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Boards And Pieces

  • How Wooden Chess Pieces Are Made

    Chess pieces come in different forms: plastic, ceramic, aluminium or wood. Some of the luxury ones are even made with…

    April 17, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    How Wooden Chess Pieces Are Made
  • The Game Of Thrones Chess Set (And Characters Represented)

    It is not news that chess is a way of life. An excellent chess player can see life through the…

    June 11, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    game of thrones chess set
  • Chess Boards: A Complete Overview

    Chess is a battle of minds in which a player's wildest imaginations become reality. There are endless possibilities that can…

    December 14, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    A Silicone Chess board
  • How to Take Care of Your Chess Sets

    Chess sets come in all sorts of materials to accommodate players of various styles and skills levels, with wooden sets…

    November 28, 2023
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Neat Staunton Chess Board and Pieces Well Arranged in Their Starting Places
  • Books

  • 10 Of The Best Chess Books For Intermediate Players

    A huge portion of chess players gets stuck on the intermediate level. This is why attaining mastery in chess is…

    January 24, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    The Best Chess Books For Intermediate Players
  • The Best Chess Books of all Time: From Beginner to Advanced – ChessForSharks.com

    Reading chess books is one of the primary ways a chess player acquires knowledge. However, the most instructive and suitable…

    October 9, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Best Chess Books
  • Checkmate Patterns

  • How To Play The 2 Move Checkmate

    The 2 move Checkmate, also called the Fool’s Mate, is a combination of moves in a chess game that allows…

    June 4, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    2 move checkmate
  • 40 Checkmate Patterns Sure To Win You Games

    A large percentage of chess skills ride on pattern recognition. For instance, you see certain pieces placed in certain positions…

    December 9, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    checkmate patterns
  • Learn The Bishop And Knight Checkmate: Understanding The Chess Pieces

    This pattern works by limiting the opponent's king to a corner of the board, where the bishop and king take…

    January 7, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Bishop and Knight Checkmate
  • How To Carry Out The Queen And King Checkmate in Chess

    The queen and king checkmate happen frequently in chess games. Many games conclude in King + Queen vs. King, with…

    February 8, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Avoiding stalemate on the chessboard
  • Chess Advice

  • How To Get Better At Chess: A 12-Step Guide

    Chess is a game that requires a lot of focus, practice, and hard work. When a player starts learning the…

    September 29, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    A man concentrating at a game of chess
  • How To Start A Chess Club in 5 Easy Steps

    The entire essence of chess depends on having someone to play with. There can be no chess game without an…

    April 25, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Chess players in a chess tournament playing competitively
  • How To Get To 1800 Chess Rating With Advice From Experts

    Wondering about how to get to 1800 chess rating? Honestly, it depends on what level you're starting from. If you're…

    April 13, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    FIDE chart showing rating progression to 1800+
  • Why Am I So Bad At Chess? Here Are 4 Possible Reasons

    Is it taking you forever to really get a grip of chess? After several months or years of playing, you…

    April 25, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Two young boys and their mentor (an adult man), playing chess
  • Chess Basics

  • What Is Material Advantage In Chess?

    Material refers to the number of pieces and pawns on the board. An advantage in chess refers to a situation…

    April 22, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    A boy studying a chess board
  • What is Stalemate In Chess?

    A stalemate is a type of draw that occurs when your opponent is unable to make any legal moves to…

    June 6, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    stalemate in chess
  • How To Castle Queenside In Chess

    The game of chess is a game of strategy; It involves both the art of attack and defence. Every chess…

    June 2, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Queenside Castling
  • What Is the Exchange Sacrifice in Chess?

