s website
Jon Ludvig Hammer Search around and you’ll find lots of interesting stuff
Tim Harding Our ChessCafe.com columnist’s fine site
Dan Heisman The popular ChessCafe.com columnist’s site
Gawain Jones The website of Gawain Jones
Gregory Kaidanov GM Gregory Kaidanov’s official site
Lubomir Kavalek GM Kavalek’s page at The Huffington Post
Daniel King GM Daniel King’s personal site
Jerzy Konikowski The popular author’s Internet page, in Polish
Tim Krabbé The more curious side of chess
Victor Mikhalevski The chess site of GM Victor Mikhalevski
Ashot Nadanian The official site of Ashot Nadanian
Hikaru Nakamura The official site of GM Hikaru Nakamura
Daniel Naroditsky The youngest author in the history of chess
Judit Polgar Official webiste of greatest woman player
Sofia Polgar Where chess and art are presented on one site
Susan Polgar Keep up to date with Susan’s activities and the latest chess news
Yury Shulman The 2008 U.S. Champion’s site
Jeremy Silman The popular author’s site
David Smerdon Musings on chess, and lesser things
Artur Yusupov The official site of Jussupow Schachakademie

Correspondence Chess

British CC Association Welcoming Players of All Standard Since 1906
ChessConquest Turn based chess two days per move
ChessHere.com Online Chess Server
Chessworld.net An online chess club
E4 Email Chess Club Server based CC games
Free Internet Chess Server For the game, not for the money
Free Internet Correspondence Games Server A player community and chess server
International CC Federation Home page of the ICCF
International CC Federation (U.S.) Home page of the ICCF-US
International Email Chess Club Play rated free e-mail games
It’s Your Turn Online since 1998
Lechenicher SchachServer Server-based CC play
National CC Club A founder member of the BFCC
Nothing But Chess A chess site devoted to online chess
Quantum Gambitz Online playing server
Red Hot Pawn Online CC
Scheming Mind CC Club
Scottish CC Association Promoting CC in Scotland

Chess History Resources

American Memory The Library of Congress
ANNO Austrian Newspapers Online
Batgirl’s Chess Articles Sarah Beth writes about chess history
Biblioteca Nacional Espana National Library of Spain
Bildarchiv Austria Austrian National Library
British Pathé One of the oldest media companies in the world
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online Published from 1841 to 1955
California Digital Newspaper Collection A freely accessible repository
Chess and Draughts Collection At the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Chess Archeology A site by and for historians
Chess Dryad California Chess History Archives
Chessmetrics Historical chess ratings of all the great players
Chess Notes Edward Winter’s current column
Chronicling America Historical American newspapers
Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery Historical photographs and images
Corbis Images Historical photographs and images
Croatian Historical Newspapers Historical Croatian newspapers
De Groene Amsterdammer Independent Dutch weekly newsmagazine
Digitālā Laikraksti National Library of Latvia
Digitale Krantenarchief Belgian Historical Newspapers
Digiteeritud eesti ajalehed Estonian Historical Newspapers
Edo Historical Chess Ratings Career records and year-by-year statistics
Eugene B. Cook Collection At the Princeton University Library
Emanuel Lasker Society In German
English Chess Forum A home for discussions on the English Chess scene
French Chess History French chess heritage
Fulton History Old New York Newspapers
Gallica French National Library
Getty Images Historical chess images
Google News Archive Google News Archives
The Hague, Royal Library
Harald E. Balló Chess in its historical diversity
Harvard Library The largest academic library collection in the world
HathiTrust A partnership of academic & research institutions
Irish Chess History Irish chess history & records
John G. White Collection At the Cleveland Public Library
KARL Chess history and culture, in German
Ken Whyld Association Information from collectors of chess literature
Koninklijke Bibliotheek Dutch Historical Newspapers
LIFE Magazine Historical chess pictures
Memory of the Netherlands Historical overview of images
MV Anderson Chess Collection At the State Library of Victoria
National Library of Australia Find over 377,292,649 Australian and online resources
New York Clipper Use the browse archive function
NYS Historic Newspapers Created by the Northern New York Library Network
Old In Chess The latest news from 100 years ago
OlimpBase The encyclopedia of team chess
Papers Past New Zealand newspapers and periodicals
The Research Zone Tim Harding’s Chess History Research Zone
TIME Magazine Archives 1923-2012
Trove Australian Historical Newspapers
Ústav pro Českou literaturu Historical Czech newspapers
Wiener Schachzeitung Available at the ANNO website

Chess Studies and Problems

ARVES An international club for those interested in endgame studies
British Chess Problem Society The world’s oldest chess problem society
The British Chess Solving Championships This site is about chess composition
British Endgame Study News All issues of BESN
Chess Archive Creating a personal database of chess compositions
Chess Association Problemist An association of supporters of chess problems
ChessBites More than four million high-quality games and problems online
Chess Composers A blog devoted to chess composers
Chess Problem Database Server In the interest of the chess problem community
Chess Problems.ca An excellent online publication
Chess Problems GR A blog about chess composition
Chess Problems.net A bulletin board devoted to chess problems
Chess Problems.org A series of challenging chess problems
ChessStar.com Internet magazine on a chess composition
Dansk Skakproblem Klub The Danish Chess Problem Society
EG Study Magazine Complete PDF archives of volumes 1-152
Endgame Study Database Most comprehensive collection of endgame studies
The Games and Puzzles Journal On-line Journal for Mathematical Recreations
Julia’s Fairies Fairy Chess Composition
MatPlus.Net The Home Page of magazines
Mayhematics The Home Page of George Peter Jelliss
OzProblems A site devoted to the chess problem art
Retrograde Analysis Corner More than 3,500 Retro problems
Rusz Chess Studies Chess Endgame Studies by Árpád Rusz
Solving Tourneys Database Now contains almost 6,000 problems
Ural Problemist With a composition of the week
Vaclav Kotesovec Fairy chess composer and programmer
Variantim The Israeli Chess Composition Society
World Federation for Chess Composition Official website of the WFCC
Yet Another Chess Problem Database Serving the chess problem community

