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The Following Set of Links Is Not Meant to Be Comprehensive Chess Links but Rather Links of Particular Interest and Utility to Active Chess Journalists The following set of links is not meant to be comprehensive chess links but rather links of particular interest and utility to active chess journalists. If you know of a link that should be in this list, please Contact Webmaster. ​ ​ Internet Links of Interest to Chess Journalists CJA Members | Sites of Journalists | Chess Player Sites | State Sites | Teaching Sites | General ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Chess Sites History/Collecting | Organizations | Publications/Commercial | Web Site Ref. | Journalism Ref. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ On-line forums | Chess Data | Sources for Chess Links | Playing | Odds & Ends | Misc. sites ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ W eb Sites of CJA Members Alexandra Kosteniuk, Women World Chess Champion (Alexandra Kosteniuk) [added ​ 30-Aug-2009] The Chess Drum (Daaim Shabazz) [added 30-Aug-2009] ​ Chess Daily News - Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Susan Polgar) [added 2-Oct-2006] ​ Out & About With Russell Miller (Russell Rusty Miller) [added 2-Oct-2006] ​ ​ ​ NM Dan Heisman - Chess Page (Dan Heisman) [added 16-Aug-2006] ​ Jennifer Shahade, Writer & Gamesplayer [updated 18-March-2012] ​ 20 Second Timeout (David Friedman) (see Basketball, Chess and Boxing) [added 16-Aug-2006] ​ ​ ​ The Campbell Report (Franklin Campbell) [updated 20-Jan-2015] ​ Mind's Eye Press (Joshua M. Anderson) [added 20-Jan-2015] ​ Back to the Top W eb Sites of Other Chess Journalists Studio Fred Lucas Chess Photos by Fred Lucas (Netherlands) [added 29-Jan-2008] ​ ​ ​ Blockade Chess Cheaters Jon Jacobs' web site on chess cheating [added 21-Dec-2006] ​ ​ ​ Tim Krabbé's CHESS CURIOSITIES John B. Henderson column (The Scotsman) [updated 30-Aug-2009] ​ Daniel King - Games Consultant [added 29-Oct-2003] ​ Bill Wall's Chess Page Ralph Marconi's Chess Page NM Dan Heisman [added 2-Mar-2004] ​ ChessVista Chess photos by Frits Agterdenbos (Netherlands) [added 1-June-2006] ​ ​ ​ Back to the Top C hess Player Web Sites Alexandra Kosteniuk, Women World Chess Champion (Alexandra Kosteniuk) [added ​ 30-Aug-2009] Mida's chess corner - chess BLOG of FIDE Master Dario Mione [added 12-Aug-2007] ​ Maxim Dlugy, International Grandmaster [added 4-May-2007] ​ Alisa Maric, Official site of chess grandmaster [added 21-Mar-2007] ​ Vladimir Kramnik, World Chess Champion [added 2-Oct-2006] ​ Victor Viorel Bologan [updated 26-May-2007] ​ Anjelina Belakovskaia Home Page [added 2-Oct-2006] ​ The Bobby Fischer Unofficial Home Page [updated 9-Dec-2014] ​ Valery Salov site Grand Master Varuzhan Akobian [added 3-Mar-2004] ​ Jeremy Silman [added 3-Mar-2004] ​ Back to the Top S tate Chess Associations' Web Sites Greater Peoria Chess Federation http://www.gpcf.net/links/statelinks.htm [added 23-Feb-2008] ​ List of State Sites Alabama http://www.alabamachess.com Alaska Unknown Arizona http://arkansaschess.net/ Arkansas http://arkansaschess.net/Home.php [updated 21-Nov-2016] ​ California (N) http://www.calchess.org California (S) http://www.scchess.com Colorado http://www.colorado-chess.com Connecticut http://www.ctchess.com