Resources

Chess education materials, tools, and resources curated by the I.S. 318 team.

Elizabeth's Corner

2019 Chess Educator of the Year Speech

Elizabeth's speech as the 2019 Chess Educator of the Year

First Year Chess Curriculum

Elizabeth's First Year Chess Curriculum in 51 lessons

Elizabeth's Top 10 Teaching Books

From Chess Life Online

Bughouse Articles

The Secrets of Brooklyn's Bughouse Champs, Part I: Openings

Written by former students

Secrets of Brooklyn Bughouse Champs, Part II: Attacking

Written by former students

Secrets of Brooklyn Bughouse Champs, Part III- Defensive Ideas

Written by former students

Lists

FIDE Top 100 List

List of the world's top 100 players according to the World Chess Federation

USCF Top 100 List

List of the top U.S. players according to the U.S. Chess Federation

List of World Chess Champions

List of world champions and esteemed players going back to the 1400's

List of World Women's Chess Champions

List of world champions and esteemed players going back to 1927

List of U.S. Chess Champions

List of U.S. Champions going back to 1845

List of U.S. Women's Chess Champions

List of U.S. Women's Champions going back to 1937

Tools

Rating Estimator

Post-event ELO rating estimator based on the USCF model

ChessBase Database

Free online database of chess games from ChessBase