Woodbridge School Chess Club

Useful Chess Websites updated

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4NCL (The Four Nations Chess League)

Results, downloads, merchandise and so on for the premier chess league, including the junior 4NCL

50 Chess games

Typical beginner’s games annotated to teach tactics and strategy

Adam Bozon

Openings, puzzles and how to beat chess computers

Barnet Chess Club

Includes an email chess server and plenty of coaching articles

BCM (British Chess Magazine)

Secure online shopping, reviews, latest news, comprehensive links, subscribe here to the World’s oldest chess magazine

Bury St Edmunds Chess Club

Secretary Bob Jones organises the Bury Congess which is normally held at the start of November

Bury Knights Junior Chess Club

This highly successful junior club in Bury St Edmunds holds a junior tournament every year

Chessbase

Online database, download Chessbase light here, product support (Fritz, Chessbase etc), news and game downloads

Chesscafe

Columns by top chess journalists, reviews, endgame studies, links, online shop…

Chesscorner

Good site for beginners and improvers

Chessup

A chess diagram creator (free!), also including a substantial list of links

Chess in Suffolk

David Wild's excellent Suffolk site, covering results and grading performances for Suffolk League chess

Chesstrainer

Online Chess training

ECF (English Chess Federation)

The English Chess Federation

Essex Junior Chess

Includes a link to Peter Walker Chess Coaching

Exeter Chess Club

Really good coaching pages

FICS (Free Internet Chess Server)

Free playing site

FIDE (The World Chess Federation)

Good info on rules, ratings and events

Informant

Online coaching, home of ECO

Internet Chess Club

Annual subscription but you can try it for free. Strictly policed and with 25,000 members. Whilst the interface might be a bit odd and the ratings somewhat inflated this is a first class site

Ipswich Junior Chess Club

Local junior club, meets from 10 till 12 on Saturday mornings during term time. Excellent new website

London Chess Centre

Secure online shopping, book reviews, comprehensive links and you can subscribe here to the magazine Chess Monthly

Richard James Chess Tutor

Founder of the Richmond Chess Club. Some very interesting articles on the right age for children to learn chess

Richmond Junior Chess Club

Includes the ChessKids Academy, excellent links

'Stappenmethod'

An interesting step by step chess training method, used in Dutch schools. This method is integrated into the chess teaching at both the Abbey and Woodbridge Senior Schools

Sudbury Chess Club

Excellent chess links and training material

Suffolk Chess Blog

For an informal and up to date look at Suffolk Chess, check out Tim Lunn's new Suffolk Chess site

Susan Polgar's chess blog

Susan Polgars site is an excellent way of keeping up with chess news around the world, including puzzles, interesting articles and more

Swissperfect

Support site for the popular tournament software

TestYourChess

Chess tutorials and puzzles

TWIC (The Week In Chess)

Top site for news and downloads of games

UK Chess Challenge

Information site for the inclusive competition organised by Mike Basman that has had such a major effect on chess in schools. 66,000 students took part in 2003!

US Chess Federation

Articles, coaching, news, online shop, subscribe here for Chess Life magazine