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    • A Parent's Guide to Chess
    • Looking for Trouble
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    • A Guide to Chess Improvement
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Learning, Education, Tools

  If your school is on the Federal School Lunch Program, you can receive up to 10 free scholastic memberships from the US Chess Trust. Call USCF at 845-562-8350
  Download databases/games, programs, graphics from the huge U of Pittsburgh Chess Archives 
  American Chess School's Research Summaries on chess benefits; use also for Castle Chess Camp!
  Benefits of Chess Page - also by American Chess School's Dr. Robert Ferguson
  One Study on Why Chess Masters Make Better Moves 
  USCF's Research Summary References on chess benefits
  Brian Karen's excellent set of references on benefits of scholastic chess
  The Goal: A Nation of Chess Players and Thinkers (newspaper article)
 PGN data standards
  See USCF Scholarship page for information on Full (!) and partial college scholarships
  Want Chess History? The official website.
  Professor Chess - Lots of free & downloadable learning/teaching material! Take a peek.
  Academic Chess - Special chess website devoted to kid's play, learning, etc.
  Math and Chess - Website with workbook devoted to puzzles linking elementary math and chess
  Exeter (England) Chess Club - Fantastic material - TONS of instructional stuff...including Steinitz's Laws and wonderful chess app downloads
  Chess Helps the Brain As One Ages
  GM Square - Site of GM Baburin, Morozevich, Psachis
  GM Kevin Spraggett's Web Page - check out his ideas on "Becoming a master"
 Article on the proper way to make chess diagrams for the web
 Online Chess Clock! Don't have a clock but web access? Time your chess game here. Lots of bells and whistles, but current version only supports 1 time control.
 The Chess Predator Basic Chess Tactics explained in detail
 All about PC engine Tablebases
7-Piece Tablebase via LiChess
  Chess Position Trainer - A FREE tool that allows you to train on your chess openings
  Chess Diagrams - A LARGE set of tools for creating chess diagrams
  Diagram Transfer tool - Free: copy chess diagrams from one program or web page to another; print high quality diagrams; create light weight PNG images for a web page or for mail attachment
  Chessboard Capture Program - Also "Guess the Move" and "Support for Chess Clubs" Software - free downloads
  Flashcard makers: for making chess positions into flash cards, such as studying Bain (you still have to enter the positions):
    - Anki
    - Chess Imager (Steven Eddins)
  Final Gen - Generates tablebases for chess endgames with up to one piece per side, and any number of pawns. 

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