🧭 Chess directory
Where chess lives outside Peabody: the federations that run tournaments and ratings, free places to play and learn, and the chess museum.
Grown-ups: these places are on other websites. Hold the button for two seconds to turn the names into links.
Federations and tournaments
- US Chess Federationnew.uschess.org
The US governing body: official ratings, scholastic tournaments and how to find a club.
- FIDE (the International Chess Federation)fide.com
The world federation: international ratings, titles like Grandmaster, and the World Championship.
Play and learn online
Online chess sites have chat and play against strangers: a grown-up should set them up. Lichess has a kid mode that turns chat off.
- Lichesslichess.orgFree
Free, open-source and ad-free chess: play, puzzles and lessons. Turn on kid mode in the settings.
- ChessKidchesskid.com
A chess site made for children, with lessons, puzzles and safety settings; some features are paid.
Clubs and museums
- Saint Louis Chess Clubsaintlouischessclub.org
A leading US chess center with free broadcasts of top tournaments and scholastic programs.
- World Chess Hall of Fameworldchesshof.orgFree
A museum about chess history and art, in St. Louis.