Chess Resources

Chess
resources for studying, playing and following the game

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
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

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

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)

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.