History

Service center for serious chess historians, clearinghouse of research requests and index to web resources.

Chess history and speculative history, with a focus on the role of women in chess.

Photos, drawings, and other chess history tidbits.

Articles by the US Chess Hall of Fame about the history of chess in the United States.

Description, excerpts, and online purchase of chess history books by Victor Keats, with a particular focus on Judaism.

A timeline of major matches and tournaments in chess history with crosstables and games in pgn format for free download. Lists of world records.

Description and history of some board games in the chess family.

Raymon Reid's history of chess

A group of articles with a variety of views regarding the origin of chess.

Provides history, statistics, and games from team tournaments. Includes articles, results, player profiles, a FAQ and a newsletter.

History and relationship of chess versions, focusing on East Asian ones. In English and German.

Articles and information collections on a variety of chess topics. Particularly focused on history and curiosities.

ELO-style ratings for many historical chess grandmasters.

Topics in the history of California chess, focused on chess personalities.

Sortable win-loss records of chess players throughout history. Non-ELO ratings.

Chess Notes, chess history, chess books ... Amos Burn - A Chess Biography by Richard Forster, 2004. Second-hand Chess Books. Wanted ...[2008/11/19]

Encyclopedia entry provides hyperlinked information about history, playment, literature, computer games. ... Aspects of art are found in chess composition. ...[2008/11/28]

This is the site of the Chess Poster, Chess problems, Grandmasters, Chess history, Rules, and much more... sources (Forbes, History of Chess, 1860) the ...[2007/05/23]

ChessHistory.net is a chronical of the most interesting events in chess history. ... Chess has a very rich, dark, exciting and thrilling history. ...[2008/11/11]

The Definitive History of California Chess: from San Francisco to Hollywood. ... History of California Championships The California Chess Reporter (Vol. II, No. ...[2008/11/17]

The Definitive History of Chess in California. ... Recent Chess Tournaments, Scholastic Tournaments, Personalities, Old Photographs. ...[2008/11/17]

Bishops Chess Club History "Think Chess: A Short History of the Bishops Chess Club" by Tom Green ... Soon the chess set moved from the Circulation Desk to the ...[2001/10/23]

Chess History (5) Chess has a long history spanning over 1500 years. ... Throughout the history of chess, great players have risen above the competition ...[2008/11/24]

Know about the history of the game of chess from chessboss.com ... HISTORY OF CHESS. The game of chess is said to be one of the oldest games of skills known to man. ...[2008/11/14]

This site is fully committed to all aspects of the noble game of Chess ... "Brief notes on the History of Chess" 03 "Non- violence- the credo of Chess" 04 " ...[2007/12/14]