TCountyChess.com Logo with 2 artisan carved Knight pieces facing towards the center with a text logo inside.  TCountyChess.com is the publisher of high quality chess books and the online home of the Tuscarawas County Chess Club.

Join us to learn and play chess
Tuesday 4-7pm at the Dover Library or
Sunday 1pm at the New Towne Mall Food Court
in New Philadelphia Ohio.

Find TCountyChess on X

Available Now on Amazon

Book cover of Speed Mating Essential Tactics, available now on Amazon.com.
Book cover of Chess Pr0n Winter 2024, available now on Amazon.com.

Chess Pr0n
Issue #2 ~ Winter 2024

Chess Pr0n is an adult magazine for adult improvers.

Chess Pr0n aims to cover beautiful games and moments in chess from the past and the present with beautiful pages. The star attraction of any article will always be the chess, and the chess moves are included with a link to an analysis board so you can play them out on your devices without the need to set anything up.
This issue contains 13 articles and 48 full color pages printed at the highest settings available with articles on:

  • Jospeph Henry Blackburne and the Evans Gambit
  • Judit Polgar vs Magnus Carlsen
  • The Evans Gambit feature
  • Spicy Reader Letters featuring a King Walk
  • The Immortal King Walk
  • Nigel Short vs Jan Timman King Walk
  • Candidates 2024
  • Bobby Fischer vs Reuben Fine in the Evans Gambit
  • Bobby Fischer vs Boatner in the Evans Gambit
  • The Evergreen Game featureing Adolf Anderssen and Jean Dufresne
  • Echoes of the Opera Game: Nebermann vs Silverman
  • Paul Morphy vs Zupide in the Evans Gambit
  • Great Mates featuring Muller vs NN, Minchev vs Miraschiev, and Blumenfeld vs NN

Coming Soon on Amazon

Book cover of Speed Mating Checkmate Patterns, coming soon on Amazon.com. Book cover of Speed Mating Advanced Chess Tactics, coming soon on Amazon.com.


ChessPr0n Database Downloads

CheeseBase SCIDvsPC format download
CheeseBase in PGN format download

ChessPr0n has released a free database of chess games. It is in SCIDvsPC format and it is current as of 5.12.2024. Essentially it is an update of CaissaBase plus games from Mark Crowther's fantastic The Week In Chess plus a bunch of games from lichess.org. On lichess I found the ID's of many of the top players, downloaded their games, and converted their names to their proper names so they would show up in a search.

Additionally I fixed this issue in CaissaBase where around 2018 they had a large update with many top players now having games under two slightly different names. I edited all those games for the players that I found like this to combine that data in any search. As a result you have roughly eight and a half million games of chess free for download.

I host this on my google account to avoid paying for that. It is a zip file that you will need to unzip. Then there are a bunch of files inside. Put them in the same folder that you create on your computer to extract them to and then open the SCID program and then use file > open and navigate to your new database. Play around with it. If you break it it doesn't matter, it was free and you can just download a new copy with no worries while you are learning.


Tata Steel 2024 Printable Cards Collage

Download Free Printable Chess Trading Cards or Stickers

Download your own Printable Cards or Stickers celebrating the 2024 Tata Steel Tournament. Full sized sports trading cards that you can print and cut on your own. You can also use them as stickers or on shirts or mugs. Many chess clubs are located in libraries in the US and most of these libraries have this equipment free for public use. Well now you have something you can print and laser cut or cricut for cards or stickers. Or you can put them on a mug, t-shirt, keychain, or coaster with the sublimation printer and a heat press.

All credits to the photographers and artists included in the download. This is a free product and you are free to make as many copies as you want thanks to the generosity of the photographers, artists, and myself. You are not free to sell them for profit. Just a heads up.

Trading card of Bobby Fischer close up staring at a King in the foreground.



Watch Chess


"Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe."
Indian proverb


Read Chess


Chess Research


Top Quality Reading Links


The Morals of Chess by Benjamin Franklin (1786) | Cleveland Public Library's John G. White Digital Collection | This Week in Chess | Winter's Chess History | Bill Wall Chess | Perpetual Chess Link-Fest | D. Griffin Soviet Chess History | Zwishenzug | Chess Antiques | Say Chess | 2700chess.com | Dan Heisman | Chess Archaeology | Chess Life and Chess Review archives |

