Interesting chess sites on the Net
This is my personal choice of sites, so no pretence of
completeness. For a larger choice, you may browse the list of the 100 hottest chess websites.
The Chess FAQ lists
part1,
part2,
part3,
part4.
Web pages
"Top 100 chess sites"
Archives etc.
Commercial sites
These sites may or may not charge a fee. Normally they have at least a
free section with games, info etc..
Magazines & newspaper columns
Personal Pages
Chess Trivia
Organizations and clubs
Chess servers
Here you can play over the Net. They are accessible via telnet (use
port 5000 if not otherwise specified).
Further information is available. Your results will be better if
you use a graphic interface, I found that
xboard is not bad... and it's freeware!
Internet Chess Clubs
- 192.231.221.16 This
is a pay service, but guests can log in free to play unrated games and
use most of the other features.
Free International Chess Servers
The FICS do not currently have all the features of the ICC, but
there is no charge for usage.
Chess newsgroups
International groups
National groups
Gnu chess
Other groups