Chess is fun!

[Unbeliever]

"Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do, strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do." - GM Savielly Tartakower (1887-1956).

"I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one"
David Levy


Chess in the Movies

Chess History

List of World Records in Chess

Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the ChessMasters

List of Chess Grandmasters

U.S.Chess

Lichess

Chess Timeline

The Elo Rating System for Chess and Beyond


What sorcery is this?
https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=vOhhW_iwLLy90PEPrImkkAc&q=chess+what+sorcery+is+this&oq=chess+what+sorcery+is+this&gs_l=psy-ab.3...3893847.3900868.0.3902731.29.27.0.0.0.0.126.2395.23j3.26.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..3.23.2149.0..0j35i39k1j0i131k1j0i22i30k1j0i22i10i30k1j33i160k1j33i22i29i30k1.0.w-2YGJuGFXg



AlphaZero's Chess Games - only have 10 games for now.




http://play.lczero.org/
Artificial Inteligence Leela Zero to Become as Strong as Alpha Zero? | Only if We Help!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8ZzqHhGjtc
https://lichess.org/@/LeelaChess

AlphaZero's future chess rival | Leela Chess Zero (LCZero):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CLXNZ_QFHI



An online chess engine:
http://analysis.cpuchess.com/
https://lichess.org/analysis#2

Online chess computer:
https://www.chessmail.eu/pages/chess-computer.html
https://www.chess.com/play/computer
http://chessok.com/?page_id=357



http://www.chessgames.com/index.html


I watch this chess channel every day, it's great for entertainment and learning:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL5YbN5WLFD8dLIegT5QAbA

Antonio has some very incisive analysis of the best games in history!


I've recently been studying the London system opening for white, because it seems pretty easy to learn and can lead to some interesting attacks. Here are some games with it at chessgames.com:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1019613
https://thechessworld.com/articles/openings/the-london-system-on-the-spotlight/


Chess Endgame of the Day:
http://chessendgames.com/EndgameOfTheDay.aspx

Chess Puzzles:
http://chessok.com/?page_id=359



Spectacular queen sacrifices
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1022437

Vincent Keymer

Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov

Andor Lilienthal

Here are games from the book The most instructive games of chess ever played:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1000119

These are from World's Greatest Chess Games
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1000082

Some games from 500 Master Games of Chess
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1020324

Jose Raul Capablanca
http://www.chessgames.com/player/jose_raul_capablanca.html

My Best Games of Chess - Vishy Anand
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1000846

My Best Games Of Chess 1924-1937 - A. Alekhine
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1035089

Chess Games of Paul Morphy
http://www.chessgames.com/player/paul_morphy.html

Chess Games of Efim Bogoljubov
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10614

Hastings 1895 tournament:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=79221