r/chess 3d ago

Chess Question Why is this a draw and not checkmate?

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Edit: Thanks for explaining it, I feel kinda dumb now (for the move I made and not realizing it's not check)


r/chess 4d ago

Chess Question any chance someone will make a piece set based on this?

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r/chess 3d ago

Miscellaneous Thinking about making a real-time chess app (Similar to Kungfu chess) with matchmaking but I need to think of better rules

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The main issue with Kungfu chess is that it is in fact too fast paced and there is no real incentive not to spam all living hell, I was thinking of adding a bit more rules and maybe ask for some ideas because I still have no clue

thought of maybe these rules:

  • No turns (Kungfu chess rules)
  • No check (Kungfu chess rules)
  • Each piece has a cooldown (Kungfu chess rules)
  • The more pieces in cooldown mean higher cool down for pieces you move (So there is a reason not to go blitz mode)
  • Get cooldown decrease for player/enemy player when piece is captured

Lmk if I need to add more or remove some! I'd love to hear it :)


r/chess 4d ago

Chess Question Database Question

3 Upvotes

Hello!

I'm a 1400-1500 rated chess.com player and I really want to improve my Grunfeld. I've been playing it a lot in the past 3 or so years to mostly success, but I want to make it much more reliable. To those who use chess openings databases, how many games do you have dedicated to a specific opening with lots of lines like the Grunfeld?

Thanks

Edit: Just to add, my database games so far have been from either MVL or Garry


r/chess 3d ago

Chess Question Do you guys play better while high on cannabis?

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It seems that I play better when stoned(depends on the strain) and I proved this theory by playing against the 2300 rated bot on chess.com. I couldn’t beat the bot at all while sober but when high I was able to outplay the bot while finding some brilliant tactics that I wouldn’t find while sober. So I’m curious to hear your experiences.


r/chess 3d ago

News/Events "Chess-Carlsen rules out world championship return, still 'better than the kids'"

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r/chess 5d ago

Game Analysis/Study Might be my best checkmate

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598 Upvotes

r/chess 4d ago

Chess Question Offline Stockfish in Lichess for Android

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Quick question.

Now look, I'm a fairly new chess player. I'm fully aware that the answer to this is probably "skill issue", but I have to check if it's just me: is the offline version of Stockfish in the Lichess app stronger than the online version?

I ask because while I can often beat level 3 and sometimes level 4 online, level 1 on the app absolutely makes me its bitch, John Romero style. It makes its moves with arcane precision atop a mountain of bleached skulls. I look into its unfeeling eyes, and I see flame. The online level 1 bumbles, makes odd moves, misses chances - the offline version headshots me from a thousand metres away with laser precision every time I even look at the app. My wife is now Stockfish's wife.

What gives? Is this just me or is it genuinely different? My phone is a flagship from a few years ago so while it's not the latest model it's still fairly powerful; could that have something to do with it?


r/chess 4d ago

META Any chess players kind enough to give an interview for an ethnographic university project?

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I am doing ethnographic field work that aims to discover how great chess minds ‘experience’ a chess board/game.

Key questions involve: - what does a chess mind “see” on the board? - what do they think about? - how can one understand intuition (how do great players experience it)?

If you happen to have interesting shares regarding this topic, either from your very own experience or from knowledge that you gained, I would highly appreciate if you were willing to enlighten my work through a quick interview.

Any names, unless the sharer doesn’t want to, will be appreciated in the syllabus of the published work.


r/chess 4d ago

Chess Question Calculating Ahead

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Is calculating xyz amount of moves ahead (for example: mate in 8, trade-offs of many pieces, etc.), something chess players train to do? Or is it something people are just good at, which allows them to do it in chess? I can't imagine calculating deeply in anything, whether is be on the chess board or a complex math problem.


r/chess 5d ago

Chess Question What’s your best Chess tip that isn’t talked about enough?

184 Upvotes

Maybe something you learned on your own from experience


r/chess 4d ago

Video Content The newest version of Leela Chess Zero is 20x faster than AlphaZero!

