Chess
Books
3_ENTRIESBooks to read on chess.
- Chess Problems
Collection of chess puzzles.
- Chess strategy
HTML version of chess strategy by Edward Lasker.
- Sicilian Dragon
Attacking plans for black.
FEN Parsers
3_ENTRIESForsythβEdwards Notation (FEN) is a standard notation for describing a particular board position of a chess game.
- fenparser by tlehman
A parser for Forsyth-Edwards Notation wriitten in Python.
- fen by ucarion
A Rust Forsyth-Edwards notation parser with proper error handling.
- fen-diagram by andyherbert
JavaScript for generating chess diagrams using Forsyth-Edwards notation.
Bots
2_ENTRIESBots are algorithms involving artificial intelligence to play against a user.
- latrunculorum
A simple chess bot in Python.
- Chessbot
Bot written in Java.
Move Validators
3_ENTRIESValidators are tools for checking authenticity of a move.
- chess.js
chess.js, Structured code for chess authentication.
- npm chess package
An algebraic notation driven chess engine that can validate board position and produce a list of viable moves.
- Chessnut
Chessnut is a simple chess board model written in Python. It provides functionality of parsing FEN and generating a list of legal moves for each FEN representation.
Websites
9_ENTRIESWebsites include platforms for people to play chess.
- multiplayerchess.com
A simple single page chess playing application facilitating the play of chess.
- lichess.org
One of the most mature platforms for playing chess on the internet. It is open source too. It is equipped with daily puzzles and an TV to spectate other matches.
- chess24.com
Play as well as learn chess from chess24 with the best of tutorials.
- chessbase.com
Lucrative, single page application for playing chess.
- chess.com
Learn and play chess with over 5 million other users.
- chesscademy.com
Watch videos, solve puzzles, and play games. All for free. (Works similar to Khan Academy.)
- chesstempo.com
Online chess tactics training site.
- chessprogramming.wikispaces.com
Repository of information about programming computers to play chess.
- freechess.org
The 'Free Internet Chess Server' (FICS) is one of the oldest Internet chess servers. There are lots of client applications for almost every device, operation system or webbrowser available.
Boards
4_ENTRIESBoards are tools for encapsulating the process of rendering a board.
- Chessboard.js
chessboard.js is a standalone JavaScript chess board.
- chess-board
A web component for displaying chess positions. It takes FEN string as input and renders the board as output.
- jchess
A jQuery based JavaScript library for parsing and displaying chess games. Currently takes FEN and PGN as inputs.
- Chessboard-js
A responsive mobile-first JavaScript chessboard library.
Board Notations
2_ENTRIESNotations are a way of expressing the properties of the board in textual format. Tutorial on Chess Notations.
- Other NotationsAlgebraic Chess NotationICCF numeric notation - Official chess game notation for all International Correspondence Chess Federation games.Smith Chess NotationDescriptive Notation
Pieces
5_ENTRIESThis includes the tools for getting artwork for various pieces of chess.
Talks
6_ENTRIESTalks on chess.
- Understanding Chess Mastery
Talk on understanding chess mastery by Jennifer Shahade.
- How Chess Can Revolutionize Learning
Talk on how chess can revolutionize learning by Cody Pomeranz.
- Working backward to solve problems
Talk on working backward to solve problems by Maurice Ashley
- Why Chess is Boring
Talk on why chess is boring by Bobby Fischer