Reading & Research Links


John G. White Collection @ Cleveland Public Library | CPL chess search | Claude Bloodgood collection | chess antique | chess antique's old books | chessgames.com | 365chess.com | PGN Mentor | Ed Collins | Chess Pro Russia | Next Level Chess | chess24.com | The Chess Improvement Lab | reddit chess | Bill Wall Chess (old site) | Bill Harvey | chess.com news | Jack Li's Cool Chess Stuff | Jack Li's Hikaru and Gotham Chess Chrome Extension | Listudy.org | Chess Mind | Chess Mood blog | Chess StackExchange | Chess @ India Times | Mark Weeks' Chess For All Ages | Leonard Barden @ The Guardian | St. Louis Chess Club Blog | Chess Base India | Lennart Ootes | chessentials.com | David Friedman Chess & Sports blog | Raymond Keene @ The Article | Chess Columns | Chess History & Literature Society | Chess Tech | chessdom.com | European Chess Union | Europe Echecs | Max Euwe Centre | chessjournalism.org | Chess Daily News by Susan Polgar | The Chess Drum |

Chess Publishing


print best sellers | kindle best sellers | top new releases in chess | Amazon Royalty and Printing Estimator | Gambit Publishing | New in Chess Publishing | Everyman Chess | McFarland | Chess Stars | Elk & Ruby | Russell | Thinkers Publishing | Quality Chess | Batsford | Dover Publications | Verendel Publishing | Sahovski / Chess Informant | Jeremy Silman | American Chess Magazine | 64 magazine |

Chess Twitter


#chesspunks | St. Louis Chess Club | chess.com | ChessBase India | Hikaru Nakamura | Susan Polgar | Tim Brennan | Nikos Ntirlis | Chess Von Doom | John Bartholomew | Anish Giri | Jacob Aagaard | Charlotte Chess Center | Neal Bruce | Andras Toth | Judit Polgar | Chessable | Kostya Kavutskiy | Noel Studer | Daniel Lona | Kamryn Heidi | Rookie Redhead | Dan Heisman | Magnus Carlsen | Levy Rozman / Gotham Chess | Dina Belenkaya | Angelika Valkova | Anna-Maja Kazarian | Lula Robs | Hannah Sayce | Mr. Dodgy | Jorden Van Foreest | Ben Johnson | Nemo | Sagar Shah | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Elk & Ruby | Carsten Hansen | Garry Kasparov | Peter Giannatos | Bold Move by Dan | Alexandra Botez | Andrea Botez | Chess Dojo | Anna Cramling | Hans Niemann | Daniel Naroditskty | Andrew Tang | Alireza Firouzja | Arjun Erigaisi | Gukesh D | Romain Edouard | Thinkers Publishing | Chess Informant | Eugene Perelshteyn | Martin Justesen | Stacia Pugh | Sabina Foisor | Alexandra Kosteniuk | Beast Adhiban Baskaran | Praggnanandhaa | Anna Rudolf | Space Amy | Tania Sachdev | David Howell | Mike Klein | lichess.org | Fabiano Caruana | Levon Aronian | Cristian Chirila | C-Squared Podcast | Chessbrah | Aman Hambleton | Eric Hansen | Lennart Ootes | Jesse Kraai | David Pruess | chesskid.com | Caveman Chess | Gata Kamsky | Vidit Gujrathi | Daniel Rensch | New In Chess | Everyman Chess | Chess Network | ChessTempo.com | Mark Crowther | Tryfon Gavriel / Kingscrusher | Agadmator | Mechanic's Institute Chess Club | Nate Solon | D. Griffin | Sam Shankland | Daniel King | Denes Boros | Chess by the Numbers | US Chess | Ramesh RB | Rose Atwell | Eric Rosen | Jesse February | Vishy Anand | Lile Koridze | Jules Gambit | Lion Chess | Simon Williams / Ginger GM | Robert Hess | Just Chess Miniatures | Ruhi Chess | Matt Plays Chess | Ian Harris | American Chess Magazine |

Chess Clubs


National & International Organizations


US Chess Federation | USCF Store | FIDE | International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) | ICCF-US | Offerspill Chess Club | Yusupov Chess Academy | Westbridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA) |

Ohio Chess Clubs


Ohio Chess Association | Progress w/ Chess | CCL Chess School (Columbus) | Chess Enterprise | Central Chess Club | Columbus Chess Club | Discovery Chess | Brecksville Chess Club | Parma Chess Club | Your Next Move Chess Club | Cincinnati Scholastic Chess | Columbus Chess Academy | T County Chess youtube | Chess Earth (Cincy) | Fellowship of the Pawns (Steubenville) | The Greater Toledo Area Chess Club | Marysville Chess Club | Mid-Ohio Chess Club (Ontario) | Ohio Chess Academy (Columbus) | Mulligan Columbus Chess Club | Fellowship of the King Chess Club | Simply Squares Chess Club (Columbus) | Cincinnati Chess Club | Sidney Chess Club | Brightwood Chess Association | Cleveland Chess Club | Greater Cleveland Chess | NE Ohio Chess Club (Twinsburg) | Vivacity Chess (Mayfield Heights) | The Royal Oak Initiative (Columbus) |

