chess sets and chess games
Chess in cyberspace has evolved and is perpetually changing, but, good sites can be located with some basic searching. For example, three such internet gaming room sites are: Free Internet Chess Server (FICS)/(freechess.org); Internet Chess Club (chessclub.com); and Playchess (Playchess.de) in which the last two require paid membership, though you can login free as a guest. Plus, a different popular free chess player server is Games.Yahoo.com. Another chess learning choice can be Chess Magnet School (ChessMagnetSchool.com) which combines good textural instructional material and lots of exercises. It starts with learning the rules and moves, then, moves to strategies and tactics of chess games. There is a monthly, quarterly or yearly fee, but you can start with a thirty day free trial by going to the United States Chess Federation (USCF)/(uschess.org) (and click on - Learn to Play Chess). There are other good sites and even some that are kids programs, but can be very specific for adults also, such as Silver Knights Chess (SilverKnightsChess.com) where you first join the site and learn through the Online Training Center which has chess videos that are sorted by skill level. There is a monthly fee which gives unlimited access to all chess videos (beginner, intermediate and advanced) with new videos added every week. There are also good computer
chess games on CD’s or DVD’s that can be purchased such as - ChessMaster 10th Edition - which has good instructional material with a thorough course of rules and basic strategy.
