User:MaxBrowne/Chess Resources

Historical player and tournament data
Rusbase 1913-1994.

TWIC, complete archive. Every important tournament since 1995.

FSI (Italian Chess Federation. Extensive collection of historical and recent crosstables, look up "Ricerca Stringa" to find a particular player.

Olimpbase

Olimpbase historical ratings

Chess-results.com for more recent events.

365chess database, to get an overview of a player's tournament record.

Archive of major Swedish chess magazine Tidskift för Schack, 1919-present

Stephen Mann's Yorkshire Chess History also includes Sheffield Chess History. Contains excellent biographical material on British players, using census and archive material.

Player profiles (for external links section)
Various sites offer player profiles that are potentially useful for the "External links" section. Viswanathan Anand will be used as an example.

FIDE
Should be included for all active FIDE-rated players. The third parameter defaults to the article name; use this if the article name is not what you want to display (e.g. if it includes a clarification such as "chess player").

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Chessgames
The third parameter defaults to the article name; use this if the article name is not what you want to display (e.g. if it includes a clarification such as "chess player").

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365chess.com
Nice database, gives a good record of a player's game and tournament history, but no template set up for it.

* Viswanathan Anand games at 365Chess.com

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 * Viswanathan Anand games at 365Chess.com

Olimpbase.org
Two uses for this site: get a player's record in team matches, and get their historical rating record up to 2001.

* Viswanathan Anand team chess record at Olimpbase.org

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 * Viswanathan Anand team chess record at Olimpbase.org

* Viswanathan Anand FIDE rating history, 1984-2001 at Olimpbase.org

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 * Viswanathan Anand FIDE rating history, 1984-2001 at Olimpbase.org

Benoni.de
Another site for historical ratings. Covers the period from 2001 to present not covered by Olimpbase.

* Viswanathan Anand FIDE rating history at benoni.de

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 * Viswanathan Anand FIDE rating history at benoni.de

Chessmetrics
Hasn't been updated since 2005 so not recommended for active players, but can be useful for historical perspective and tournament records. Use the link http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/FindPlayer.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S000000000000111000000000000010100 to find a player.

* Viswanathan Anand at Chessmetrics

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 * Viswanathan Anand at Chessmetrics

USCF
Normally used only for US players.

* Viswanathan Anand USCF profile

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 * Viswanathan Anand USCF profile

Digitised chess literature, pre-1900
Lucena Damiano Ruy Lopez Salvio Arthur Saul Carrera Greco '''Stamma
 * Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez con 101 Juegos de Partido (1497) or
 * Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti (1512) or
 * Le Plaisant Jeu des Echecz renouvelle  (1560), French translation by Claude Gruget.
 * 2nd edition (1564)
 * Ludus scacchiæ: chesse-play: A game, both pleasant, wittie, and politicke: with certain briefe instructions therevnto belonging (1597), English "translation" by "G.B."
 * Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del axedrez (1561)
 * Il Giuoco de gli Scacchi (1584), Italian translation by Tarsia
 * Le jeu des eschecs avec son invention, science et practique etc (1609), French translation
 * Le royal et nouveau jeu des eschets avec son invention, science et practique ... rever, corrige et augmente de nouveau.(1674), another French translation
 * Trattato dell'inventione et arte del gioco di scacchi. Diviso in discorsi, sbaratti e partiti. (1604)
 * Il Puttino, altramente detto: il Cavaliero errante del Salvio, sopra il gioco de Scacchi con la sua Apologia contra il Carrera, diuiso in tre Libri (1634)
 *  Il Giuoco degli Scacchi diviso in IV. Libri, Ed in questa ristampata accresciuto di alcuni giuochi dello stesso Autore, non ancora dati alla luce. Da un Incognito per i Novizi del Giuoco. (1723)
 * The famous game of chesse-play truely discouered, and all doubts resolued; so that by reading this small booke thou shalt profit more then by the playing a thousand mates. An exercise full of delight; fit for princes, or any person of what qualitie soeuer. (1614)
 * Il Gioco degli Scacchi (1617)
 * The royall game of chesse-play: Sometimes the recreation of the late king, with many of the nobility. Illustrated with almost an hundred gambetts (1656)
 * Le iev des eschets (1669)

Philidor del Rio
 * L'analyze des échecs, contenant une nouvelle méthode pour apprendre en peu de tems à se perfectioner dans ce noble jeu (1749)

Lolli

Cozio

Traité des Amateurs

Sarratt
 * A Treatise on the game of chess (1808) or