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| | Chess Glossary |
 | | The Gebfuhs Score is equal to the Sonneborn-Berger score when all players play the same number of games. | | | System of recording the moves of a Chess game based on the names of the pieces and places they occupy before the game begins. | | | A pattern of moves expected to be played based on theoretical manuals by Chess players. |
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http://www.chess-poster.com/english/glossary.htm
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| | FIDE Online. FIDE Handbook: Chess rules |
| | The game of chess is played between two opponents who move their pieces alternately on a square board called a `chessboard`. | | | When using a chess clock, each player must make a minimum number of moves or all moves in an allotted period of time and/or may be allocated an additional amount of time with each move. | | | Unless announced otherwise in advance, a player who wins his game, or wins by forfeit, scores one point (1), a player who loses his game, or forfeits scores no points (0) and a player who draws his game scores a half point (1/2). |
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http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101
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| | START CHESS.COM - Chess Search Engine & Directory - Learn Chess & Play Chess |
| | Chess is not a game of chance; it is based solely on tactics and strategy, and for this reason, it is sometimes known by the soubriquet the "Game of Kings". | | | Many variants and relatives of chess are played throughout the world; amongst them, the most popular are Xiangqi (in China), Janggi (in Korea), Shogi (in Japan), and Buddhi Chal (in Nepal), all of which come from the same historical stem as chess. | | | Chess is played both recreationally and competitively in clubs, tournaments, online, and by mail (correspondence chess). |
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http://www.startchess.com
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| | Illustrated rules of chess |
| | Chess is a game, played by two players. | | | Often, players play the game with chess clocks. | | | For the fine points of this rule, see the official rules of chess. |
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http://www.chessvariants.com/d.chess/chess.html
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| | Chess Commander |
| | Chess Commander is a next generation chess game for the PC. | | | You can also improve your game by studying 1000s of matches played by grandmasters, or create your own game databases for future reference. | | | Play a few moves and save the game for later, or play a move at a time with an email game. |
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http://www.chesscommander.com
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| | Chess (musical) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The story involves a romantic triangle between two players in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other. | | | In the deciding game of the match, The Russian manages an exceptional victory, and realizes that it may be the only success he can achieve - Svetlana castigates him for wallowing in the crowd's empty praise. | | | The American version has different settings and a completely different Act 2. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_(musical)
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| | Open Directory - Games: Board Games: Abstract: Battle Games: Chess |
| | Chess Guide - Includes history, famous games and players, rules, strategy, tactics, chess and the computer, documentation and literature, and variants. | | | Chess Poster - Problems, news, games, history, players, and rules. | | | The Chess Quiz - Features questions to test knowledge of game rules. |
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http://dmoz.org/Games/Board_Games/Abstract/Battle_Games/Chess
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| | Chess |
| | chess, chess game = a game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king. | | | A board game for two players played on a board containing 64 squares alternately black and white. | | | Both players were then stripped of their right to contest the World Chess Federation title by FIDE, who invited Russian grandmaster Anatoly Karpov and Dutch grandmaster Jan Timman to play in their place. |
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http://eluzions.com/Games/Board/Chess
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| | Chess |
| | Much of the mental computation done by chess players is invisible to the player and to outside observers. | | | Whereas a chess player sees the disposition of all the pieces all the time, a poker player sees only some of the cards -- drawn or dealt from a shuffled deck -- that are in play." | | | May 25, 2005: Only a pawn in its game. |
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http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/chess.html
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| | Cub Scout Academics - Chess |
| | Participate in a pack, school, or community chess tournament. | | | Visit a chess tournament and tell your den about it. | | | Learn to write chess notation and record a game with another Scout. |
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http://www.usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/academics/chess.html
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| | The Chess Mind - |
| | The major reason is that Bessel Kok only looks at chess from the point of view of the professional chess players. | | | The 18-year-old Zvjaginsev made a big splash in the chess world with this Semi-Slav win, as his deeply calculated sacrificial attack won the prize for the best game in Informant 62. | | | White to move and win (the solution and the full game are available here). |
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http://chessmind.powerblogs.com
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| | GameKnot -- play chess online! Internet chess games. |
| | All active rated chess players: [ 1 - 10 - 20 - 30 - 40 - 50 - 60 - 70 - 80 ] | | | The defending chess champions scored nine points in 12 games, a full point ahead of their chief rival and the event host, University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). | | | The World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov's fifty per cent at last month's Amber chess tournament in Monaco surely counts as quite a serious reverse, even though he did score 6.5/11 at straight Rapidplay and 4.5/11 at the more specialised Blindfold rapidplay. |
