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ERIC'S FAVORITE WEB SITES

Exeter Chess Club Tons of free information.

United States Chess Federation - The USCF is in charge of the most popular rating system in the United States.

Cal Chess - The Northern California Chess Site filled with all kinds of great northern california information. Run by good people, and one especially good person (Eric Hicks: Board Member)

chessdryad - A site focused on California chess history by a wonderful California chess resource,Kerry Lawless, who is a champion of chess information. When Kerry is not working (he holds a full time job) or coaching chess (Kerry is a chess master) he is working diligently on his site which he considers his true passion. Chessdryad, a history site, is the future of Bay Area chess.

Bobby Fischer.net - The best site I have seen regarding former world champion Bobby Fischer.

Sarah's Serendipitous Chess Page- A great site with wonderful historical data.Also one of the best Morphy sites on the web! Deserving special attention is her incredible chess art and photo gallery!

Cal Chess Journal - An award winning California magazine filled with informative articles, games, and chess problems. Download PDF versions of the 30+ page magazine here. Eric Hicks is the editor and primary writer from January 2004 onward.

Student Chess - Dennis Steele who runs this wonderful kid's site is one of the unsung heroes of scholastic chess, and the heartful things he is doing in the Central California coast deserve great praise. Dennis, young, creative, and energetic, staying up all night working on his web site, is the inevitable future of scholastic chess. He knows which direction it is all going!

Chess Kids Academy - An excellent beginning chess web site filled with interactive chess lessons for kids.

KwMap.net - browse the Keyword Map of Academicchess.org

Chess Maniac Dennis, webmaster of ChessManiac is a true chess maniac, staying up to all hours of the night working on this site, which is filled with chess forums, information, and a chess playing interface.

Sites you can Play Chess

The most exciting thing going in chess right now is live chess against live players on the internet. If you are excited about chess, do not miss out on this exciting use of the world wide web!

Internet Chess Club - The very best chess interface on the web for playing against real players all around the world. At any time of the day see famous Grand Masters playing live! Sign in as a guest for free or pay for membership and get a rating.

Yahoo! Games - Free place to play chess and other games.

Academic Chess -

Chess Software and Hardware

Dgt Products - Makers of the famous Electronic Chess Board, which serves as a wooden chess set interface with your computer allowing you to input moves and study chess on a regulaltion set. Used in world class tournaments as a move recording device.

Picture Galleries of Famous Players

The Chess Cafe Gallery - The prestigious Edward Winter Collection.
Over 1000 images of chess players over time.

Sarah's Mega Chess Gallery - Sarah is an amazing woman and has collected an amazing collection.