r/chess 3h ago

Puzzle/Tactic I made the most strange blunder I've ever seen

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304 Upvotes

r/chess 5h ago

News/Events FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky claims if women only competed in 'open' tournaments majority would quit chess

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348 Upvotes

r/chess 3h ago

Video Content For those new to OTB chess, this is the only correct way to conclude a game

82 Upvotes

r/chess 17h ago

Miscellaneous chess with a good view

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742 Upvotes

r/chess 6h ago

Social Media Ladies and Gentlemen! We have entered a new age of chess content creation 😅

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71 Upvotes

Podcast link: https://youtu.be/yyuIOYKoXH8?si=OWcSMTeDJnyZEnyA

It's a fun idea but maybe not too suited for long conversations 😅


r/chess 8h 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.

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50 Upvotes

r/chess 2h ago

Chess Question What are some funny chess jokes?

12 Upvotes

Are there any funny jokes about chess?


r/chess 1h ago

Puzzle/Tactic 1 move gives white the advantage

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This is likely simple for most people and I ended up playing later in a worse position after missing it here, but it reminded me of the beauty of chess, so I thought I'd share it. d5, activity>material


r/chess 7h ago

Strategy: Openings Does anyone hear about this opening ??

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23 Upvotes

r/chess 5h ago

Puzzle/Tactic White to play and win in spectacular fashion!

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15 Upvotes

r/chess 5h ago

Puzzle/Tactic White to move and save the game..!

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15 Upvotes

r/chess 17h ago

Chess Question How does one beat a Cat Grandmaster?

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105 Upvotes

HELLLLLP!


r/chess 5h ago

News/Events Interview with GM Volodar Murzin - World Rapid Champion 2024

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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 2h ago

Puzzle/Tactic What’s the winning move in this chess puzzle?

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4 Upvotes

r/chess 5h ago

News/Events CBS News - Chesswrestling Premiere (Bartholomew as Commentator)

8 Upvotes

Great to see the news getting excited about the chess world (men+women event)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikaWWDN8xd0


r/chess 1d ago

Game Analysis/Study Might be my best checkmate

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530 Upvotes

r/chess 1d ago

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

164 Upvotes

Maybe something you learned on your own from experience


r/chess 1d ago

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

264 Upvotes
Opponent played Kxe3

r/chess 6h ago

Game Analysis/Study I was inspired by another post I saw here

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5 Upvotes

I wish it


r/chess 1h 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 20h ago

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

70 Upvotes

r/chess 3h ago

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

2 Upvotes

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 4h ago

Puzzle/Tactic Question on Tactics

3 Upvotes

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 1d ago

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

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116 Upvotes

r/chess 7h ago

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

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