Chess and C Guide - Resources and Review

Alphabetical listing of chess variants such as Alice, Maelstrom, Triplets, Zebulon, and Goliath, together with information about their creators, pieces, and rules. Also offers a brief history of the traditional game of chess, and outlines the differences between the original game and the one commonly played today.
 
Annotated set of links to chess federations, organisations and clubs. Also provides competition details and information about books, software and players.
 
Information about the man
machine chess world championship. Includes video highlights of all six games.
 
The British Chess Federation was founded in 1904 and is recognised by the FIDE as a promoter and regulator of the game. Includes an online newsletter, articles, an events calendar, reports, and information on the BCF grading system.
 
Article by former world chess champion Garry Kasparov in which he criticises the decision to dismantle the Deep Blue machine, which defeated him in 1997, rather than conduct further experiments. He also argues that his 2003 match against the computer program Deep Junior represented an important shift in computer chess since such matches are now conducted using fair and document procedures.
 
Timetable of forthcoming tournaments, rating reports, and details of international arbiters in the game of chess. Provides a Java
based facility to play the game over the Internet.
 
Information, news and events about chess, updated weekly.
 
History of games divided into three sections: traditional board games from around the world, English pub games and English garden games. Includes information on Wei Chi, Nine Mens Morris, Parcheesi, Quoits, Dominoes, Shove Ha'penny, Croquet and Badminton.
 
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