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Having spent a lot of time on the web
(too much
according to my wife! Many thanks to all those who knowingly and unknowingly have helped me to date. I have listed just a few of my favourite and useful sites which hopefully may be of interest to you also. Although, I can not be held responsible for content on other web pages, I visit every linked site regularly This is not a definitive list and I will update these links as I have time.
RAF Bomber Command (1939-1945) - detailed site for those with an interest in this field! < still to be added >
Essential Family Search - IGI and census records (& more) on-line courtesy of Mormon church GENUKI - the starting place for your UK family history research FreeBMD - searchable index of Civil registration of births, deaths & marriages (BMDs) from 1837 (England & Wales) 1901 census - search on-line - now accessible after initial rush! National Archives - online search of UK historical documents - fantastic resource! UKBMD - searchable index of BMDs and portal for other information Genes Re-united - has grown very quickly, and now vital resource- now difficult NOT to find someone of interest!
< more still to be added >
The Week in Chess - great for keeping up to date with chess news and latest games downloads Chess Cafe - well established and essential stop-off for the chess addict Chess FM - Internet Chess radio Lars Balzer - great collection of games and links to loads more! - thanks
Software & materials ChessBase - market leader for commerical engines Arena - fantastic *free* chess GUI (many thanks Martin Blume) SCID - superb *free* chess database Selective Search - the original and the best computer chess magazine (I first subscribed in 1990!) Museum of old chess programs - early versions of Fritz and other engines available for *free*
Tournaments & fellow enthusiasts! WBEC - What can I say - the 'Daddy' of winboard engine tournaments - thanks Leo! Sedat Canbaz - Thanks, especially for 'Perfect' opening books! CEGT - longstanding and still a leading testing group - congratulations to Heinz & team! CCRL - reliable and trustworthy results with excellent presentation - well done Graham et al Olivier Deville - Longstanding and excellent 'ChessWar' series - dedication! Kurt & Rolf - extensive testing across a range of commercial software, though now sadly stopped RWBC - probably the first tournament I started to follow! Sergio Martinez - great winboard tourneys - & thanks also for testing Numpty!
Dedicated chess computers Steve Blincoe - one of the world's top collectors has photos of them all - wonderful resource! Mike Watters - UK's top collector and a great guy - site has developed into a must see! Alain Zanchetta - excellent site, & keeper of the on-line manuals, if you're missing one Ismenio Sousa - fascinating info and the most friendly forum host to boot! Tom Luif - top Dutch collector, who also maintains a very interesting blog Jose - essential reading for regular e-bay bidders!, many thanks for your tireless work! BBC News - THE place for news - excellent!. Today's Front Pages - News junkie?- front pages from all around the world ClubFM - my internet radio station of choice - check out the Trance channel!
CHAMP games - Fantastic 80's arcade games now freely available Atari Age - great Atari 2600 VCS emulators - can you 'clock' Demon Attack on level 5?! PomPom games - In my view the best current renditions of the traditional 'shoot-em-up' Henricus - superb remakes of the best vintage games - for free!! - many thanks!! Just Basic - for novice programmers like me - an excellent *free* BASIC with great tutorial! Freebasic - a more advanced BASIC - does exactly what is says on the tin! PriceRunner - has saved me a fortune! |
) since I got my first modem in 1995, I have
gathered a wealth of invaluable information in my areas of interest, much of it
freely given. 
25 June 2007