Chess-Ing on the Internet
Chess-Ing on the Internet
If you are feeling guilty that the internet is taking a lot of your time, fret not. In this article, I will direct you to a few links that will make sure that your internet hours will be of good use to you. I have come up with a list based on my experiences with the portals.
Chess.com
www.chess.com – Chess.com is a friendly chess portal where you get to read articles, make friends, watch lectures and also play games. They have a special outlet where elite GM’s play matches against each other with web cameras. Don’t forget to subscribe to their channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/wwwChesscom and their articles: www.chess.com/articles
Chess24
www.chess24.com – The extra option on this server is that you get to play against a computer too. Apart from that, their features have more variety when it comes to boards and pieces. You can also play a blindfold game with dynamic features.
Internet Chess Club
www.chessclub.com – They have a lot of variety in the interface section, available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, Iphone and Ipad. They have special packages for kids. Lectures and bots are the special features of ICC that stood out for me. The most famous series is Yermolinsky’s Every Russian School Boy Knows and their bot Mr.Spock.
Playchess Client
www.playchess.com is a good stop for playing chess games with players online as well as friends. If you don’t have a premium account, you can enter as a guest and share your guest id with your friend. The server offers all types of time controls making it easy to even organize stand alone tournaments. The board settings are more pleasing to those who use ChessBase software. For news, you can go to www.chessbase.com and www.chessbase.in
Tactics Fight
www.tactics.chessbase.com is a portal that a lot of kids use these days. It is a fight consisting of 12 positions where two players are given the same position. The first one to make the right move gets the point. Wrong answer results in a point to the opponent. You should create a normal playchess ID and get going. It is worth trying!
Chess Tempo
www.chesstempo.com – This is a chess gym for players who want to solve tough positions every day. You can create a free account and start solving positions. If you solve the first 20 positions correctly, you will easily meet positions of 2400/2500 standards. Most of the IM’s I know have been using this site on regular basis.
The Week in Chess by Mark Crowther
www.theweekinchess.com – If you want to keep yourself updated with the games of important tournaments of the week, this is the place. There are bases available in pgn, cbv and cbf format. The portal has been active for more than twenty years now.
ChessGames
www.chessgames.com – Chess Games is quite old, but nevertheless still trending! Their position of the day, birthday section and news section (Image of chessgames) and their lovely collections created by members of the community. If you want to study games on a particular theme, you will find games sorted according to the topics by the members of the community.
Chess Puzzles by GM’s
www.wtharvey.com – I have benefitted a lot from solving the positions through this site. They have a collection sorted according to the players and the positions appear one after the other on a single page saving a lot of hassle. The answers are mentioned just below, but you need to select the blank space below the board for the answers to appear.
Chess-DB
www.chess-db.com – Most of you must be knowing about this website that is often used by players to find the games of their opponents after the pairings are out. With one click, you get all the available games of your opponent in a single pgn file. It is helpful and saves a lot of time too!
Follow Chess
www.live.followchess.com – Even the elite chess players follow the live games around the world in the tip of the finger, thanks to Follow Chess Mobile App. You can watch the games at your convenience on the go wherever you are. It is available on Android too.
ChessBase India
www.chessbase.in – India’s most viewed chess website for news and chess analysis is ChessBase India. You can keep an eye on daily updates and their upcoming chess calendar for tournaments.
8cross8
www.8cross8.com – Of course, I will certainly include 8cross8 – India’s One Stop Chess Store. You can buy chess products from them at a discounted price and read blog articles for all chess levels here: www.8cross8.com/blog
We hope this list is useful. If you follow any other websites, do let us know in the comments section.
