Sites that carry and review chess books. Included are listings of specific classics and biographies of renowned players in both print and electronic formats.
Please submit only sites dealing with chess books. Both in print and electronic books are accepted.
Battle games all use a number of different types of pieces, each with different styles of movement. Typically the goal is to capture a key piece belonging to your opponent. Many of the battle games played today are borne from Chaturanga, a very ancient game from India, of which Chess is a direct descendant. This category is dedicated to sites containing lessons, FAQs or tutorials aimed at assisting players to learn or improve their chess game at their own pace.
Only sites offering chess tutorials or answers to frequently asked questions should be listed here. These site may contain information in the form of text, PDF, videos or software dedicated solely to teaching chess. Note that this category is not for one-on-one personalized lessons (see the scholastic subcategory). Less specific sites should be listed in one of the above categories. Submitting sites to the appropriate subcategories will allow them to be listed faster. In addition, please do NOT submit non-English sites here. They should be submitted to the appropriate World/ categories and will not be listed here.
Chess problems and puzzles usually contain preset positions on the board, with information about which side goes next and how many moves they have until a certain result should be attained. The goal of them is to force a certain result, such as a win or draw.
Please submit only sites dealing with chess problems or puzzles to this category. More general chess sites should be listed under Games: Board_Games: Genres: Abstract_Strategy: Battle_Games: Chess, and other types of chess sites should be listed under the appropriate subcategory.