My grandfather gave me this board when I told him how much chess I’ve been playing3wk ⋅ Mild_Wings ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru retakes World No. 2 after defeating Aryan Tari in Round 5 of Norway Chess 202311mo ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
Made a chess set over the holidays with some leftover hardware and a piece of plywood. Turned out better than I was expecting!2yr ⋅ ManUnderRock ⋅ r/chess
Daniel Rensch: Magnus has NOT seen chess.com cheat algorithms and has NOT been given or told the list of cheaters1yr ⋅ TrenterD ⋅ r/chess
17 year old GM Gukesh surpasses Vishy Anand in the live ratings to become India #1, a spot held by Vishy since January 19869mo ⋅ TsarBizarre ⋅ r/chess
Just got a signed board from none other than GM Viswanathan Anand. Best day of my life!!3yr ⋅ theibgrindneverstops ⋅ r/chess
The German Chess Federation have announced they will not comply with FIDE's new transgender policy.8mo ⋅ KanyeYandhiWest ⋅ r/chess
My grandfather was a photographer and just let me know today that he took this picture of Karpov and Kasparov.2yr ⋅ Theostrichmann ⋅ r/chess
Is that a smart phone ? are players allowed to bring electronic devices into the gaming area?1yr ⋅ heliumcraft ⋅ r/chess
The rule in that crazy sub might apply here, white to play mate 23mo ⋅ Icy-Advertising-7288 ⋅ r/chess
Magnus Carlsen, world chess champion, in a hot tub, playing lichess titled arena, straming on Twitch.2yr ⋅ lonely_years ⋅ r/chess
Just won my first ever chess tournament, I got a free book and $20 bucks.2yr ⋅ thunderthefox101 ⋅ r/chess
Is this Hikaru at the board in front of young Magnus? If so, why does he look so much older than Magnus? (Pic from Magnus’ biography book)1yr ⋅ PrivilegedAlligator ⋅ r/chess
Rare bipartisan win: Lichess tweets about a Chess.com stream and Chess.com acknowledges1yr ⋅ DeepBlueThroat ⋅ r/chess
Kramnik has been suspended from Chess.com prize tournaments after being exposed for playing Titled Tuesdays on Denis Khismatullin’s account2wk ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
Two forfeit wins in a row for Boris Gelfand, as Iranian players continue to boycott Israeli opponents.1yr ⋅ edwinkorir ⋅ r/chess
Magnus and Hikaru showing great respect to each other after their epic finale3yr ⋅ Existential_Toaster ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru Nakamura just became the first player to ever break 3400 blitz in chess.com2mo ⋅ GeologicalPotato ⋅ r/chess
[OC] Percent of human moves matching computer recommended move in World Championships and Candidates events1yr ⋅ Evidently_21 ⋅ r/chess
Following up on wholesomeness, here is John Bartholomew replying to my email when I was barely starting to play chess!3yr ⋅ notinterestingenough ⋅ r/chess
Magnus Carlsen defeats Hikaru Nakamura 13.5-12.5, winning the 2023 Speed Chess Championship7mo ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru proposes the perfect anti cheating method: Recording yourself live while explaining your thought process.5mo ⋅ Smort01 ⋅ r/chess
I think I've created the worst possible move in chess. In this position white has 4 legal moves, 3 of them are mate in 1, but this one gives black a forced mate in 1.1yr ⋅ 24-7Yugioh ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru Nakamura wins the 2023 Bullet Chess Championship, defeating Magnus Carlsen 17.0 - 15.0 in overtime9mo ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
My girlfriend gave me this beautiful handmade chessboard for Christmas3yr ⋅ AligeroFolletto ⋅ r/chess
Magnus Carlsen wins the 2023 Airthings Masters, defeating Hikaru Nakamura1yr ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun beats candidate Alireza Firouzja at Tata Steel!3mo ⋅ DryGift1435 ⋅ r/chess
Magnus Carlsen’s last birthday as the reigning World Chess Champion! Happy Birthday 👑1yr ⋅ retrololita ⋅ r/chess
[SPOILER] Anybody else mildly annoyed that they called this a “chess endgame” in Glass Onion?1yr ⋅ VoidZero52 ⋅ r/chess
This is the most unusual checkmate I’ve ever done against a 2100 in bullet2mo ⋅ bornonasunday ⋅ r/chess
