| Chess Blogs | |
| Susan Polgar's Blog | http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/ |
| 12th Women World Chess Champion, Alexandra Kosteniuk's Blog | http://www.chessblog.com/ |
| International Websites | |
| Online searchable games collection | http://www.365chess.com/ |
| The week in chess. Does what it says on the tin! | http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic.html |
| Chess news, reviews etc | http://www.chesscafe.com/ |
| Instructional site with database of about 2,000,000 games plus discussion forums, puzzles etc | http://chesstempo.com/ |
| Searchable database of about 600,000 games plus discussion forums | http://www.chessgames.com/ |
| Chess news, openings, study materials etc | http://www.chessville.com/ |
| Instructional website with IM Jeremy Silman. [Also, for some reason, has sections on Astrology and spiritual stuff!] | http://www.jeremysilman.com/ |
| Sizzling action with free online chess (or pay for premium subscription) | http://www.redhotpawn.com/ |
| Openings, endgames, puzzles, games etc | http://www.thechesswebsite.com/ |
| For a bit more (relatively simple, but fun) problem-solving, you could try 'Problems of the Week' at the USA Summer Chess Camp website of our namesake! | http://www.bedfordchess.com/ |
| Basically a commercial site for the Shredder chess program, but with a varied offering of chess problems, of the day and of the week! | http://www.shredderchess.com/weekly-chess-problems.html |
| National (UK) Websites | |
| English Chess Federation website | http://www.englishchess.org.uk/ |
| ECF online grading database | http://www.ecfgrading.org.uk/ |
| UK Chess Tournament Calendar | http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?page_id=27 |
| English Chess Forum - congress results and forum for chess discussions | http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewforum.php?f=14 |
| Bedfordshire and East Anglia Chess Websites | |
| East Anglian Chess Union website | http://www.eacu.org.uk/ |
| Bedfordshire County Chess News, Chess League fixtures and results etc | http://www.adrian.elwin.btinternet.co.uk/Bedfordshire/Bedfordshire.html |
| Bedford Chess Websites | |