Top Chess Clubs in the USA outside of Ohio


World Chess Hall of Fame (MO) | St. Louis Chess Club (MO) | Marshall Chess Club (NY) | Mechanic's Institute Chess Club (CA) | Charlotte Chess Center (NC) | US Chess School | chessNYC.com (NY) | Manasota Chess Center (FL) | Caveman Chess (IL) | Capital Area Chess (DC) | Magnus Chess Academy (VA/MD) | Berkeley Chess School (CA) | Bay Area Chess (CA) | Ocean State Chess (RI) | San Diego Chess Club (CA) | Washington Chess Federation (WA) | Sparta Chess Club (NJ) | Michigan Chess Association (MI) | Little House of Chess (NY) | Red Bandit Chess (CT) | Dark Knights Chess (TX) | Daniel Lona's Adult Chess Academy | American Chess Academy (CA) | Chess Club (WA) | Spokane Chess Club (WA) | Kid Chess (GA) | Raleigh Chess Academy (NC) | Triangle Chess (NC) | Chicago Chess Center (IL) | New Jersey State Chess Federation (NJ) | Chess Max Academy (NY) | Twin Cities Chess Club (MN) | Dallas Chess Club (TX) | Pittsburgh Chess Club (PA) | New Mexico Chess Organization (NM) | Portland Chess Club (OR) | North Dakota Chess Association (ND) | Indiana State Chess Association (IN) | CalChess (CA) | Central Florida Chess Club (FL) |
Chess Knight piece photographed in the Chiaroscuro style in black and white with the light and shadows showing the artisan crafted Knight in all her might.

Computer Chess & Programming


Database


ChessBase17 + MegaBase | ChessBase17 | MegaBase2023 | More ChessBase | lichess database | lichess elite database | chesstempo database | syzygy endgame tablebase | SCIDvsPC | CaissaBase |

Chess.com Code & Assets


chess.com brand assets | chess.com python wrapper github | chess.com public api | chess.com python wrapper | chess.com python wrapper light weight github |

Lichess Code & Assets


lichess api | lichess developers | lichess bot github | lichess tactics generator (web) | lichess tactics generator (github) | lichess beserk | lichess beserk github | lichess.org brand assets | lichess chessground github | python-lichess |

Chess Engines


stockfish | stockfish github | Boris Trapsky | 10 best Boris Trapsky games | Boris Trapsky study | Trollfish Bot | Trollfish Github | maia chess | maia chess github | suboptimal minimax | best of anti maia | chess engine evolution 1 | chess engine evolution 2 | sunfish github | tcec-chess.com |

Python


python | pandas | python chess | pyFPDF | Ethan Mai's Engine Colab | Tech w/ Tim using chess.com API in python | Lucas Chess |

Javascript


chess.js github | stockfish.js github | stockfish11.js | npmjs stockfish | npmjs chess.js | npmjs lichess chessground | ELO rank in javascript | npmjs chess.com lightweight | npmjs cm-chessboard | cm-chessboard github |

C#


.NET | Visual Studio & VS Code | C# documentation | Lynx Chess by Eduardo Cáceres | Sebastian Lague's Chess Challenge | Chess Challenge documentation | Sebastian Lague's Chess AI |

php


php | php-chess github | php-chess documentation |

Programming Talk & Misc.


Nate Solon | Sebastian Lague | Maksim Korzh / Code Monkey King | Eduardo Cáceres | Lukas Monk | reddit chess programming | reddit computer chess | chess programming wiki | chess programming forum | chessvision ai | chess pastebin | chess unicode |

Chess Programming by Topic


Board Representation: CPW Board Representation | CPW Bitboards | CPW Mailbox |

Search: CPW Search | CPW Minimax | CPW Negamax | CPW Alpha-Beta | CPW Depth | CPW Move Ordering | CPW Iterative Search | CPW Monte-Carlo Tree Search | CPW Quiescence |

Evaluation: CPW Evaluation | CPW Material | CPW Piece Square Tables | CPW Pawn Structure | CPW Evaluation of Pieces | CPW Evaluation Patterns | CPW Mobility | CPW Center Control | CPW Connectivity | CPW Trapped Pieces | CPW King Safety | CPW Space | CPW Tempo |

NNUE: CPW Efficiently Updatable Neural Networkds (NNUE) |

Opening Book: CPW Opening Book | CPW Brainfish | Zipproth.de (Brainfish / Cerebellum) | CPW Engine Book | CPW Test Positions |

Time: CPW Time Management | CPW Pondering |

Endgame Tablebases: CPW Endgame Tablebases | Szygy github | Sesse Tablebase |

Move Generation: CPW Move Generation |



Full Ohio Chess Calendar


by The Ohio Chess Association (OCA)