This is a handful of websites of interest to the club player. The list changes roughly once a month, in a good year.
BOBBY FISHER
The death of Bobby Fischer brought unfamiliar headlines to chess in January 2008.
The best-known chessplayer in the world?
Certainly one of the greatest of all time, one of the most driven, and, in the second half of his life, one of the most obnoxious.
For an outline of his extraordinary life and chess achievements, see the
Wikipedia article on him.
Chessgames.com allows you to play through 938 Fischer games,
some with commentaries. The collection includes the 1956 'Game of the century' against
Donald Byrne and Fischer's famous
1963 win against the stronger of the Byrne brothers, Robert.
YouTube has a 2006 US documentary with the discouraging title, 'Anything to Win: The Mad Genius of Bobby Fischer'.
But the footage of his great matches and the interviews with grandmasters and Fischer himself make it powerful viewing.
It is in five short segments. The first three, which contain the chess, are the best:
Of course nothing is more important than our own glowing wins and unlucky defeats.
But if you ever want to know what's happening in the broader world of chess, try these sites. Be warned - hours can pass unnoticed.
The Week In Chess is one of the best places to find out
what is happening in chess internationally: tournaments, matches, games to play through, new books.
The Chessbase site doesn't just sell software.
It also has some of the most comprehensive news coverage on the web.
To makie sure that you don't miss the tiniest chess event,
try searching for 'chess' in Google News.
If it is effortless updating that you want, Google Alerts will even send you a daily email.
FIDE,
the World Chess Federation, is the international body for the
regulation of chess.
The English
Chess
Federation oversees national matters. The site includes a
list of the grades of all registered English players and a long list of
tournaments
The best-known chessplayer in the world?
Certainly one of the greatest of all time, one of the most driven, and, in the second half of his life, one of the most obnoxious.
