This is a non-comprehensive but very large list of sites devoted to playing chess online.  We, as a club, support Yahoo chess under the "Free online chess" column most of all.  The sites are listed in no particular order.

 

Paid online chess	Correspondence chess	Free online chess
Playchess Internet chess club Worldchesslive Chess.net Caissa Wuchess Redhotpawn ChessCorner  Instantchess Chessboss	The Campbell Report Chess-Mail ChessManiac FICGS iNetChess MailChess Post Card Chess Red Hot Pawn SchemingMind Social Correspondence Chess Association	Yahoo chess Chesscube Chessanytime Gameknot Chess Flyordie Chesshere ChessWorld Chesspark PlayOK AjaxPlay