Links
Libraries / Bibliography
- State Library Victoria (Anderson chess collection)
- British Chess Problem Society Library Catalogue
- Chess Libraries - Kenilworth Chess Club
- Chess Literature in Hellenic - Catalogue by Michael Syngros
- Kieler Schachkatalog (Kiel Chess Catalogue) online
- Koninklijke Bibliotheek Den Haag
- Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana - Chess and Draughts Collection
- Kórnik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- English Chess Federation - National Chess Library / Library Catalogue
- Cleveland Public Library - John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection
- CPL Digital Gallery – History of Chess and Checkers
- CLEVNET Online Catalog
- "A Letter to Bert": Letter of Bob Meadley to Bert Corneth, about 170 pages of fascinating reading matter for collectors!
Second-hand bookshops, Auctioneers and Dealers
- Antiquarian bookshop Kimmo Välkesalmi Helsinki
- Antiquariat A. Klittich-Pfankuch Brunswick (Germany)
- Caissa Editions Bookstore Dale A. Brandreth (USA)
- Chess Books Tony Peterson (UK)
- Chessgate and iSchach Jürgen Daniel (Germany)
- Michael Clapham's Chess Book Website
- Edition Marco / Schachladen Lasker's Arno Nickel (Berlin)
- Fundación Ricardo Lamarca, Ajedrez y cultura (Madrid)
- GrandMaster Square Alexander Baburin (Ireland)
- Karel Mokry Chess Bookshop (Czech Republic)
- Lund Chess Academy
- Martin Ramsauer Verlag - for bibliophilic chess books
- McFarland Chess Books
- Nightrider Unlimited Schachverlag / Verlagsbuchhandlung Godehard Murkisch
- Publishing House Moravian Chess Vlastimil Fiala (Czech Rep.)
- ROMEDITORS, Valencia
- Russian CHESS House Moscow
- Schachdorf Verlag Renate Krosch, Schachdorf Ströbeck
- Schachhaus Mädler Dresden (Germany)
- Schachklassiker.de Jens-Erik Rudolph Verlag
- Schach und Spiele Mag. Michael Ehn (Austria)
- Skakhuset - Chesshouse Stellan Persson (Denmark)
- The Book Collector Michael Utt (USA)
- The House of Chess Lary Rust (Cleveland, OH)
- The London Chess Centre
- SILVIO-Chess Silvio Žiger (Czech Republic)
Historical Sites
- Harald E. Balló
- Chess Archaeology (Jacques N. Pope)
- Chess: A Singapore Scrapbook (Olimpiu G. Urcan)
- Chess History Center (Richard Forster)
- Chess History Research Zone (Tim Harding)
- Chess and Printing
- Emil Joseph Diemer Gedenkseite (memorial page)
- Héritage des Echecs Francais (Dominique Thimognier)
- History of Chess – Histoire des échecs (Jean-Louis Cazaux)
- History of the SV 03/25 Koblenz e.V. (Thomas Bohn)
- Gerhard Josten: Schach
- Jewish Chess History (Avital Pilpel's Blog)
- JOCARI Games and toys (from Antiquity to Renaissance)
- Old in Chess Blog
- OlimpBase - The History of the Chess Olympiads
- Sarah's Chess Journal The History and The Culture of Chess
- Schach- und Kulturstiftung G.H.S.
