Chess Links And Resources

Organizations

• New Hampshire Chess Association
  The New Hampshire Chess Association (NHCA) is a non-profit organization whose primary goal is to promote chess in the state of New Hampshire.
• United States Chess Federation
  The United States Chess Federation (USCF) is the official, not-for-profit US membership organization for chess players and chess supporters of all ages and strengths, from beginners to Grandmasters. The, USCF has grown to over 80,000 members and 2,000+ affiliated chess clubs and organizations today.
• FIDE: World Chess Federation
  Founded in Paris on 20 July 1924, the World Chess Federation is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the supreme body, responsible for the organization of chess and its championships at global and continental levels.

Sites of Interest

• handmadechess
  A wonderfully interesting, instructive, and educational chess site focusing on the construction and design of hand made chess pieces and boards. Well worth a visit.
• The Internet Chess Club (ICC)
  The Internet Chess Club is the longest running, most popular, and best place to play chess on the Internet.
• PlayChess.com
  The most popular chess server in the world. More than 5000 players online every night. 200,000 games per day.
• Chess Corner: World Chess Champions
  A wonderful web site and resource detailing the former world chess champions and the opportunity to view thousands of their games.
• ChessBase: Online Database
  A chess viewer that allows you to make moves creating a position, and then search for games that took place with that position.

Free Programs and Resources

• Arena
  Arena is a free Graphical User Interface (GUI) for chess. Arena helps you in analyzing and playing games as well as in testing chess engines. It runs on Linux or Windows. Arena is compatible to UCI and Winboard protocols. Furthermore, Arena supports Chess960, DGT electronic chess boards & DGT clocks and much more.
• Lucas Chess
  The program has 52 engines prepared to play from the start, and with very different levels, from 0 to 3300 elo. This list of engines is not closed and you can add other ones with the only limitation that they use the UCI protocol. The game can be set, limiting the depth of analysis of the motor or the time used to think, or by modifying the way in which it decides. You can also choose the opening, or start in a certain position, or that the engine uses a book of openings or more or less aid. Younger children will be able to begin their apprenticeship with special engines that know little more than moving the pieces, and this will enable them to win against the engines from the very beginning.
• ChessX
  ChessX is a wonderful, free chess software that is perfect for storing and analyzing games, setting up positions, and working with databases. It is compatible with many free chess engines for game analysis. I recommend visiting their website to see a full list of its features and functionality. A must own really. use.
• MyFreeGames.com
  Another interesting collection of chess games sorted by opening or defense, and also featuring certain Grandmaster's games by name, all in PGN format. A program such as ChessCat is useful for viewing them.

Printable Items

• A Quick Guide to Improving Your Chess
  A quick guide to improving your chess game and increasing your rating. Written by Ed Harris, this guide is a short summary of important chess tips gained from over 46 years of tournament play. If you have been struggling to improve your game, this guide is a must have.
• Historic USCF Score Sheets
  These score sheets were provided by the USCF during the 70's back when the USCF was located in Newburg, NY. I like them because they have a narrower width so they take less space on the playing table, and because you can record 60 moves on one side, which is more than most other score sheets allow.
• Score Sheets
  These score sheets are saved as an Adobe PDF file. If you have the Adobe reader installed on your computer you can open and print them.
Historic USCF Score Sheets.pdf
• Score Sheets 2
  These score sheets are saved as an Adobe PDF file. Another choice of printable score sheets in a slightly different format.
• Chess Basic Moves and Captures
  This is a very basic document in PDF format. Basic instructions on how the chess pieces move and capture. Includes some information on checking and checkmate.
• Chess Basic Moves and Captures 2
  Another very basic document in PDF format offering basic instructions on piece movement from a slightly different perspective.
• Chess Research Summary: Student Benefits
  A factually detailed document siting many of the studies that have been done explaining the benefits of chess on school students.