CHESS TOOLBOX: 30+ Online Chess Resources

Written on 2008-02-19 – 6:46 pm | by PoPerGame

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One of the best ways to kill time when you’ve got nothing else to do online is still a game of good old chess. The choice, however, between the dozens of available live games and other resources is not an easy one. We’ve assembled a list of 30 chess-related resources for easy reference.

Live Games

    Live Games

     

  • 64squar.es - Simple AJAX chess with a great looking interface.
  • Chess.net - Play with anyone - from a beginner to champion Anatoly Karpov for $30/year (or just play for free on Fridays).
  • Chess Any Time - Gaming zone with hundreds of players, powered by Java.
  • ChessHere.com - Rated games with time limits.
  • Chesspark - Beautiful online client with a monthly fee. True Ventures agrees, since they just funded them with $1,000,000.
  • Free Internet Chess Server - With over 300,000 users and a powerful Java interface, it’s no wonder FICS is one of the most popular sites in the world.
  • Instant Chess - Play against players from anywhere in the world. No registration required.
  • Internet Chess Club - Play in tournaments, take chess lessons, and much more from one of the most popular chess clubs on the ‘Net.
  • Morfik Chess - Single or multiplayer AJAX style chess.
  • MSN Chess - If you don’t mind using IE 6 or higher, you can play real-time chess with anyone with a Windows Live ID.
  • Yahoo Chess - You’ll have to bypass an annoying ad and open a ton of windows, but Yahoo Chess is one of the biggest chess servers on the web for beginners, intermediates, or masters.

Correspondence

    Correspondence

  • Ajaxplay - Email notification, ratings, and more are built into this powerful AJAX app.
  • Chess.com - Huge site with a social network, email, coaches, videos, forums, and much more(see coverage here).
  • ChessHere.com - Forums, tournaments, championships, teams, and much more are available with this powerful game server.
  • Chess on the Web - Powerful correspondence server.
  • Chessworld.net - Extremely popular chess site with many customizable features.
  • Free Internet Correspondence Games Server - Win tournaments, rated games, and even play games for money with FICGS.
  • GE Chess - Ever played chess in Google Earth? Me neither, until I found GE Chess. You can even play online without Google Earth, if you choose to do so.
  • Instant Chess - Play chess, Fischer chess, or checkers via email.
  • International Correspondence Chess Federation - Play hundreds of rated international users on the ICCF.
  • Playchess.de - With tournaments, PGN format support, and much more, Playchess.de is a must-have for any chess user.
  • Queen Alice - Community of international players with ratings, tournaments, and much more.
  • Red Hot Pawn - With over 100,000 users, clans, notebooks, messaging, and more, Red Hot Pawn is a winner in any chess book.
  • SchemingMind.com - Popular correspondence site with multiple varieties of chess.

AI

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  • Morfik Chess - Single or multiplayer AJAX style chess.
  • Thinking Machine - Java engine that graphically displays what it’s thinking about.
  • TkChess - Java or text engine from Yale.
  • WebChess - GNU Chess engine online.

News

    News

  • Chessbase - Daily news, opinion, chess history, and much more.
  • Chess Life Magazine - The official magazine of the US Chess Federation.
  • This Week In Chess - Leo Laporte would probably want these guys to change their name. It’s still a great chess news site for chess afficionados.

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