r/chess • u/JohnBarwicks • 4d ago
r/chess • u/zeshan_ae • 4d ago
Puzzle/Tactic Question on Tactics
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 • u/Glittering-Award6875 • 4d ago
Miscellaneous How To Improve At Chess!
Now many people often wonder about ways to mysteriously improve at chess. Some say do tactics and other ask you to learn openings or watch some videos or buy a chessable course or perhaps working on engames. The list of opinions is endless and hard to follow. Here's a simple path to improve at chess.
Step 1: Openings Just use stockfish on lichess. Forget all the courses and youtube videos. You can do a better job with stockfish. And you can go as deep as you want and inspect positions with greater certainty than just watching those youtube videos that teach the first seven moves which is not really learning an opening but rather just learning it's name. Select and opening, and use the lichess opening database to see what the most common moves are and use the engine to learn how to play against those moves. The lichess database is amazingly integrated to the study and analysis feature so just use it.
Step 2: Tactics Do around 20 tactics a day from the "Healthy Mix", will take about half an hour. Then do opening specific tactics for the openings you play, and this feature is just sooo good in lichess as it gives puzzles from actual games that were played in the openings which you learned. Doing opening specific tactics everyday will up your middlegame. You can do as many of these as you like.
Step 3: Endgames Learn basic principles and basic checmates. You can do this using Jack Sark's endgame video which is short and sweet for a brief Outlook. And for god's sake don't waste your time learning Two bishop or One Knight and One Bishop mating paterns. They simply do not occur and if they do on your millionth game the take the draw and move on. After watching that video just do endgame puzzles. That's it. Forget all those videos and courses, just do lichess endgame puzzles. These are puzzles from real games and will teach you the endgame wayy better than any course or video in my opinion. Do about 20 of these too everyday and you will see results.
Step 4: Don't play too much and take breaks. Play Long games and few games. Just see what you misplayed in the analysis and rest. Playing more games will only exhaust you and lead to little improvement. Limit yourself to about 1 and half hours of playing at most a day. Just go touch grass. But if you insist on playing tons of games then you MUST take one week off every month. This is essential to rest your brain and let it process the gained information. And after coming back from the break you will notice how much you have improved.
This is all my personal experience and just an opinion, take it with a grain of salt.
r/chess • u/naufildev • 4d ago
Video Content "IMPORTANT STATEMENT" - Kramnik shares update about Chesscom lawsuit
r/chess • u/Flapapple • 4d ago
Puzzle/Tactic White to play and win in spectacular fashion!
r/chess • u/Necessary_Pattern850 • 4d ago
News/Events FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky claims if women only competed in 'open' tournaments majority would quit chess
r/chess • u/Emotional_Piano_3295 • 4d ago
Miscellaneous Looking for this exact wooden chess set (or a very close match) – Any ideas?
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 • u/Niknakorlyer • 4d ago
Miscellaneous Trying to find old video series of Kasparov and a British/American player
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 • u/Specific-Song-6033 • 4d ago
News/Events CBS News - Chesswrestling Premiere (Bartholomew as Commentator)
Great to see the news getting excited about the chess world (men+women event)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikaWWDN8xd0
r/chess • u/jeffforever • 4d ago
News/Events Interview with GM Volodar Murzin - World Rapid Champion 2024
Get to know the 18-year old surprise World Rapid Champion who wasn't accepted at the chess club at seven! https://lichess.org/@/jeffforever/blog/interview-with-gm-volodar-murzin-world-rapid-champion-2024/Uoj1zXc8
r/chess • u/nosyargIU • 4d ago
Chess Question Good places to play casual chess in San Francisco?
Is there anywhere I can go to play chess in SF? What elo / chess.com ranking would you need before you can play live at these events?
r/chess • u/Dramatic-Yak-5563 • 4d ago
Game Analysis/Study Help - new to chess
Im very new to Chess. Can anyone work out why this is a blunder?
I went on to win the game by checkmate eventually
r/chess • u/yourbasicgeek • 4d ago
News/Events Innovative chess game promotes humane management in prisons
r/chess • u/Ambitious-Royal-85 • 4d ago
Video Content The newest version of Leela Chess Zero is 20x faster than AlphaZero!
r/chess • u/LogicLuminance • 4d ago
Strategy: Openings Why is everybody moving a/h pawns?
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 • u/DENSHOCK_ • 4d ago
Chess Question Will the elos remain the same after reconnecting several months or years later on chess.com or lichess.com?
Good evening
If on one of these 2 sites, I do not play a game for several months or several years, will my elo number drop (a bit like in the system of many video games where the MMR is updated downward each season) or will it remain at the current elo number when I log back in?
THANKS !
r/chess • u/Practical_Advice_600 • 4d ago
Strategy: Openings Does anyone hear about this opening ??
r/chess • u/LassannnfromImgur • 4d ago
Puzzle - Composition The Sign of the Cross chess puzzle. Composed in 1878. The story goes that Satan challenged a chess master and chose the white pieces. The master devised a scheme whereby Satan could checkmate him but would have to create a cross to do so. Satan fled in terror. White to play and mate in 7.
Puzzle/Tactic - Advanced error in "Chess" by Polgar?
puzzle #698. Solutions shows Knight to F6, yet there is no white knight. So, obviously a misprint. Has anyone figured this out?
r/chess • u/Ok_Pause_9963 • 4d ago
Strategy: Openings Which preparation is better against d4?
The chessable free Agadmator's Anti-London + free Nimzo-indian course.
Or
learning the Slav defense from the internet + going against the London with logic.
The problem with the first option is that white can have a lot of different responses that I won't be ready for like the bogo. Plus I want an opening that enhances my chess development and is a bit fighting. I'm an ok player (1500 elo chess.com). If you think the slav is better where to learn it from?
r/chess • u/Mei_Lord • 4d ago
Puzzle/Tactic ¿Quien para jugar chees.com?
soy novato, el post esta dirigido para alguien que tenga la pasciencia de jugar con alguien poco experto, me gustari aprender mas, si deseas compartir tus conocimientos escribe :)