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http://gameknot.com
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| | Chess Assistant Chess Website :: Chess programs, chess books |
| | At the portal ChessAssistant.com we are holding Open Internet chess blitz Cup dedicated to a 50-year jubilee of the Central House of Chess Players named after M. Botvinnik for the prizes of FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (10 000 dollars). | | | In the past tournaments chess players from 48 countries of the world took part. | | | The list of the players who gained the score points in the individual reckoning according to the results of the first five tournaments. |
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http://www.convekta.com
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| | Chess Live |
| | Chess Live is a great place to find new opponents, improve your game, play in tournaments, and rub elbows with chessmasters from around the world. | | | The Game Timer II chess clock offers the largest display and widest variety of preset game options of any game timer on the market today. | | | Chess Live offers dozens of tournaments each day, spanning all major time controls and variants. |
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http://www.chess-live.com/dojo/25/v.jsp?p=/home
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| | ChessCafe.com |
| | Chess Tactics for Champions is intended for novices, but stronger, more advanced players. | | | Finally, if you are looking to mix a little chess fun with your card playing, you will be most interested in the new | | | The stated purpose of the new series is to give the reader an understanding of the opening, rather than engage in complicated sophisticated theoretical discussions. |
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http://www.chesscafe.com
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| | The Chess Story |
| | Howlin' Wolf recorded for many years on Chess and was one of the most influential bluesmen in history, his influence can be heard in the music of many of the young British and American blues players that became so successful in the '60s and '70s. | | | He recorded a string of soul hits for Chess, including "I Do Love You", "Sitting in the Park" and "Summertime". | | | Gayten brought them Clarence "Frogman" Henry who had a hit "Ain't Got No Home" in 1956 and "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do" and "You Always Hurt the One You Love" in 1961. |
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http://www.bsnpubs.com/chess/chesscheck.html
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| | Russian Chess |
| | Both players and their managers have agreed with all the technical details of the match, which will consist of 12 games, and the prize fund will be a guaranteed minimum amount of 1 million US dollars. | | | Anatoly Karpov played a demonstrative chess game with pieces as dummies against young Saint-Petersburg chess player Polina Malysheva at an exhibition of American artist Lizy Lido in Saint-Petersburg. | | | He was twice the World Championship challenger (1953, 1971), Chess Olympiad World Champion (1956), four times the European Champion, World Champion among students (1955), two times the World Champion among seniors (1993, 1994), USSR Champion (1956), the winner and prizewinner of more than 80 international tournaments. |
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http://www.ruschess.com
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| | Chess News, Chess Programs, Databases - Play Chess Online |
| | The realm of postcard and email chess tends to be wrongly neglected — it is a treasure trove of great, theoretically significant games. | | | GM Koneru Humpy has just turned 19 and is the second strongest woman player in the world (after Judit Polgar). | | | 110 has 1756 recent games, about 500 with expert annotations, plus almost 2500 correspondence chess games. |
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http://www.chessbase.com
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| | Chess on Stamps |
| | This stamp, probably the first "chess stamp," is one of a set of five issued to commemorate the 1947 Balkan Games, held in Bulgaria, in which Chess was one of the sports. | | | He was felled by a stroke while watching a game at the Manhattan Chess Club and died the next day. | | | Capablanca [1888-1942] learned the moves at the age of four by watching his father play, and defeated Cuba's best player in 1901. |
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http://www.trussel.com/f_stamps.htm
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| | Free Chess Game - Play Chess Online, Blitz Chess |
| | Whether you're looking for a social free chess game or a competitive rated game, there are always couple of players to choose from. | | | Add this free chess game to your site! | | | Come and test your skills in FlyOrDie's free Chess Game. |
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http://www.flyordie.com/chess
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| | Chess |
| | Pachman analysis 65 pivotal games from 1870 to 1972, looking not just at the actual chess moves on the board but also the competitive and psychological aspects of the situation. | | | One or two brutal opening moves, each one involving a vulgar, obvious threat, a common, banal sacrifice, a painfully elementary, bestially raw checkmate such, more or less, was the course of chess games before my heyday set in. | | | The fact is that I'm a marvelous player, even if the whole chess world bursts with envy. |
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http://mychess.blogspot.com
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| | Knightmare Chess! |
| | Knightmare Chess is chess played with cards - and what cards! | | | Each card is assigned a point value, so you can build custom decks based on an agreed point total, or handicap the match so the better player has fewer powerful cards. | | | Discuss Knightmare Chess in the Steve Jackson Games Forums. |
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http://www.sjgames.com/knightmare
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| | Technorati Tag: chess |
| | Chess - Verizon Wireless Download Chess and other games, ringtones, wallpapers, alerts and much more to your Verizon Wireless phone. | | | Chess Sets - Bargain Prices Shop fast, Buy smart, Shopzilla for Chess Sets and other Toys and Games. | | | Related tags: Games, Chess Blog, News, Blogs, MDLM, Internet, Blog, Blogging, PGN. |
