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From the web: chess history sites/blogs

Written by Sciurus

Wednesday, 24 January 2007


U.S. Championship match between Lipschütz and Showalter, New York 1895. Drawing from Chess Archaeology

May be you need a study break after working through your latest

endgame tome or just want to know more about chess - chess has a long history and a lot of information on it can be found on the Internet. Despite many people doing research on chess history, the origins of the game of chess are still under debate. Articles on the origins of chess can be found at the web site of the Initiative Group Königstein, a world-wide group of chess historians which originated in Germany. Another interesting site is Chess Archaeology, a virtual chess museum with articles and a small collection of photos and drawings such as the one shown here.

Of course there are also bloggers writing about the history of chess. A great source of information on the history and culture of chess is Sarah's journal archive regularly updated since 2004, an ancient age for a blog and a personal favorite of mine. The latest addition is the Chess history blog with some promising posts (All of them carry the same date, though. Let's hope that this blog doesn't become history only few months after it's start like so many others).

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Missing History
written by Hungarian Knight, January 24, 2007

You forgot to mention Edward Winter's great site, Chess Notes by Edward Winter. Thanks for reminding me about the Chess Archaeology site, love it.

Re: Missing History
written by Sciurus, January 24, 2007

Thanks for mentioning Edward Winter's site at http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/ . I added the link to the link section.

Note: I repeated the URL because something seems to be broken with the URL feature of the commenting system. Sorry for that.

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