Chess Engines and Resources

365chess Biggest chess games database online
Alfil Engine Use it standalone or within an interface (Elo 2653)
Arena A free Graphical User Interface (GUI) for chess programs
BabasChess A free Internet Chess Client for Windows
BBChess A computer chess engine by Borko Bošković
BlackMamba A multi-core chess engine (Elo 3068)
Britbase British Chess Game Archive
Canbase The best source for Canadian chess games
ChessBase Database A chess database with six million games
ChessBase Reader The ChessBase Reader is now available for download
ChessDB A free Chess Database for Windows, Linux, and Macs
Chess-DB Chess players search, rating lists, game analysis and more
Chess Fonts A place to view and download fonts
ChessGames Free, searchable chess game database
Chess Games Links A collection of links where you can download free chess games
Chess Hero A free chess training program
Chess Informant Codes A complete index of the ECO classification system
Chess Links A Dutch site with a large collection of links
Chess Microbase Save, annotate and share your games
Chess Pad Feature-rich chess game viewer and editor
ChessX An Open Source chess database
Crafty A free, open-source computer chess program
Critter The top chess UCI engine from Slovakia (Elo 3231)
Database Software Create and manage chess databases
Endgame Database All six-piece endgames at your fingertips
En Passant A site with free software and resources for publishing
ExaChess A full-featured database program for the Macintosh
Fire A very strong freeware UCI chess engine (Elo 3217)
Firebird Chess Engine A free & open-source UCI chess engine
Fruit A chess engine developed by Fabien Letouzey and Joachim Rang
Gaviota Engine A chess engine for Windows, Linux, and Android (Elo 2962)
Gaviota Endgame Tablebases Download the Gaviota EGTB files (7GB)
Glaurung A strong free chess program for the Apple iPhone
GNUChess A chess program from the Free Software Foundation
Gull A free, fast and very strong open source chess engine (Elo 3155)
Hannibal A state-of-the-art UCI chess engine (Elo 3092)
Houdini A state-of-the-art chess engine for Windows
How to Play Chess Flash movies explaining chess basics.
Komodo Free and paid versions (Elo 3145)
Protector A strong free UCI chess engine (Elo 3071)
Ratings Calculators Calculate your rating change or performance
RobboLito A strong open-source UCI chess engine
Rybka v2.3.2a An early version of the Rybka engine
SCID A free Chess Database for Windows, Linux, and Macs
SCID vs. PC SCID with new and improved features
Shredder Opening Database Get statistics from human grandmaster games
Spike A rather aggressive chess engine (Elo 3035)
Stockfish A strong open-source UCI chess engine (Elo 3247)
Strelka A strong open-source UCI chess engine (Elo 3118)
Tarrasch Chess GUI Easy to use with powerful training features
USB Chess Board Build your own USB Chess Board
Vega Free Chess Tournament Pairing Program
Virtual Pieces Original chess icons and graphics
XBoard A graphical user interface for chess in all its major forms

Blog On It

If your blog links to ChessCafe.com, let us know!

All Year Chess Search your chess tournament
Australian Junior Chess A blog about chess in Australia
Boylston Chess Club Weblog The Chess Blog of the Boylston Chess Club
Brooklyn 64 A loosely knit group of friends who play chess
Carolus Chess Chess History, Research and Culture
Chess Composers A blog by Eric Huber & Vlaicu Crisan
The Chess Improver GM Nigel Davies on getting better at chess
The Chess Mind A blog for chess fans, by a chess fan
Chicago Chess Blog Notes on chess in Chicago
The Closet Grandmaster Chess is very simple. He goes there, I go here.
Columna de Torres Providing Spanish and English captions to chess videos.
Elizabethtown Chess Club An active club located in Elizabethtown, KY
Ennis Chess Club The blog of the Ennis Chess Club
ERK.dk Erik David Johnson’s personal website
Farbror the Guru Chess Training for Grumpy Geezers
Imaginative Pencil The art of Justin Michael Jenkins
Inte Bara Schack Lars Grahn i bloggosfären
Jerome Gambit blog The Duck-Billed Platypus of Chess Openings
Jewish Chess History Chess History in Palestine and Israel
The Kenilworthian A blog for the Kenilworth Chess Club
The Knights of the Castle Kimbark About the Ray School Chess Club
Livingston County Chess Blog Serving the MI chess community
Lizzy Knows All USCL news and gossip
Najdorf-Miguel My Captain Miguel Najdorf Chess Ajedrez Gens una sumus
Pawn’s Progress The selected games and writings of George Eraclides
Red and White Chess Chess news for Indonesia
RevTiberius Teaching Chess to a Starcraft 2 Grandmaster
Robert Pearson Robert Pearson’s chess blog
Rocky Rook Rocky Rook’s chess blog
Science on the Squares Spending my time pipetting plasmids and pushing pawns
Skakistiko A popular Greek chess blog.
Streatham & Brixton Chess Winner of the ECF’s 2007 Website of the Year
Tim Thompson’s Chess Page My chess experiences and escapades
Transformation On chess improvement
UK Chess Blogger Created to unravel the subject of chess sets

Braille Chess Resources

All India Chess Federation for the Blind With Talk-64 chess software with speech
Braille Chess Association of Italy In Italian
British Braille Chess Association For visually handicapped chess players
U.S. Blind Chess Association The site is full of information about chess.
Lichess Catering to visually impaired players
Talk-64 Chess software with speech specially designed for the blind