History

Bill Wall's chess page - Articles and information collections on a variety of chess topics. Particularly focused on history and curiosities.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/chess.htm

ChessDryad - Topics in the history of California chess, focused on chess personalities.
http://www.chessdryad.com/

US Chess History - Articles by the US Chess Hall of Fame about the history of chess in the United States.
http://www.excaliburelectronics.com/history_archive.html

Chessmetrics - ELO-style ratings for many historical chess grandmasters.
http://db.chessmetrics.com/

Chesmayne - Raymon Reid's history of chess
http://www.chess-poster.com/english/chesmayne/chesmayne.htm

Traditional Games - Description and history of some board games in the chess family.
http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Chess.htm

Chess Archeology - Photos, drawings, and other chess history tidbits.
http://www.chessarch.com/arch.shtml

OlimpBase - Provides history, statistics, and games from team tournaments. Includes articles, results, player profiles, a FAQ and a newsletter.
http://www.olimpbase.org

Sports Statistics - Sortable win-loss records of chess players throughout history. Non-ELO ratings.
http://www.sport-stat.ru/chess/index.php

Sarah's Serendipitous Chess Page - Includes history, games, pictures, and links.
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/frontpage.html

On The Origin Of Chess - A group of articles with a variety of views regarding the origin of chess.
http://www.mynetcologne.de/~nc-jostenge/

History Of Chess - Description, excerpts, and online purchase of chess history books by Victor Keats, with a particular focus on Judaism.
http://www.historyofchess.co.uk

Schachtexte - History and relationship of chess versions, focusing on East Asian ones. In English and German.
http://www.banaschak.net/schach/index.html

Goddess Chess - Chess history and speculative history, with a focus on the role of women in chess.
http://www.goddesschess.com/

Chess Tournament and Match History - A timeline of major matches and tournaments in chess history with crosstables and games in pgn format for free download. Lists of world records.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/chess.html