http://www.chessknowledge.com/Chess Directory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand Anand's rise in the Indian chess world was meteoric. National level success came early for him when he won the National Sub-Junior Chess Championship with a score of 9/9 in 1983 at the age of fourteen. He became the youngest Indian to win the International Master Title at the age of fifteen, in 1984. At the age of sixteen he became the national chess champion and won that title two more times. He played games at blitz speed. In 1987, he became the first Indian to win the World Junior Chess...Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:42:22 GMThttp://www.chesscenter.com/twictheory/ An electronic magazine for the chess community. High quality articles delivered to you in ChessBase, PGN or PDF format. TWIC Theory is a monthly service which will appear in the last week of every month. You can now subscribe for one year during which time you will receive the next twelve issues or you can buy them singly. Each issue is emailed to you as a PDF, ChessBase or PGN file.Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:54:09 GMThttp://www.chesslecture.com/sample.php A sample video from the Chess Lecture website and their chess video library. The video is by IM Jesse Kraai. The "Fried Liver Attack: Part I", level is "Beginner" and category is "The Openings"Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:31:11 GMThttp://www.expertvillage.com/interviews/chess-tips.htm Ken holds a Ph.D. from New York University and has been an avid chess player for forty years. He is a rated player and has played and won several chess tournaments. Ken plays three or four rated games online everyday.Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:38:36 GMThttp://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/learn.htm Chess is a very old game. People believe that it originated in India in the fourth or fifth century but no one really knows who invented it. Chess is an intellectual competition between two players and is a very logical game where luck plays little part. The winner is the person who solves the puzzles on the chess board better than her opponent.Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:56:44 GMThttp://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html A weekly update from the world of chess. Very comprehensive.Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:42:25 GMThttp://www.kramnik.com/ It is an almost senseless challenge to describe GM Vladimir Kramnik in only a few lines. His personality has too many facets; his areas of interests are too diverse. What is clear is that Vladimir Kramnik is not solely fixated on chess. Current affairs interest him just as intensively as numerous sport and cultural activities, several of which he regularly engages in. The cosmopolitan would love to enjoy life ever more intensively, but his drive to succeed holds this inclination within limits...Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:29:16 GMThttp://www.chesscorner.com/worldchamps/kasparov/kasparov.htm Garry Kimovich Kasparov was born Gary Weinstein in Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR in 1963. Kasparov learned to play chess from his father who later died in a road accident when he was 7 years old. He subsequently changed his name to Kasparov, a Russified version of his mother's maiden name, Kasparyan. Kasparov's chess talent was apparent at an early age. In 1973 he attended the Botvinnik Chess School and Kasparov continued to make rapid progress...Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:53:30 GMThttp://www.chesslecture.com/ At ChessLecture.com, we are in the process of building one of the largest chess video libraries in the world. A new, unreleased video is produced and made available in our library everyday, Monday thru Friday. The video library currently has 621 videos available for viewing. All of our videos are placed into nine different categories and are placed into skill levels. We have setup our library this way to help you decide on which videos are best for you.Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:21:05 GMThttp://www.chessvideos.tv/ ChessVideos.TV is a community driven site where anybody can record and upload and videos of themselves playing chess or analyzing games. Of course, our resident chess expert, Josh Specht is always there to provide his expert analysis whether in the forum or through his videos.Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:07:47 GMThttp://www.chessclub.com/ The Internet Chess Club (ICC) is the longest running, most popular, and best place to play chess on the Internet. No where else can you find as many chess enthusiasts ready for a quick round of blitz, a short chat, or an impromptu tournament. It is not uncommon to find more than 3,000 chess players hanging out on ICC where more than 100,000 games are played each day.Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:16:26 GMThttp://www.che55.com/ Play chess games worldwide against human opponents, totally free.Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:46:49 GMThttp://www.zebrachess.com Downloadable real-time chess game, the games can be played back, social networking.Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:03:03 GMThttp://www.chess.ca/index_e.html The Chess Federation of Canada is a charitable organization whose mandate is to promote and encourage the knowledge, study and play of the game of chess in Canada. The C.F.C. organizes National Championships (Canadian Closed, Canadian Womens Closed, Canadian Junior and Canadian Youth Chess Championship), and provides funding for the winners to go on to the World Championships.Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:46:24 GMThttp://www.chesscorner.com/worldchamps/capablanca/capablanca.htm Jose Raul Capablanca was born in Havana, Cuba on the 19th of November 1888. He learned chess at the age of four by watching his father play and in 1901, at the age of 12, he beat Juan Corzo, the Cuban champion. Capablanca was regarded as the most naturally talented chess player anyone had ever seen. He was educated in America, studied engineering at Columbia University and spent much of his free time playing masters at the Manhattan Chess Club in New York City...Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:45:52 GMThttp://www.chesscorner.com/worldchamps/fischer/fischer.htm Robert James Fischer is considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time. He was born in Chicago, USA in 1943 and brought up in Brooklyn where his mother moved after she was divorced in 1945. He learned to play chess at the age of 6 and soon became deeply absorbed in the game saying "All I want to do, ever, is play chess." At the age of 13 he became the youngest national junior chess champion in the USA and at the age of 14 he became the youngest senior US Champion...Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:52:11 GMThttp://www.expertvillage.com/videos/chess-intro.htm Hi! My name is Ken and I am here to talk to you about playing chess. The first thing is to look here at the chess board. Pieces here in the front are the Pawns. They go all across the board. In the back we have the Rook, we have the knight, the Bishop, the Queen, the King. On the other side we have another Bishop, another Knight and another Rook. On the back side of the board we have the same pieces. All the pieces in the front are the Pawns...Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:42:03 GMThttp://www.chesscentral.com/ ChessCentral carries a complete line of chess software from precision chess playing software engines from Germany to chess training software from the chess coaches of Russia. Many chess software products and chess downloads are unique to ChessCentral and can be found nowhere else. But that is not all! Check out our selection of chess books, chess to download, electronic chess set computers and chess sets and chess boards...Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:46:45 GMThttp://www.chessbase.com/events/index.asp Chessbase doesn't talk mauch but their news and resources are very well done. In the Google tradition the site is simple and uncluttered.Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:08:00 GMThttp://www.uschess.org/ 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 represents the United States in the World Chess Federation (FIDE), linking US members to chess players around the world.Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:04:46 GMT