Chess or Shatranj is a complex strategy game born in India. The success depends on planning ahead, paying attention to your opponent and making adjustments as the game goes on. because the strategy used in game of chess can be complicated hundreds books have been written about mastering the game. As players become more interested in the game they often look to reference for more advance information.

Thanks to many internet sites now you can play chess with anybody, from anywhere. Here are some websites where you can go and play online chess:

I thought of building my own list but then I bumped into wonderful list maintained here. Thanks to this wonderful you can get your beginner level resources. Here is a repost of top resources:

Chess Cafe
Hanon Russell’s award winning site is so full of content you can just get immersed in it for hours. Taking the form of a monthly chess magazine, this site offers the best chess writing anywhere in print let alone the best available on the web.

Chessville.com
A very good and growing site, with one of the most comprehensive links pages anywhere on the web. I also think their Forum is one of the more active and interesting sites for chess discussion.

Chess Curiosities
Author Tim Krabbe’s immense collection of commentaries and curiosities. Like visiting a chess museum with a brilliant guide.

ChessBase
A great news site with lots of great reference resources. Also a great place to shop for software or books (especially since they teamed up with Chess Digest). Be sure to check out the ChessBase Online Database of games.

JeremySilman.com/chess
A very wide-ranging site with tons of content — some deeply buried but all great.

Chess Variants
A probably complete collection of all variants on the game of chess, with wonderful articles documenting the rules. Includes coverage of bug-house, Fisher Random, Kriegspiel, Shogi, Star Trek 3D Chess, and literally a thousand more you never heard of before. A truly amazing site. Those interested in Chess Variants may enjoy the Chess Variant Club.

Clubs: The Chess Club is a good place for hard code chess fans. Download client software for accessing their server.

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