Problem Chess Links

On this page "you find most chess variants, and some other terms, which appear or are mentioned in the chess variant pages." Although this list mainly concerns variants of (playable) chess, some common fairy problem conditions can be found here.

Problem chess glossary that "is under construction and so far contains only some basic explanations".

Explanations of some common themes, with examples. Provided by "The archives des problémistes--La guilde des problémistes du Nouveau Monde". (In French.)

Both a "Glossary for retro-terminology" and a "Glossary for fairy & heterodox chess" provided by The Retrograd Analysis Corner.

A number of different explanation provided by Christian Poisson at Problemesis home page.

• Glossaire

  Contains explantions of many miscellaneous but basic terms.

• Conditions usuelles - Usual conditions

  Contains explanations of a number of common fairy conditions.

• Contraintes - Constraints

  Contains explanations of some constraints used as fairy conditions. "Constraints : rules which force a side (or the two sides) to choose, among his legal moves, some moves instead of other ones."

• Autres conditions - Other conditions

  Contains explanations of a number of less common fairy conditions.

• Pièces - Pieces

  Contains explanations of a number of more or less common fairy pieces.

• Thèmes - Themes

  Contains explanations of a number of a large number of problem themes. I find this page very instructive.

Some basic terminology and introductory remarks about problem chess (in Swedish), provided by The GorFo Problem Chess Pages.

"Eugene Beauharnais Cook, 1830-1915, Class of 1874, The Father of American Chess Composition"
A short biography of the man whos "efficiency in finding errors in problems entered into chess language" is here given by Jim Weinheimer.

Robert Ericsson presents chess composers who have been active in the Swedish city Linköping (in Swedish). The page includes links to problems by the composers presented.

"Problem Chess in Upper Austria" (in German).

"E-mail addresses of chess problemists and ches problem fans. Send new addresses to Milan Velimirovic and this list will grow... ".