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Current Tournaments and Events
2007 World Chess Championship
, 9/13-30/2007
Live board
Rybka vs Zappa. Mexico City
, 9/20-27/2007
Live board
Recent Events
2006 Pan-American Chess Championships
, December 27-30, 2006
Amity Grandmasters Challenge
12/16-12/25/2006
Torre Memorial XIX
12/14-12/22/2006 -
English translation
59th Russian Championship Superfinal
, 12/3-12/15/2006 -
ChessGames.com
,
PGN
15th Asian Games
, 12/2-12/14/2006
Blind Chess World Duel (Topalov v Polgar)
, 12/7-12/9/2006
Kramnik vs. Deep Fritz
, 11/25-12/5/2006 -
ChessBase
(Round
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
),
ChessGames.com
,
PGN
Capablanca Memorial XLI
, 11/19-11/30/2006 -
English translation
Mikhail Tal Memorial
, 11/5-11/19/2006 -
ChessBase
(Round
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
),
ChessGames.com
,
PGN
10th Corsica Masters
, 11/4-11/7/2006 -
ChessBase
,
PGN
Cap D'Agde Tournament
, 10/26-11/2/2006 -
ChessGames.com
Essent Tournament
, 10/20-10/28/2006 -
ChessGames.com
,
PGN
Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match
, 9/23-10/12/2006 -
ChessGames.com
,
PGN
Upcoming Events
Corus 2007
, 1/12-1/28/2007 in Corus, Wik an Zee
FIDE Candidates Tournament
, 5/26-6/14/2007 in Elista
FIDE World Chess Championship
, May 2007 in Mexico City
Chess News Sites
ChessBase
ChessGames.com
Los Angeles Times
Chess
World Chess Network
(
TenTonHammer.com
)
TWIC - The Week in Chess
Chess Blogs
Chess Patzer Theories
ChessLodge
The Closet Grandmaster
The Daily Dirt
(
ChessNinja.com
)
Susan Polgar
- FANTASTIC chess blog, with near-realtime commentary on major chess events
Online Chess
Chessville
Free Internet Chess Server
(FICS) (
Wikipedia
)
Internet Chess Club
(ICC)
PlayChess.com
Red Hot Pawn
World Chess Network
Play chess with Shredder
Search the Nalimov endgame tablebases
Local Links (Nashville/Middle Tennessee)
Local Chess Organizations
Tennessee Chess Association
Nashville Chess Center
, Nashville
The
Tennessee Tempo
- our
U.S. Chess League
team
Rutherford County Chess Club
- Murfreesboro
Williamson County Chess Club
- Brentwood
Local Tournaments
Nashville Fall Classic
, Nashville, 12/9-12/10/2007
North Tennessee Winter Open
, Clarksville, 1/13-1/14/2007
2007 Tennessee State Scholastic
, statewide, 1/27/2007
The Battle of Murfreesboro
, Murfreesboro, August 2007
Prominent Local Players
IM
Ron Burnett
(
games
), former state champion, #94 in U.S.
FM
Peter Bereolos
(
games
), former state champion, #172 in U.S.
FM
Todd D. Andrews
(
games
), current state champion, #196 in U.S.
NM
Jerry Wheeler
(
games
), five-time Nashville champion
Alexander B. King
Gainer Phay
National & World Organizations
USCF
- The U.S. Chess Federation
Top Player Rating Lists
Look up
a
player
/
club
/
tournament
FIDE
- The World Chess Federation
World Top 100
(
Rating progress
)
USA Top 100
(
Active only
)
Look up a player
Computer Chess
Software Recommendations
ChessGenius
- world-class chess for the Palm OS
Chessmaster 10th Edition
- now
less than $20
! Download a
free upgrade to version 1.03
Fritz 10
- Released 2006/11/15 - Rated 2840 by
CEGT
ChessTheatre
- FREE program from
DGT Projects
for publishing playable PGN games on your website
TOMA
- AMAZING chess tournament broadcasting software, also from
DGT Projects
BabasChess
- popular FICS client for Windows
Rating Lists
CCRL Rating List
- from the CCRL Team
CEGT Rating List
- Chess Engines Grand Tournament
CSS Rating List
- from
Computerschack und Spiele
(Computer Chess and Play)
SSDF Rating List
- from
Svenska schackdatorföreningen
(Swedish Computer Chess Association)
Miscellaneous
Chess Sites
Chess at About.com
The Chess Academy
Chess Cafe
Chess Gateway
ChessLecture.com
Chess Today
- a daily chess e-paper
ChessGames.com
Chessville
Doggers Schaak
e3e5.com
Echecs.com
Your Move Chess & Games
Interesting
Openings
St. George Defense
Wikipedia
ChessGames.com
everything2.com
Games using the St. George Defense
Karpov vs. Miles, 1980
- with comments by Miles
Mackowiak vs Kusiak, 1980
- a BOO boo-boo
Monkey's Bum
Wikipedia
Games using the Monkey's Bum
Povah vs Kagan, 1977
Polgar vs Shirov, 1995
- Monkey's Bum Declined
This page was last updated on 2006/12/14.
Please call
Tony Campbell
at 615.414.4336 with corrections and updates.