I posted a topic like this a few months back, but it really bears repeating. In the ether or otherwise, what are your favorite free chess resources?
As far as books go, a good public library system is priceless. [No pun intended.]
On the internet, some favorites are:
-RedHotPawn [Obviously.]
-www.chess.fm [Phenomenal free video lectures and annotated games. Google the cache of it for the full listing of videos, then google the particular video, as only the Varuzhan Akobian, Larry Christiansen, Pete Tamburro, and John Federowicz lectures are visible on the front page now for some reason.]
-www.chessbase.com [For news, and searchable games database. Also, free ChessBase Light software, with a weaker old Fritz engine.]
-www.chessninja.com/dailydirt [For news and wit.]
-www.chessgames.com [For a daily chess problem, huge searchable database, and fun kibitzing.]
-www.balestris.com/chess [Brian Balestri's Daily Chess Challenge, a reason to check one's e-mail every day.]
An account on the Free Internet Chess Server is also a great thing to have. The best FICS client I've used so far is BabasChess, which is very user-friendly and cuts out all of the confounding command prompts.
Anyone have any other good ones?
In addition to some of the excellent recomendations made already, check out the Exeter Chess Club's tutorial page at http://www1.physik.tu-muenchen.de/~jfranosc/chess/
Also, Jeremy Silman has put together plenty of instructive articles from top authors on his homepage http://jeremysilman.com/
Also http://www.chesscafe.com/ is worth bookmarking. Top chess writers have monthy columns which are archived. There is also a long list of book reviews. I especially like Dan Heisman's "Novice Nook" column. Don't let the title fool you; it's not just for rank beginners. Probably anyone up to about 1800 Elo would benefit. While we're on the subject, check out Dan's homepage too at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/danheisman/Main_Chess/chess.htm .
Hans Ree's excellent Chess Curiosities:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess/chess.html
The Campbell Report (about CC):
http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/
For king's pawn players only:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~goeller/urusov.html
The Week in Chess:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
The British Chess Problem Society:
www.bcps.knightsfield.co.uk/index.html
Usenet chess discussion groups:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.misc
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.analysis
Also http://www.chessvariants.com/
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Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDERExcellent sites,thanks,just to add one
Hans Ree's excellent Chess Curiosities:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess/chess.html
The Campbell Report (about CC):
http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/
For king's pawn players only:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~goeller/urusov.html
The Week in Chess:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
The British Chess Problem Society:
ww ...[text shortened]... groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.analysis
Also http://www.chessvariants.com/
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www.chesskids.com