The Week in Chess

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The Week in Chess

Web address

http://www.theweekinchess.com/

Type of site

Chess news

Available in

English

Owner

Mark Crowther

Created by

Mark Crowther

Launched

1994

The Week in Chess (TWIC) is one of the first, if not the first, Internet-based chess news
services.
TWIC has been edited by Mark Crowther since its inception in 1994. It began as a
weekly Usenet posting, with "TWIC 1" being posted to Usenet group rec.games.chess on 17
September 1994.[1] Later it moved to Crowther's personal web site, then to chesscenter.com in
1997,[2] and in 2012 it moved to theweekinchess.com.[3]
It contains both chess news, and all the game scores from major events.
TWIC quickly became popular with professional chess players, because it allowed them to
quickly get results and game scores, where previously they had relied on print publications. [4]
TWIC still exists as a weekly newsletter, although for important events the TWIC website is
updated daily. It remains a popular site for up-to-date chess news. [5]

References[edit]
1.

Jump up^ The Week in Chess 1, Usenet newsgroup rec.games.chess, 19 September

1994

2.

Jump up^ TWIC 500! - a history of TWIC, formerly at about.com (June 2004), now
at Internet Archive

3.

Jump up^ 1000 issues and a 20th year for TWIC, Mark Crowther, TWIC 1000, 6 Jan
2014

4.

Jump up^ The Week In Chess 200. Mark Crowther's child grows up., guest article
by Mig Greengard in TWIC 200, 7 September 1998

5.

Jump up^ For instance, it is referenced in the The New York Times Chess Blog, 31
August 2008