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http://www.technorati.com/tag/chess
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| | Chess.FM - Internet Chess Radio |
| | As many of you know, Max was completely exonerated at his trial, and even enjoyed a relatively successful return to competitive chess, making an even score at the recent US Championship and playing a delightful brilliancy against Igor Schneider. | | | After retiring from full-time chess in the mid-1990's, Max began a successful career on Wall Street as a securities trader for Bankers Trust-a job he applied for after the company advertised directly for master strength chess players! | | | Questions on tournament rules, opening play, chess books, chess politics, current events, and more! |
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http://www.chess.fm
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| | RedHotPawn.com - Play free online chess |
| | During your game of online chess, you may review the entire chess game history, write strategy notes to yourself or even message your opponent. | | | Your opponent will then visit the site to make their move, and then you will receive an (optional) email informing you it is your turn to move. | | | And to guarantee you always have a move to make whenever you visit, you may play multiple games at once, and as all the boards are viewed online, there is no need to set up a conventional board each time! |
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http://www.redhotpawn.com
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| | InstantChess.com - Play Chess Online (Cup of coffee compatible) |
| | Your progress in internet chess is compared with that of other players, and so lets you see how good your skill is and how to aim for new heights. | | | Online chess tournaments offer you the rush of adrenaline by playing on a virtual battle-field and experience the excitement of winning and losing. | | | Each game of chess you play here is saved and used to calculate reports and graphs that provide an easy way to help you assess your personal skill and development. |
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http://www.instantchess.com
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| | ChessGames.com Online Chess Games Database |
| | Any married man will tell you that life is like a game of chess: everything is centered around the queen. | | | Do you have an important chess game that we are missing? | | | You are encouraged to participate and learn from players stronger than yourself, while guiding those who are weaker. |
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http://www.chessgames.com
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| | US Chess Federation |
| | Welcome to the US Chess Federation, the official sanctioning body for over the board tournament play in the US. | | | These rates represent a significant savings compared to our regular rates of $49 one year, $90 two years, or $130 three years. | | | With over 90,000 members, we offer something for every player, from beginner to Grandmaster! |
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http://www.uschess.org
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| | Sigma Chess - Macintosh Chess Software |
| | Analyze and annotate games: Instruct Sigma Chess to annotate games with its analysis, or add your own free text annotations including diagrams and move suffixes. | | | Additionally you can import PGN game files that you have e.g. | | | Maintain & access game collections/databases: The built-in database manager lets you filter and sort large game collections. |
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http://www.sigmachess.com
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| | Internet Chess Club: Where the Grandmasters Play Online Chess |
| | Chess Assistant gives a weekly prize to the person who scores most points throughout the week (10 tournaments in total). | | | ICC, the Tomato managers and Chess Assistant present the Weekday Blitz Challenge tournament series with prizes worth about USD 100 every week! | | | ICC has over 500 free tournaments every week! |
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http://www.chessclub.com
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| | Guardian Unlimited Sport Special reports |
| | Does the thrashing of Britain's top chess player, Michael Adams, by a computer spell doom for the game, asks Stephen Moss. | | | Guardian columnist Nigel Short's greatest challenge will be to transform journalist Stephen Moss into a half-decent player. | | | Stephen Moss: Do you ever do those chess puzzles - white to play and mate in four? |
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http://sport.guardian.co.uk/chess
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| | MECCA - Chess Encyclopedia - Main Page |
| | I have made this site to help chess players all over the world. | | | My name is Maurizio Mascheroni (nickname maskeret) and I'm an Italian chess player and tournaments director. | | | If you want to add or change the information about a player (for Who is Who section), you can compile this form. |
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http://www.maskeret.com/mecca/index.shtml
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| | CHESS GALAXY-Window to the world of chess |
| | In 1925, Reti played against 30 players simultaneously without watching the chess board(blindfold). | | | When he was going home after that, he forgot a suitcase. | | | Check out the downloads section for the newly introduced TASC Chess Tutor software. |
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http://www.geocities.com/duvvuriravi/chessgalaxy.html
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| | WebChess |
| | Chess puzzles, openings, live games, tournaments, prizes, etc. | | | Just Chess - improve your game with tips and tricks | | | AtlanticGames.net - play against another person via visual correspondence. |
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http://chess.delorie.com
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| | Chess - MSN Games - Free Online Games |
| | If you know what moves each piece is permitted, you know how to play Chess -- essentially. | | | You may view the content within this site using any client browser and you can download games to play them off-line, however; the on-line games will only work with the Internet Explorer 5.01 or later browser on Windows 98 or later operating systems. | | | Chess - MSN Games - Free Online Games |
