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

Classical chess history, exploring its multidimensionality and featuring prominent women in chess.

Includes photos and articles about chess and its history.

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

Everything you need to know to play chess.

Dr. Victor Keats is a bibliophile of Hebrew and other antiquarian chess books. Includes reviews, links, and purchase information.

Includes history, games, pictures, and links.

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

Dedicated to numerous traditional board games in the chess family.

Information about the Rebel chess program. Also contains a section on chess programming and theory.

World Chess Network has posted an article by former Chess Life editor Larry Parr on the history of the World Chess Championship

A site devoted to the history of chess in Nebraska, going back to 1887.

Raymon Reid's history of chess

The history of the chess Olympiads. Including articles, results, statistics, player profiles, a FAQ and a newsletter.

Contains past games and letters.