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# Awesome Chess [](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
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A curated list of assets availible on the Internet related to chess.
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*Inspired by the [awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) list thing. You might want to read the complete [awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) list.*
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### Contributing
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Kindly go through [Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/hkirat/awesome-chess/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#contribution-guidelines) first.
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Content
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---
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- [Books](#books)
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- [FEN Parsers](#fen-parsers)
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- [Move Validators](#move-validators)
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- [Bots](#bots)
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- [Websites](#websites)
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- [Boards](#boards)
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- [Board Notations](#board-notations)
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- [Pieces](#pieces)
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- [Talks](#talks)
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Books
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*Books to read on chess.*
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- [Chess Problems](https://kairavacademydotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/john-thursby-75-chess-problems.pdf) - Collection of chess puzzles.
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- [Chess strategy](http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5614/pg5614-images.html) - HTML version of chess strategy by Edward Lasker.
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- [Sicilian Dragon](http://www.chesscity.com/PDF/Sicilian_Dragon_Black_Attacks_ssd.pdf) - Attacking plans for black.
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FEN Parsers
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*Forsyth–Edwards Notation (FEN) is a standard notation for describing a particular board position of a chess game.*
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- [fenparser by tlehman](https://github.com/tlehman/fenparser) - A parser for Forsyth-Edwards Notation wriitten in Python.
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- [fen by ucarion](https://github.com/ucarion/fen) - A Rust Forsyth-Edwards notation parser with proper error handling.
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- [fen-diagram by andyherbert](https://github.com/andyherbert/fen-diagram) - JavaScript for generating chess diagrams using Forsyth-Edwards notation.
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Bots
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*Bots are algorithms involving artificial intelligence to play against a user.*
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- [latrunculorum](https://github.com/benwr/latrunculorum) - A simple chess bot in Python.
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- [Chessbot](https://github.com/jfabeel/Chessbot) - Bot written in Java.
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Move Validators
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*Validators are tools for checking authenticity of a move.*
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- [chess.js](https://github.com/jhlywa/chess.js) - chess.js, Structured code for chess authentication.
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- [npm chess package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/chess) - An algebraic notation driven chess engine that can validate board position and produce a list of viable moves.
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- [Chessnut](https://github.com/cgearhart/Chessnut.git) - 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.
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Websites
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*Websites include platforms for people to play chess.*
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- [multiplayerchess.com](http://multiplayerchess.com) - A simple single page chess playing application facilitating the play of chess.
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- [lichess.org](http://en.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.
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- [chess24.com](https://chess24.com/en/play/chess) - Play as well as learn chess from chess24 with the best of tutorials.
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- [chessbase.com](http://play.chessbase.com/js/apps/playchess/) - Lucrative, single page application for playing chess.
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- [chess.com](http://www.chess.com/) - Learn and play chess with over 5 million other users.
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- [chesscademy.com](https://www.chesscademy.com/) - Watch videos, solve puzzles, and play games. All for free. (Works similar to Khan Academy.)
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- [chesstempo.com](http://chesstempo.com) - Online chess tactics training site.
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- [chessprogramming.wikispaces.com](https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/) - Repository of information about programming computers to play chess.
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- [freechess.org](http://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.
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Boards
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*Boards are tools for encapsulating the process of rendering a board.*
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- [Chessboard.js](https://github.com/oakmac/chessboardjs/) - chessboard.js is a standalone JavaScript chess board.
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- [chess-board](https://github.com/laat/chess-board) - A web component for displaying chess positions. It takes FEN string as input and renders the board as output.
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- [jchess](https://github.com/bmarini/jchess) - A jQuery based JavaScript library for parsing and displaying chess games. Currently takes FEN and PGN as inputs.
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- [Chessboard-js](https://github.com/caustique/chessboard-js) - A responsive mobile-first JavaScript chessboard library.
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Board Notations
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*Notations are a way of expressing the properties of the board in textual format. [Tutorial on Chess Notations](http://chess.eusa.ed.ac.uk/Chess/Rules/notation.html).*
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- [FEN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsyth%E2%80%93Edwards_Notation) - A FEN "record" defines a particular game position, all in one text line and using only the ASCII character set.
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- [PNG](http://www6.chessclub.com/help/PGN-spec) - PGN is structured "for easy reading and writing by human users and for easy parsing and generation by computer programs."
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- Other Notations
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- [Algebraic Chess Notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess))
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- [ICCF numeric notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICCF_numeric_notation) - Official chess game notation for all International Correspondence Chess Federation games.
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- [Smith Chess Notation](http://www6.chessclub.com/chessviewer/smith.html)
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- [Descriptive Notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_notation)
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Pieces
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*This includes the tools for getting artwork for various pieces of chess.*
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- [Spiral Pieces in 3-D](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:470700)
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- [Pieces on Wikipedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:PNG_chess_pieces/Standard_transparent)
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- [Chess Pieces in Unicode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_symbols_in_Unicode)
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- [Icons on flaticons](http://www.flaticon.com/search/chess)
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- [Icons on thenounproject](https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=chess)
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Talks
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*Talks on chess.*
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- [Understanding Chess Mastery](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPopQaY7Og4) -Talk on understanding chess mastery by Jennifer Shahade.
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- [How Chess Can Revolutionize Learning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yDvM8aplY) - Talk on how chess can revolutionize learning by Cody Pomeranz.
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- [Working backward to solve problems](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v34NqCbAA1c) - Talk on working backward to solve problems by Maurice Ashley
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- [Chess Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCSo1Txw3c)
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- [Why Chess is Boring ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EuxVOgrEig) - Talk on why chess is boring by Bobby Fischer
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- [Chess Peeps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p027ysBt0_M)
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[chess.md Github](https://github.com/hkirat/awesome-chess
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