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http://zone.msn.com/chess
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| | Chess Sets UK : The Chess SuperStore - Huge Sale! |
| | Welcome to Chess Sets UK Specialists in Chess Set & Backgammon board games. | | | Go is a game of territorial capture- the primary objective is to encircle as much territory as possible. | | | The Chess Pieces are completely hand painted and are exceptional value. |
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http://www.chess-sets-uk.co.uk
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| | Valentin Iliescu Chess |
| | full understanding of the chess rules: draw by repetition / by 50 move rule / by insufficient material, castling, en passant etc. | | | A fully-featured freeware chess game based on Microsoft®.NET Compact Framework | | | Pocket PC Chess Game Checkmates with.NET Compact Framework. |
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http://www.valil.com/chess2
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| | Welcome to Net-Chess.Com |
| | All of the games here are correspondence chess games, and have strict user selectable time controls. | | | This way you can find an opponent who will play at the same speed you like to play at. | | | This site allows people from all over the world to find an opponent and play chess through a rich web based interface. |
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http://www.net-chess.com
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| | Internet Chess |
| | Our lives often preclude us from having a leisurely game of chess with our friends and neighbors, playing internet chess helps us come together on our own schedules to play. | | | Here, you play at your own pace, you don't have to pay, and you can chose among your friends, or make new friends. | | | Internet Chess at interligence.com is here to provide a free are for chess enthusiasts. |
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http://www.interligence.com
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| | Chess Corner |
| | Send a Chess Corner Greeting Card to that special person to let them know you are thinking about them while you are playing chess! | | | Ever wondered what the Sicilian Scheveningen Variation or Reti Opening is? Find out here! | | | This chess site was created by a chess enthusiast for chess enthusiasts, especially those new to this fascinating game. |
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http://www.chesscorner.com
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| | Play chess, backgammon, dominoes, gin rummy, poker rush, cribbage, canasta. Win CA$H or play for FREE. 2 million games ... |
| | Play chess, backgammon, dominoes, gin rummy, poker rush, cribbage, canasta. | | | Play Gin Rummy, Canasta online - FREE or CA$H games and Tournaments. | | | interactive study of chess games, generation of PGN |
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http://www.chesslab.com
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| | US Chess Federation: |
| | For a Tournament Life Announcement Schedule for Chess Life - Click here for TLA Schedules. | | | [Tournaments] [Top Players] [Clubs] [Scholastic] [Correspondence Chess] [Links] [Governance] | | | is your lifeline to the entire chess community, whether you are a Novice or a Grandmaster - or any where in between. |
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http://www.uschess.org/about/clife.php
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| | ChessAssistance.com Review of Chess Combinations Encyclopedia |
| | In fact there are over 100 different classifications of these, spanning from the standard "removing the defender" to the more specific, e.g. | | | Click on my name to send me e-mail (must have javascript on) | | | See the chess store at Convekta to purchase this program, or for more information. |
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http://www.chessassistance.com/News/Chess_Combinations_Encycl.html
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| | Chess.com - Online Chess Community |
| | These amazing chess sets appeal to those who want a striking combination set that will turn heads at any club or tournament. | | | The Executive Tournament Chess Set Combo is our top of the line tournament combo chess set and includes our very popular quadruple-weighted 3 7/8" Executive Staunton Chess Pieces, a Quality Vinyl Chessboard (20"), and a Carryall Tournament Chess Bag. | | | Each set comes with one set of 34 chess pieces (extra queens included), one chess board, and one chess bag. |
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http://www.chess.com
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| | Chess on Stamps |
| | There are also dozens of fraudulent chess issues from Mali, Myanmar, Rwanda, Sahara Republic (and variants of same), Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan etc. For more detail, see PWO Illegal Stamps and the excellent Expertizers article on illegals (including a listing of naughty dealers who try to sell fraudulent issues on eBay). | | | Covers everything - stamps, FDC, stationery, official chess postmarks, and other chess collectibles. | | | There are some excellent societies devoted to philatelic chess: |
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http://www.tri.org.au/chess
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| | Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) |
| | Whether serious with your chess or just looking for the occasional game, whether looking for another player or eager to challenge a strong computer, whether you like a blitz chess or you are fond of one of the many variants, here you can play chess over the internet for free. | | | The Free Internet Chess Server, with over 150000 registered users, is one of the oldest and one of the largest internet chess servers. | | | Last modified: Sat Mar 04 02:31:58 GMT Standard Time 2006 |
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http://www.freechess.org
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| | Chess - Center for Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems |
| | The Fall review is expected to take place in September/October 2006. | | | August 25, 2005: The Chess server is on new hardware. | | | The BEARS Chess Open House was held on Thursday, February 23, 2006, from 3:00-5:00 pm. |
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http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu
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