Delaware http://www.delawarechess.org Florida http://www.floridachess.org Georgia http://www.georgiachess.org Hawaii http://www.hawaiichess.com/ [updated 21-Nov-2016] ​ Idaho http://www.idahochessassociation.com/ [updated 21-Nov-2016] ​ Illinois http://www.il-chess.org [updated 31-Oct-2015] ​ Indiana http://www.indianachess.org Iowa http://www.chessiniowa.org/home [updated 21-Nov-2016] ​ http://www.kansaschess.org Kansas (scholastic site: http://www.ksca.us) ​ ​ Kentucky http://kcachess.webs.com/ [updated 21-Nov-2016] ​ Louisiana http://www.louisianachess.org [updated 30-Aug-2009] ​ Maine http://chessmaine.net [updated 12-Aug-2008] ​ Maryland http://mdchess.com/ [updated 18-March-2012] ​ Massachusetts http://www.masschess.org Michigan http://www.michess.org Minnesota http://www.minnesotachess.org/ Mississippi http://www.mcachess.org Missouri http://www.mochess.org Montana http://montanachess.org http://www.nebraskachess.com/nsca/index.nsca [updated Nebraska ​ 18-March-2012] Nevada http://www.nevadachess.org New Hampshire http://www.nhchess.org New Jersey http://www.njscf.org New Mexico http://www.nmchess.org New York http://www.nysca.net North Carolina http://www.ncchess.org North Dakota http://www.ndchess.org Ohio http://go.owu.edu/~tagreen/oca/oca.htm [updated 30-Aug-2009] ​ http://www.meetup.com/Oklahoma-Chess-Association/about/ Oklahoma (Meetup group) [updated 21-Nov-2016] http://www.oregonchessfed.org/index.html [added 16-Dec-2015] Oregon ​ Also see: http://www.nwchess.com ​ Pennsylvania http://www.pscfchess.org Rhode Island Unknown South Carolina http://www.scchess.org South Dakota http://www.sdchess.org Tennessee http://tnchess.org Texas http://www.texaschess.org Utah http://www.utahchess.com Vermont http://www.vtchess.info Virginia http://www.vachess.org Washington http://www.nwchess.com West Virginia http://wvchess.org/ [updated 18-March-2012] ​ Wisconsin http://www.wischess.org Wyoming http://www.wyomingchess.com Back to the Top T eaching and Instructional Web Sites Learn Chess Strategies to win [added 11-June-2015] ​ IchessU (chess instruction) [added 14-October-2011] ​ Chessology [added 30-Aug-2009] ​ Anatoly Karpov International School of Chess [added 2-Nov-2007] ​ Facebook page [added 18-March-2012] ​ ​ Chess Strategies & Resources [added 1-Aug-2007] ​ Math and Chess [added 7-May-2007] ​ Chess Academy by Igor Khmelnitsky [added 4-April-2007] ​ Chess Exam & Training Guide [added 4-April-2007] ​ How to Play Chess (for beginners and parents) [added 14-Oct-2005] ​ Chess is Fun [added 9-Feb-2004] ​ Chess Puzzle Series for Kids and Adults [added 9-Feb-2004] ​ The Great Pawn Hunter Chess Tutorial [updated 30-Aug-2009] ​ The Italian Gambit System [added 9-Feb-2004] ​ NM Dan Heisman [added 2-Mar-2004] ​ Predator at the Chessboard: A Field Guide to Chess Tactics [added 16-June-2005] ​ Supreme-Chess [added 7-May-2006] ​ Back to the Top C hess History/Chess Collecting Ken Whyld Association & Foundation for the Bibliography and History of Chess [added ​ 19-November-2016] Cleveland Public Library John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection [added ​ 19-November-2016] The Chess Library [added 19-November-2016] ​ Dr Timothy Harding's Homepage [added 19-November-2016] ​ Chess Quotes [added 9-August-2010] ​ California Chess History [added 14-Oct-2005] ​ Chess