Chess Links
A few good places you might want to visit...
The presence of a link does not indicate any involvement or endorsement of the sites listed. We
have found something useful to our club in each site, but we do not seek to deliver business to a
commercial site, nor do we benefit from your visit to them. We merely found the places interesting
or informative and encourage your
Chess Instruction On-Line
interactive, from beginning to intermediate
How to Play Chess for Beginners and Parents
Chess Corner beginner to intermediate
Chess Is Fun beginner to advanced
Rockford Chess - download handouts for
Chess Club instruction.
Exeter Chess - lots of instructional materials
Bingo Hideout - links to lots of good information
Advanced
ChessOps Openings
Chessville download tactical exercises
Chessville download scholastic lessons
Chessville good article on improving
Commercial Teaching Sites
ChessVictory - Free Chess Course
KidChess - from the very beginning
International Chess University
On-Line 'Live' Coaching
Romulo Pialan
- through ICC, Skype
Levi Mercado
- through Skype
Houston Chess Schools
Panda Chess Academy - west side
Highly Original Thinkers Chess Academy
Live Teachers
. (in
no particular order)
Jeff Ashton -
central (has a waiting list)
. . .
(Panda
Chess Academy)
Justin
Gardner - central, limited travel
. . .
(Highly Original Thinkers Chess Academy)
Jon Santos - Tomball-Katy, will travel
John Hendrick - central, will travel
Leonard Fusselman - Katy, will travel
Chris Jones - central, will travel
Neph
Diaz - SE Houston, will travel
. . . (also
Bughouse and Trumpet)
Ramy Farrag - northwest suburban
Steve Hobart - Stafford & Sugar Land
Clarence Yeung - Sugar Land & HCC
Larry Englebretson - HCC & Central
Bob Bartel - Galena Park & East Houston
Chris Sheridan - Spring-Klein area
Stormy Newton - Southwest Houston
Houston Area Chess Teachers:
Send me your website link or e-mail
Play Chess On-Line
for USCF Members
to Main Chess Menu
Starting a Club
A Beginners Guide to Coaching Scholastic Chess - pdf file requires Adobe 
U S Chess Trust assistance with equipment
and memberships - pdf file requires Adobe
Chess and Standard Test Scores
1997 study by James Liptrap showing that Chess
improves TAAS Test scores
Secrets of the Expert Mind
(link broken)
August 2006 Scientific American article about
what makes a chess master.
.
Tournaments
Tournament Information for Parents
Introduction to USCF Tournaments
- pdf file requires Adobe
USCF Ratings Calculation Formula
The Grandmaster Diet
December 2008 Chess Life article about the effect
of foods on chess tournament performance.
Scholastic Tournaments in Austin
Chess
Tournaments in Dallas-Ft Worth
.
Chess Organizations
United States Chess Federation Main page
-
USCF Member Services Area Your record-
U S Chess Trust Free USCF Memberships
University of Texas at Dallas Chess
Chess Trainer Euwe Chess Academy, India
Adult Chess Clubs
Houston Chess Club Southwest Freeway
Bellaire Chess Club Southwest Side
South Montgomery Chess Club North Suburbs
Lake Houston Chess Club Northeast Suburbs
1960 Chess Club Northwest Harris County
Space City Chess Club Clear Lake
School Chess Clubs
MacArthur High School (link broken)
Youth Chess Clubs
1960 Chess Club Northwest Harris County
Katy Scholastic Chess Club Katy
Tomball Library Chess Club Tomball
Chess Magazines & Blogs
