The Beowulf Chess Engine Homepage - Beowulf Chess Engine was used in the world-record holding ChessBrain project. The instructive source code for the engine is open and free to download. Introduction to Chess Programming - Short and brief introduction to Chess programming, providing basic methods of how computers play chess. TalkChess - Popular message board discussing anything and everything relating to Computer Chess Programming. Registration required. The Anatomy of Chess Programs - An introduction to how computers play chess. Tim Mann's Chess Pages - Tim Mann's chess pages, author of XBoard and WinBoard user interfaces. OnJava.com Article on BitBoards - Article about bitboards implemented in Java. The Rebel Chess Program - Information about the Rebel chess program. Also includes a section on chess programming and theory. Chessbin.com - Blog that follows the creation of a free chess engine, game downloads, and a C# chess engine starter kit. Gray Matter Chess Engine - Gray Matter is a pedagogical chess engine, written in C++, using an MTD(f) move search and rotated BitBoards, and running under XBoard and WinBoard. Chess Programming Wiki - The Chess Programming Wiki is a repository of information about programming computers to play chess. Mediocre Chess - Computer Chess blog that documents a creation of an open source Java Chess engine. ChessWar - Computer chess engine tournament called Open War. Chessopolis: Computer Chess - Links to programming tutorials and freeware chess engines.