Links
Chess in North Carolina
Carolina Cobras - U.S. Chess League (USCL)
Triangle Internet Message Board
Asheboro Chess Club
Borders Chess Club (Cary) - Weekly play on Saturday afternoons with unrated tournaments monthly. Highly recommended for players of all levels in the Triangle area
Duke University Chess
Raleigh Chess Club -
For those new to the game
Chess Kids - the online interactive beginners tutorial is not just for kids
Chess Corner
What is Checkmate?
Internet Chess
Playchess.com - Home of Chessbase
The Internet Chess Club
Chess Hall of Fame Live
Internet Chess Club
Free Internet Chess Server
Yahoo! Chess
Letsplaychess.com
National and International
United States Chess Federation
USCF Ratings
FIDE - World Chess Federation
State Chess Associations
North Carolina Chess Association
Georgia Chess Association
South Carolina Chess Association
Tennessee Chess Association
Virginia Chess Association
West Virginia Chess AssociationMiscellaneous Chess Links
London Chess Center - Brings you The Week in Chess
Chessbase - Home of Chess news around the globe
American Chess Equipment - low prices
Cajun Chess - low prices
The Chess Cafe - A great site containing great monthly articles and more
Chessopolis - Contains a huge source of games
House of Staunton - Quite likely the very best chess sets in the world
Wholesale Chess - Chess equipment
Free Online Tutorials / Instruction / Analysis
ChessBase Light - ChessBase Light is a special version of ChessBase 6.0 for free download. It is basically limited to 8000 games per database and supports the new CBH format of ChessBase 6 and Fritz5 and the PGN format. Within the 8000 games barrier there is no limit to save, copy, convert, annotate, print, search, analyse, merge and classify games.
chessKIDS Academy
Offering instruction (lots of it) specifically to help young kids learn chess.
Chess Rules - For beginners. How to play chess, graphically illustrated.
Chess Tactics - Neat page illustrating important tactical themes. (i.e. pins, skewers, double attack, sacrifices, etc.)
Chess Tactics Trainer - Easy to very hard tactical problems.
Chess Tips - A series of primers on the various phases of the game.
Mark Dvoretsky ("The Instructor" column) - Renowned chess trainer Mark Dvoretsky's column from Chess Cafe. This links to the latest column, but be sure to check out the archives as well.
Larry Evans Articles - Some old instructional articles from Chess Life by IM Larry Evans.
Spraggett's Chess Wisdom - Pearls of knowledge collected for our enlightenment from GM Kevin Spraggett.
U.S. Chess Improving Your Chess - Tips on improving and FAQ's for beginners from the USCF.
Brains and Games
Genius by Design
sample sites concerning the benefits of Chess for children:
http://www.chessintheschools.org/research.html
