Woodbridge School Chess Club

USEFUL CHESS WEBSITES

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Chess for Juniors Academy, Denver

Site for our partner academy in Fort Collins, near Colorado. An exchange programme is already in place.

4NCL (The Four Nations Chess League)

Results, downloads, merchandise and so on for the premier chess league

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

BCF (British Chess Federation)

Comprehensive events calendar

BCM (British Chess Magazine)

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

British Junior Chess News

Want a tournament to play in? This is the place to find major national competitions, as well as reports and news from the British Junior Chess Scene.

Bury Cannons 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

Chesstrainer

Online Chess training

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

GM Levitt

Good advice on improving your game, interesting material on the aesthetics of chess and the question of talent

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

London Chess Centre

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

Richmond Junior Chess Club

Includes the ChessKids Academy, excellent links

Sudbury Chess Club

Excellent chess links and training material

Suffolk Chess League

See how our school side is faring in the Suffolk Adult league, as well as finding out local news on John Lambert's excellent website

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