    An exchange sacrifice is a chess move where a player trades their rook for the opponent’s bishop or knight. This…

    January 23, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Exchange Sacrifice in Chess
  • Chess Career

  • Top 10 Exciting Careers In Chess To Earn A Living

    You're a chess player—a chess freak even, but you don't earn from it. It's difficult to earn from it, right?…

    September 27, 2021
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Careers in Chess
  • How Much Do Chess Players Make? A Close Study

    The top 50 chess players in the world make over $100k each year and that mainly comes from playing for…

    January 22, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    FIDE World Cup 2023 Closing Ceremony
  • How Much Do Chess Grandmasters Earn?

    As a chess grandmaster, a big part of your income comes from winning prize money at major chess tournaments. The…

    September 11, 2023
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Hand showing dollars
  • Chess News

  • “It Was More Logical For Him [Dubov] To Remain Neutral” – Ian Nepomniachtchi speaks in

    Ian Nepomniachtchi, former world championship contender has come out to clear the air regarding the recent Dubov vs Russians controversy.…

    December 13, 2021
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Ian Nepomniachtchi taking his medal at the ceremony of the 2021 world chess championship
  • Alireza Firouzja Breaks 2800, Becomes World No 2

    Grandmaster(GM) Alireza Firouzja just became the new world #2 after crossing the legendary 2800 rating barrier. The 18-year old Grandmaster…

    November 21, 2021
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Alireza Firouzja
  • Nodirbek Abdusattorov Wins World Rapid Chess Championship 2021

    Pleasant surprises make everything sweeter. Seeing underdogs triumph in a field of favorites makes the crowd go wild. Chess has…

    December 29, 2021
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Nodirbek Abdusattorov Wins World Rapid Chess Championship 2021
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi Slugs It Out With Russian Billionaire Businessman

    December 24th brought about an exciting atmosphere of Chess in Russia. The Central Chess Club located in Moscow organised a…

    December 28, 2021
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Ian Nepomniachtchi Slugs It Out With Russian Billionaire Businessman
  • Chess Pieces Movement

  • How Does A King Move In Chess?

    The world of chess is a realm of hierarchy. The chess pieces or chessmen have their respective worth and value.…

    June 28, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    How the king moves in chess
  • Can a King Check Another King in Chess?

    This answer is a simple NO. There is no way in chess that you can use your king to check…

    April 22, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

  • How Does The Rook Move in Chess?

    The rook moves vertically and horizontally on the chess board. You can view it as moving in a plus (+)…

    July 4, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    How Rooks Move
  • How Does a Knight Move in Chess?

    The knight is the only chess piece that moves in a weird way compared to other chess pieces. Every other…

    April 22, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Knight on 2d board executing a royal fork
  • Chess Players

  • A Biography of Josh Waitzkin (and Why He Stopped Playing Chess)

    After watching the award-winning movie 'Searching For Bobby Fischer',  a lot of people ask this familiar question: "Does Josh Waitzkin…

    January 7, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Josh Waitzkin
  • Bobby Fischer vs Garry Kasparov: Comparing Two Legends

    As a chess fan, you must've wondered what a match or even a game between some World Champions across different…

    January 7, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Fischer playing against Spassky
  • Top 5 Underrated Chess Players in History

    Chess, as we know, is a game that has been in existence for centuries. Some chess players have played the…

    June 14, 2021
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Underrated chess players
  • Top 10 chess players likely to dethrone Magnus Carlsen

    The chess world is currently blessed with a host of players that would’ve probably borne the World Champion title if…

    July 5, 2021
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Top ten players likely to overthrow Magnus Carlsen
  • Chess Variants

  • Popular Chess Variants You Probably Didn’t Know Existed

    What makes a game or sport more fun than its original form is its variants. Variants of a game or…

    November 20, 2021
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Popular Chess Variants
  • How To Play Three Player Chess: A Simple Beginners Guide

    Chess is a popular strategy board game that is played worldwide. There are over 600 million people that play the…

    January 4, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Three player chess
  • Four Player Chess Rules You Should Know

    For over two hundred years, people have invented and reinvented several variants for four player chess, formed by adding a…

    January 17, 2022
    Chessforsharks Editorial Team

    Four player chess rules
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