Archaeology Back to the Top G eneral Chess Web Sites The Chess Cafe GM Chess Russian Chess Caissa Café (in Portuguese) [added 2-Nov-2009] ​ The Chess Drum [added 30-Aug-2009] ​ Chessdom [added 26-May-2007] ​ TWIC - The Week in Chess by Mark Crowther Archive of "ChessChick's Guide To Girl Stuff" [updated 27-April-2006] ​ La Mecca - Chess Encyclopedia EN PASSANT - Nørresundby Chess Club Correspondence Chess News Chess Today (GM Baburin) The Retrograde Analysis Corner [updated 11-Aug-2002] ​ ECU -- European Chess Union [updated 30-Aug-2009] ​ "The Correspondence Chess Place" The Chess Set Blog [added 18-March-2012] ​ Back to the Top C hess Organizations US Chess Federation (USCF) FIDE ECU -- European Chess Union [updated 30-Aug-2009] ​ Northwest Chess [added 9-Feb-2004] ​ American Postal Chess Tournaments (APCT) ICCF's Official Site ICCF-US official site. Correspondence Chess League of America (CCLA) Canadian Correspondence Chess Association Tournaments (CCCA) Scottish Correspondence Chess Association (SCCA) [updated 2-Mar-2003] ​ Back to the Top C hess Publications and Commercial Web Sites The Regency Chess Collection Canada [added 4-November-2011] ​ Lybrary.com [added 30-March-2010] ​ Chessmaze International [added 23-May-2009] ​ The Regency Chess Company [added 8-February-2009] ​ Chess Today [added 12-August-2007] ​ ChessOK.com (Convekta) [added 10-August-2007] ​ Chessville [added 15-May-2004] ​ New In Chess (NIC) Chess Mail magazine Correspondence Chess News (CCN) [added 29-July-2001] ​ ChessCo and Thinkers' Press [updated 30-Aug-2009] ​ ChessBase International Site (Germany) Alpine Chess and Game Fonts [updated 11-Aug-2002] ​ DTG Projects - Chess Products for the 21st Century [added 7-Apr-2004] ​ All the King's Men - Chess sets for sale [added 17-Apr-2006] ​ Cardoza Books [updated 30-Aug-2009] ​ ChessBaron [added 7-Jan-2011] ​ Back to the Top W eb Site Reference Material VisiBone: The 256-Color Webmaster's Palette Art and the Zen of web sites Website Tips [added 11-Aug-2002] ​ Back to the Top J ournalism References dictionarist, dictionary resources [added 2-December-2016] ​ Open Colleges - Developing your Career, Writing & Communication Courses [added ​ ​ ​ 1-June-2015] American Amateur Press Association [updated 6-Jan-2009] ​ TFD - The Free Dictionary [added 11-Feb-2007] ​ Wikipedia [added 11-Feb-2007] ​ The DICT Development Group Merriam-Webster Online - Dictionary & Thesaurus, etc. Chess Vocabulary in 5 Languages [updated 18-March-2012] ​ 50 Strategies For Making Yourself Work [updated 18-March-2012] ​ Internet-Resources.com Writing Links & Links for Writers Word Stuff [added 28-April-2006] ​ ​ ​ iTools Useful research tools and language tools [added 5-May-2006] ​ ​ ​ Copyright United States Copyright Office [added 9-Sept-2006] ​ ​ ​ Back to the Top O n-line Forums USCF Forums [added 16-August-2006] ​ Back to the Top C hess Data Chess DB Large Chess Games Database [added 23-November-2013] ​ ARGEDREZ International Chess Games Database [added 24-July-2012] ​ MonRoi [added 26-May-2007] ​ Knowledge4IT (click Nalimov EGTB for 6 piece tablebase) [added 26-May-2007] ​ ​ ​ University of Pittsburgh Chess Page Chess Lab - Two million interactive chess games online Chessville - Miscellaneous Downloads [updated 4-Mar-2004] ​ Back to
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