- Sjakkhistorisk forum - for dokumentasjon og presentasjon av norsk sjakkhistorie
- STERE.ro - Istoria şahului românesc (Marian Stere)
- Chess Museum Löberitz
- Chess Museum Ströbeck
- The Chess Library (Philip McCready)
- Valencia - Origin of Modern Chess
- Aaron Nimzowitsch (Wilfried Krebbers)
- Schachgeschichte (Frank Hoppe)
Clubs / Associations
- Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
- Chess Collectors International Deutschland
- The Chess Collector Magazine - CCI / CCI France / CCI Italia
- Gemeinschaft der Schachmotivsammler
- Emanuel Lasker Gesellschaft
- International Society for Board Game Studies
- Motiefgroep Schaken
- Max Euwe-Centrum
- Schackets Kulturhistoriska Sällskap
- The Kenilworthian Blog for the Kenilworth Chess Club
Magazines and Chess News (also online)
- Berührt, geführt - Das Schachblog von FAZ.NET
- British Chess Magazine
- ChessBase News / - The Ken Whyld Association
- ChessCafe
- Chessdom
- Chess Mail (Tim Harding)
- CHESS TODAY the first daily chess newspaper
- ChessVibes (Peter Doggers)
- Europe-Echecs
- Kaissiber
- KARL - Das kulturelle Schachmagazin
- KINGPIN Chess Magazine
- L'Italia Scacchistica
- New In Chess
- SCHACH * Exzelsior Verlag
- Schach-Magazin 64 Zeitschriftenverlag der Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen
- Schweizerische Schachzeitung online
- TWIC - The Week In Chess
Artistic Chess - problems and studies
- ARVES Alexander Rueb Vereniging voor Schaakeindspelstudie
- EG-Archiv EG issues 1-152 (1965-2005)
- British Endgame Study News - all issues of BESN as PDFs
- Harold van der Heijden Endgame Study Database IV and HHdb V
- Chess Endgame Study Database (Mihail Croitor)
- British Chess Problem Society (BCPS)
- Meson - Chess Problem Database (Brian Stephenson)
- Yet another chess problem database + wiki (Dmitri Turevski)
- SCHWALBE Deutsche Vereinigung für Problemschach
- Kunstschachfreunde Schweiz
- Rund um die Retroanalyse / Retroblog by Thomas Brand
- StrateGems U.S. Chess Problem Magazine
- Chess Problem Database Server (PDB) of the Schwalbe
- Václav Kotěšovec fairy chess composer and programmer
- OzProblems Australian Chess Problem Composition
- Problemiste - Chess Composition Center (Alain Biénabe)
- Chess Composers Blog by Eric Huber & Vlaicu Crisan
- Wikimedia Commons - Category: Chess Composers
- Wikipedia - Schachkomposition
Homepages of Members
- Giuseppe Arabito's SCACCHI PARATESTUALI bibliographic page
- Ralf J. Binnewirtz
- Chess Book Chats - Michael Clapham's Blog
- Carolus Chess Leo Hovestadt
- Jon's Antique Chess Collection Jon Crumiller
- Paveł Dudziński Centrum Szachowe "Skoczek"
- ChessDryad.Com Kerry Lawless - California Chess History
- Urs Frischherz
- Dr Timothy Harding's Homepage
- Michael Negele - also in German
- Wolfgang Pähtz
- Eduardo Ramirez
- Jan van Reek
- Santo Daniele Spina
- Marian Stere
- The Chess Library Philip McCready (Washington, USA)
- Govert Westerveld: History of Checkers and www.damasweb.com/
Various
- Chess Autographs
- 365Chess.com Biggest Chess Games Database online
- Endgame Database at shredderchess.com
- Bill Wall's Chess Page - The World's largest online Chess Collection
- Chess Bookcase - Blog
- Chess Curiosities (Tim Krabbé)
- Chess in the Cinema (Thomas Henrich)
- Art et curiosités échiquéennes / Tableaux Échecs - Chess Paintings
- Chess Museum of Nicholas R. Lanier
- Deutsches Schachmuseum
- CHESSWORLD (Hilmar Ebert) Enzyklopädie der Schachsprache – Encyclopedia of Chess Language
- Elke Rehder - Malerin und Buchkünstlerin -- Chess and Art
- Holliger Chess Collection
- The Met Exhibition: The Game of Kings - Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis
- Mieux Jouer Aux Echecs - "Culture" (Dany Sénéchaud)
- Musée Suisse du Jeu Swiss Museum of Games
- Schach in der Literatur (Schachfreunde Hannover von 1919 e.V.)
- Schach in der Literatur (Herbert Huber)
- Schweizer Schachmuseum Werner & Roland Rupp
- Virtual Pieces Original chess icons and graphics (Peter Wong)
- World Chess Hall of Fame