Links

Expect more links to be added soon!

English sites

  • Chess Cafe
    Long-established site with regular columns by well-known chess figures
  • Chessbase
    The longest established and most visited chess news site
  • Chessdom
    A Bulgarian site with fast news coverage and online commentaries
  • Chessgames
    A lively chess community built around a database of games
  • ChessVibes
    A chess news site that particularly stands out for its chess videos
  • The Daily Dirt
    Mig Greengard’s lively blog on his Chessninja.com website
  • The Week In Chess
    Mark Crowther’s long-running site, the first place to turn for reliable results, cross tables and games

Russian sites

  • Chess-News
    New Russian chess site providing rapid news, interviews and reports
  • ChessPro
    The most visited Russian chess site with rich photo reports, online commentaries and a popular forum
  • Crestbook
    Sergey Shipov’s site, with his commentaries, long interviews and a lively forum
  • e3e5
    By far the best Russian site for chess news, with links to the latest material
  • Extra Time
    Sports site from Azerbaijan with excellent chess coverage when local players are involved
  • Russiachess.org
    The somewhat unpredictable home page of the Russian Chess Federation

Translation

  • Babelfish
    Yahoo’s automatic translation tool
  • Google Translate
    Rough and ready automatic translation – the toolbar (or Google Chrome) is particularly useful