ChessWorld.net - Play Online Chess
ChessWorld.net, founded in 2000, is an online chess site. Play relaxed, friendly correspondence-style chess at your own pace.
📚 Chess Courses – Openings, Tactics, Middlegame, Endgames

Chessworld Welcome Pack Videos

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Kingscrusher, Chessworld.net webmaster
Candidate Master (CM) Tryfon Gavriel (aka Kingscrusher) — pioneering with Chessworld.net and his YouTube channel at youtube.com/kingscrusher.

He provides lots of entertaining live commentary games, opening videos, and news reports. His "new style" of chess entertainment is a throwback to the Romantic era—when combinations and speculative sacrifices pleased the crowd. But now, the crowd is online, and it's much bigger than the old Café de la Régence!

The Fun Experience of Correspondence Chess

Why play "slow" chess? Discover the benefits of taking your time.

🎥 20 Key Benefits of Chessworld Style Chess
📖 The Benefits of Correspondence Style Chess (Article)
🎥 Background to correspondence style chess by Majnu
🎥 Playing 28 correspondence style moves!
🎥 Playing 35 correspondence style moves!
🎥 Free Mini Tournaments at Chessworld!

Chessworld Socials (In Real Life)

Chessworld members meeting up over the years.

🎥 Way back in 2006 - Covent Garden!
🎥 A fun consultation game played at a Social

History: How Correspondence Created Opening Names

🎥 The earliest French Defence game - played by correspondence!

High Quality Annotated Correspondence Games

Deep dives into master-level strategy.

🎥 The Power of the Two Bishops (by 'FatandMad')
🎥 Ivar Bern vs Oosterom (World Champion Correspondence)
🎥 Oosterom vs Timmerman
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