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ChessPublishing provides in depth analysis of many opening lines and explains the opening plan s behind each line. It also

includes a database of more than 20,000 grandmaster commented games which are great for borrowing opening ideas and

improving general understanding of the game.

Chess Videos

ChessVideos specialize on production of high quality chess videos which cover many chess topics from openings, to endgame

strategy and positional studies. Chess endgame simulation tool is especially u seful for practicing certain theoretical ending sagainst the computer.

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Chess Blogs:

Pogonina

Pogonina blog provides many interesting articles covering recent chess events and chess as a sport in general written by WGM

Natalia Pogonina and Peter Zhdanov.

Chess Cafe

ChessCafe is one of the oldest and well established chess websites/blogs in the world. They write pretty much about every single

aspect of chess including endga me studies, book reviews, detailed opening s explanations, etc. ChessCafe also covers current

events in the world of professional chess.

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This blog is run by GM Susan Polgar. It talks just about everything that has to do with chess. If you're interested in the game and

looking for ways to improve, this place ha ve materials you should definitely check out.

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Chess Tactics:

Chess Tempo

ChessTempo is a number one de stination for serious tactics training. They have many sophisticated tactical proble ms available to

solve, varying by difficulty from a complete beginne r to a super grandmaster level. They also offer endgame training studies,

chess databases and a casual game against a computer.

WFCC

For those looking for a serious tactical challenge , the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) is another great resource

for finding novel and extremely difficult chess problems.

Chess Gym

ChessGym offers a large database of chess pu zzles of various difficulty. There are many different tactics solving modes available

including memorization of positions, timed solving, blitz exercises and so on .

Arves

Arves is an o nlin e che ss club which specia lizes on e ndga me studi es. If you are l ooking to test you r end game probl em sol ving

skills, this is a must go site.

Chess Tactics Server

Chess Tactics Server (CTS) provides many 10,000s of chess problems availabl e for you to solve. Based on the number of tries,

time and general performance they assign you a 'tactics solving' rating based on Glicko system.

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Informational Websites:

FIDE

FIDE is the most official chess website in the world. Enough said.

Chess Base

ChessBase covers all of the international chess news, varying from Anand - Carlsen World Chess Champion ship Match to recent

cheating scandals in Bulgaria.

Chess Vibes

ChessVibes is somewhat similar to the site described above, in other words they also cover chess news from around the world,

but just from a little different perspective. Visit and judge for yourself.

Chess Dom

Chessdom is an i nformational po rtal which broadcasts live games from all of the major chess tournaments, along with a GM

commentary (for most important games) and a build in computer analysis.

Chess-News

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Chess-News is an informational website that talks just about everything that has to do wi th chess tournaments, grandmasters and

current rating standings. An excellent resource for chess fans and improvers.

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Online Chess:

Chess.com

Chess.com is the big gest online chess community in the wo rld. It features various chess related forums, online chess games,

tactics trainer, opening/endgames an alysis, educational videos by titled pla yers, etc.

Chess Cube

Chesscube provides a nice and a very user friendly chess playing environment for players of any strength and skill. They employ

virtual currency that can be earned by winning rated games and used to 'buy' video lectures on demand.

Free Chess

Freechess (FICS) is one of the largest online playing servers in the world.

ICC

Chessclub.com (ICC) is somewhat similar to FICS but also in cludes annotated games section, live video le ctures, grandmaster's

games broadcasts analysis, etc. Most of the ICC features require paid subscription.

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Bonus:

Here is a little list of the additional chess resources that maybe helpful to some:

Finding Strengths and Weaknesses of Your Chess

Chess Training Program Outline (for up to 2100 ELO)

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#17 chessbibliophile 2014-12-04 09:22Dear reader,Sadly, Chessville is defunct.However, its old material is in public domain.You may take a look:

web.archive.org/.../...

#16 leandro 2014-12-04 07:35Very nice hintsI could add CHESSOPOLIS, very great siteand CHESSVILLECHESSGAMES

anyway, here it's very nice sites :)

#15 Yury 2014-01-26 23:27

Hello Danilo and David, the websites you presented are very good and may make the next top list Stay tuned!

#14 danilo 2014-01-26 13:49

A nice place to freely play chess: en.lichess.org also computer analysis is free!

#13 David H 2014-01-26 13:41I think Powerplay chess, by Daniel King is an excelent youtube channel dedicated to chess, maybe will be nice toadd it

#12 chessbibliophile 2013-12-04 11:29Dear readers,

ARVES English page is ava ilab le.Do take a look if you are interested in endgame studies:www.arves.org/.../index.htm

#11 Yury 2013-11-03 23:23

Quoting Reurbz:

Very informative. Nice compilation.

Thanks, Reurbz!

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#10 Reurbz 2013-11-03 20:33Very informative. Nice compilation.

#9 Kendr. 2013-10-30 10:23My antivirus (Norton 360) did not see any issues with any of the sites. Yes, I visited all of them!!!

Anyway, a re al n ice l ist, Yury.

#8 Yury 2013-10-30 09:34

Quoting Nimzo:

Arves is infected. A trojan was blocked.

Hey Nimzo, thanks for the info. I bel ieve the a rves.com is safe. I checked it with multiple onli ne virus/malwarescanners. You can check one of the reports below:

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