This week’s site comes from the London Chess Center and has a wealth of information and links for the chess enthusiast. The main site is found at http://www.chesscenter.com/ but the specific part of the site I want to talk about is called The Week in Chess (TWIC). TWIC can be linked to directly by going to http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html. When you first look at this page you will notice that there is a lot of stuff going on. News, events, book reviews, recent games, information on chess theory etc… It can be a little confusing at first glance but if you take your time you will quickly become acquainted with the site and find much useful information. In particular, the site gathers together games from the previous week’s tournaments all around the world and packages them into downloadable files. These files come in both the pgn and chessbase formats so you can replay them in whatever chess software you have. This offers a great opportunity to add games to your database and to keep up with the latest moves being played by the grandmasters. TWIC also offers a new service called TWIC Theory. It is an electronic magazine discussing the latest chess theory. This new service is free during the month of February so now is a great time to check it out and see if it is worthwhile.
Until next time…
Tom Fleetwood