Chess Resources: Books, Websites, Magazines
Chess Rules, Pieces, History, Games
Encyclopaedia Brittanica, various articles
The Chess Compeditor's Handbook, Bozidar Kazic - does all the rules,
explains the rating system, the Swiss pairing system, round robin tables,
organising events etc.
History of Chess, Laws, Variants
The Oxford Companion to Chess, David Hooper and Kenneth Whydd, 1984
Chess History at chess.about.com
http://misc.traveller.com/chess/history/-
Bill Wall's summary, interesting snippets.
History of World Champions
Encyclopaedia Brittanica
World Chess Champions at http://www.academicchess.com/ratings/Worldchamionlist.shtml
List of chess world championship matches at http://chess-guide.fateback.com/players/world_champions/
Chess Websites in Ireland
Irish Chess Online. See links section.
The Irish Chess Archive
Irish Chess Calendar
Elm Mount Chess Club
International Websites
The Week in Chess
FIDÉ
Chessbase
London Chess Centre, Chess MAgazine
Chess Coaching
Exeter Chess Club
Coaching Page
Chess Programs
Look up ChessBase at chessbase.com, a program to allow you input and
play through your own and others' games, including ones downloaded from
master tournaments. You can download Chessbase Light for free. Look
for it in Google, then visit "The Week in Chess" above.
Fritz, one of the strongest programs to play against. Too strong.
Playing Chess Online
There are lots of good, many free, places to play chess online.
One I like is at freechess.org. I have gone off Yahoo games chess as
people there like 1 minute games.
Chess Books I Reccommend
Openings
Stewart Reuben, Chess Openings Your Choice - Excellent, comprehensive,
readable
Batsford Chess Openings - for those ones Stewart leaves out
Fritz chess playing program, see its openings book
Middlegame, Tactics
Irving Chernev, Winning Chess, tactical ideas explained in an
entertaining way
Irving Chernev, Logical Chess, whole games analysed move by move, with the
underlying ideas explained
Any book on tactics, problems, "test yourself", "Choose
your move"
The Irish Times problems (Its often a Queen sacrifice")
Florian, Defence and Counterattack
Endgame
Winning Endgames, Kosten
Hall, Endgame Challenge
General
In general, choose a book you will enjoy reading, not too dry, whatever
motivates you to study. Interactive books are best. Try to
undestand the openings rather than learn off a list of variations which
are unkiley to occur. At the same time be familiar with common traps
in your opening repertoire. Study endgames first as this id how to
learn how the pieces work best.
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