Chess websites

Here is a growing list of websites available for playing chess online, and learning about the game:

• chess.com - the most popular with an estimated 12 million new players annually, which charges a fee for excellent analysis; it has many players at both the top and low ends in skill levels;
• lichess.org - an open source website that is both free to users and free of ads, which is enjoyed by many moderately advanced players
• chessbase.com - good for practicing openings with variations
• chessgames.com - a tremendous resource of historical games and relative merits of different openings and defenses
• Free Internet Chess Server, based in Minnesota
• chess24.com
• fide.com
• The Chess Website - a terrific repository of famous games
• Chess Only - contains some good tricks and traps
• Dat-driven analysis of chess with interesting statistical conclusions
• US Chess Federation Club - an informative website
• Saint Louis Chess Club - a club having a wealthy benefactor, a fabulous facility, some top players who have been recruited there, and many school programs

In addition to the above

Here are additional ".com" chess websites which are popular:

1. gameknot
2. chess-results
3. chesspro.ru (the leading chess website in Russia, the country where chess is most popular)
4. 2700chess
5. thechessworld
6. chessdom
7. chessable (a website that focuses on training and improving skills)