chess resources
Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees
I love playing chess and collecting chessboards and like everything else, my enjoyment of the game has moved online. As well as playing installed software chess games, I also have some favourite chess websites where I like to meet other players from around the world for a game or two. After all, it gets boring eventually playing against a computer. Sometimes, it’s good to play against a real live human being.
The Best Online Sources To Play & Learn Chess
Use the board on the left to set up the diagram image on the right. Either drag and drop pieces or click to select then click again to put a piece. To see the result, click the "Update Diagram" button.
Chess Diagram Setup
Houdini Chess Engine
Welcome to the Houdini Chess Engine home page. Houdini is a state-of-the-art chess engine for Windows combining outstanding positional evaluation with the most sophisticated search algorithm. The name Houdini was chosen because of the engine's positional style, its tenacity in difficult positions and its ability to defend stubbornly and escape with a draw – sometimes by the narrowest of margins.
Quickly and easily make great looking chess diagrams to put on your website, blog, forum post or printout. Just drag and drop the chess pieces into whatever whatever position you want, select the size and move, then click "Generate Diagram". Got a FEN position?
Chess Diagram Generator