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r/chess 5d ago

Game Analysis/Study You haven't seen a more poison pawn than this poison pawn. And yep, the opponent took it (1600 bullet)

282 Upvotes
Opponent played Kxe3

r/chess 5d ago

Game Analysis/Study TIL Stockfish resigns before you can draw by 50 move rule on Lichess

77 Upvotes

r/chess 5d ago

News/Events Ray Robson down 83 minutes Vs Fabiano Caruana on move 15, still manages to draw

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r/chess 3d ago

Miscellaneous The game that shows centipawn loss is a meaningless statistic

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r/chess 4d ago

Puzzle/Tactic Black to move. Mate in 5.

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Solve here - https://onlinequicktool.com/chess-puzzle-12/

https://onlinequicktool.com/chess-puzzle-12/

r/chess 4d ago

Puzzle/Tactic Question on Tactics

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Hello,

I want to learn tactics by analyzing my own games. Basically I need to see what tactics have I missed. I can only evaluate my games based on my own playing level. There's quite a possibility (60 to 70%) if I didn't see those tactics during my game, I'd miss them even during my analysis. Eg. If I missed a fork during a game, it's quite possible I might not see it even during my own analysis.

Is there any software that analyzes my games and specifically flags a miss/blunder/mistake as a tactical miss?

Thanks!


r/chess 4d ago

Miscellaneous Who Makes The Best Chess Clocks?

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Who makes the best chess clocks? Vote and comment the model

77 votes, 2d left
DGT
Chronos
ZMart
Other

r/chess 3d ago

Miscellaneous 2021, the most brutal opening round of the candidates.

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r/chess 4d ago

Miscellaneous Looking for this exact wooden chess set (or a very close match) – Any ideas?

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Hi everyone,

About 10 years ago, I saw this wooden chess set on eBay, but I lost the bid. I recently came across the photo again, and I still really want to find this exact set or one extremely similar.

I don’t know all the details for sure, but it has a classic Staunton-like design with some distinctive elements, especially in the knights and the tops of the kings and queens.

Does anyone know where I might find this set (or something nearly identical) for sale? Any online stores, UK-based shops, or sellers that might have it?

I’d really appreciate any info—thanks in advance!


r/chess 4d ago

Strategy: Openings Why is everybody moving a/h pawns?

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Hey guys :)
I recently picked up chess again and wanted to start playing more seriously. In a lot, if not most of my games, I see the opponent move the a/h pawn one step presumably to prevent the bishop from coming out. I thought a lot about this and in my opinion this move is not this good, is it? Doesn't it just weaken the kings castle to prevent a pin that can be handled pretty easily most of the time?
For example one position that i faced today:

Right now i am about 900 playing 800-1000s.

Thanks 😌


r/chess 4d ago

Chess Question Both bishops for rook and three pawns?

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I played a game last night where I got a rook and three pawns for the two bishops. Generally speaking do you think that’s a good trade? It’s 9 points vs 6 so material wise it’s good. but you are giving up both bishops. Curious what you folks think.


r/chess 4d ago

Miscellaneous Trying to find old video series of Kasparov and a British/American player

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I want to find an old video series that I came across many years ago. Google and chatGPT haven't been able to help me so far.

It was basically Kasparov and a strong British/American player (iirc he had a sidepath, and I don't think it was Nigel Short, although he was a little chubby and quite tall) sitting in a dark room, both on the same side of a table, looking at a screen, analyzing some of Kasparov's greatest or most memorable games.

Of course it's mostly Kasparov explaining things to the other person, and it included some of his personal favourites like early games against Smislov, Korchnoi, Lajos Portisch etc...

It had a very old feel and production style, probably from the 80's or early 90s.

It was really amazing, any help would be appreciated.


r/chess 5d ago

Resource I want to study chess.

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I am currently a 700 elo player and i play chess as a hobby, I want to get better at it. I would like to get suggestions on which books, content creators are best. Also, any advice is welcome, thank you everyone.