From: "World Chess Championship", INTERNET:newsletter@mark-weeks.com
Date: 00/09/06, 08:28 
Re:   Chess History on the Web (2000 no.17)
 
A few months ago, I posted an article titled 'Site Review - Chess
Downloads', which was mirrored on the newsletter as 'Chess History on the
Web (2000 no.10)'. The address of the post on the Chess History discussion
group is...
 
http://x63.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=623583344
 
...It reviewed two sites which maintain links to Web sites offering games
in downloadable format. The two sites were... 
 
'Chess Downloads by Klaus Wrba'
http://home.t-online.de/home/wrba.klaus/download.htm
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'The Homepage of Lars Balzer'
http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~balzer/index.html
 
...While preparing the article, I combined the links from the Wrba &
Balzer sites, created a new list, and loaded it onto the Web. My comment
at the time was, 'my new list is not particularly useful. The links need
to be annotated to guide visitors to those sites which are most likely to
deliver the sought-after files.'
 
Lee Holder, who is on the discussion group as member 'lkholder', repeated
the process of combining the Wrba & Balzer lists, but took the big extra
step of annotating the consolidated list. 
 
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From: Holder, Lee
Date: 2000/08/23
Re:   links to chess sites with games
 
I recently went through all of the links on Lars Balzer & Klaus Wrba's web
sites.  In the process, I found many dead links and many more changed web
addresses.  In addition, some of the sites no longer have games (or at
least, I could not find any).
 
I put the updated information in the attached Excel spreadsheet.  (I put
the information in a spreadsheet to easily sort the sites.)  In the
spreadsheet, I also classify the sites by what type of games are present
(events, players, openings, other) and whether the site appears to be
updated regularly.  I also note the format of the games (PGN, Chessbase,
etc.).  If you find any errors in this information, please let me know.
 
The Excel spreadsheet lists only active sites (valid links) where I could
find games.  Where a Balzer or Wrba link was invalid, I tried to find if
the site had moved.  Updated links are in the Excel spreadsheet.  Where I
could not locate the site, it is listed in the attached text file.  In the
text file, I also list active sites where I could not find any games.
 
Note that the Excel spreadsheet has additional sites, not listed by either
Balzer or Wrba, that I found have games.  Also note that America-Base only
has one entry - I did not list the country sub-sites separately.
 
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Lee has graciously consented to allow me to post his results. I converted
his Excel spreadsheet and accompanying notes to a single Web page, which
you can find at address...
 
http://members.tripod.com/~Mark_Weeks/chw00i01/chw00i01.htm
  
...Here's a big thanks to Lee for preparing and sharing his new list of
chess downloads.
 
Bye for now,
Mark Weeks