The Internet Chess Club is host to the largest online chess community and as well sponsoring LeChess Club provides live feeds to all the major over the board tournaments world wide.
The STC group supports tournaments with longer Standard Time Controls which include the Sunday Swiss 45 5, MayMania and STC BUNCH World Championships as well as others. The group uses channel 90 on ICC which is open to all ICC members.
Team 45 45 League provides internet chess players who like slow time controls with the opportunity to compete in teams of four to six players. Tournaments take place on ICC and the group uses channel 345.
Chessbase provides many online chess services. These include a rolling chess news service that allows chess players to keep abreast of what is happening in the chess world and an online chess data base to assist in studies. Also available is a free download of Chessbase Light.
Chesscafe is a site where the reader can get reviews of new chess publications. Also available are recent articles that are likely to be of use to players across the rating spectrum. This includes the famous "Novice Nook" by Dan Heisman.
Doctor Unclear's Homepage
LeChess Club has a strict policy on (c)omputer (c)heats which is blighting on line chess. Doctor Unclear's Homepage gives tips on how to identify computer cheats which should then be reported to SpeedTrap.