Black has Mate in 2 - not so hard, but this led me to one of my most satisfying checkmates ever9mo ⋅ Soletestimony ⋅ r/chess
Chess.com CEO reveals that their investigation into Hans is about BIG stuff and asks community to be patient - they will lay out a full timeline with all of the facts, reasons, inputs and outputs, and suggests this saga will trigger a conversation that will likely improve chess for the better.1yr ⋅ OutForAnightInTown ⋅ r/chess
I won 43 tournament-size chess sets (no boards) at auction for $14... what do I do with them ? ?2yr ⋅ the_kareshi ⋅ r/chess
Ben Finegold quits US Chess Federation: I do not want anything to do with the organization anymore. Randy Bauer must resign.7mo ⋅ TrenterD ⋅ r/chess
Sorry guys, it's over. All of the recently granted title flairs will be revoked in 2 hours.1yr ⋅ 2017_BCS_ORANGE_BOWL ⋅ r/chess
Advice to Chess Beginners - from the January 1933 issue of Chess Review magazine3yr ⋅ city-of-stars ⋅ r/chess
Sick of #chessdrama. Made a graphic showing the distribution of first moves as white by top GMs. #simplestats1yr ⋅ EfficientZone ⋅ r/chess
[puzzle] Mate in two. My son and I have been stumped for a full day. This is impossible, right?1yr ⋅ gaussjordanbaby ⋅ r/chess
Fabiano retakes World No. 2 after defeating Alireza in Round 4 of Norway Chess 202311mo ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
Nepo and Ding have chosen their chairs for the World Chess Championship. Thoughts?1yr ⋅ acrylic_light ⋅ r/chess
Met Garry Kasparov over zoom as he was judging for his daughter's debate tournament lol3yr ⋅ MyAimIsPotato_ ⋅ r/chess
Magnus wins Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland 2023 after a tough final game against Duda!11mo ⋅ TheThinker4Head ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru Nakamura drawn in a single continuous line, Me, Ink on paper, 20221yr ⋅ RobertBentleyArtist ⋅ r/chess
Might be a bit late, but the Accuracy numbers from game 10 of this World Chess Championship were absolutely insane1yr ⋅ poeazx ⋅ r/chess
In 10 minutes I have to play the guy who beat Vishy in 6 moves, any advice?2yr ⋅ nukeychess ⋅ r/chess
Met Garry Kasparov at the Grand Chess Tour Bucharest and he signed my chessboard!3yr ⋅ PixelPowerYT ⋅ r/chess
Dr Strange and Iron Man really playing double Bongcloud in Midnight Suns game??1yr ⋅ darthcoz ⋅ r/chess
2 days ago, a user posted they missed a mate in 4. Today, I got the exact same setup, and only saw it in this bullet game because of that post.1yr ⋅ mnkb99 ⋅ r/chess
Did you know that chess is a mandatory school subject across Armenia for every child over the age of 6.1yr ⋅ MadSelf2 ⋅ r/chess
I blundered against an FM in a completely winning position. Do you see why? Black to play1yr ⋅ tedeem1 ⋅ r/chess
GM Tony Miles (prone) vs. GM Roman Dzindzichashvili (standing in protest) [1985]10mo ⋅ megahui1 ⋅ r/chess
I'm giving the Tarrasch Defense a look and found this at it's wikipedia article. What a legend LOL1yr ⋅ Uqbar_Cyclopaedia ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru's stream raises $130K for humanitarian aid in Ukraine, with the help of Shevchenko, Shtembuliak, Finegold, Rudolf, Bartholomew, Sachdev, Rosen, Nemsko, Emelianova, Bok, and Rensch2yr ⋅ DrunkLad ⋅ r/chess
How Mark Taimanov trained for his Candidates match vs. Bobby Fischer (credit Andrew Soltis)2yr ⋅ TensionMask ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru Nakamura defeats Wesley So in rapid tiebreaks, winning the 2023 American Cup1yr ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
This is my first time finding a mate in 4 as a 800 can you find it? White to play1yr ⋅ BrawlFan83 ⋅ r/chess
I don’t know a lot about chess, but my grandmother Carol Jarecki was a chess arbiter for 15 years, and was the head arbiter for the Kasparov / Deep Blue match in 1996, and did so many things in the chess community. Last night she passed peacefully in her sleep. Here’s remembering a great woman.3yr ⋅ -georgie ⋅ r/chess
GM Timur Gareyev at my local chess club in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday. Gareyev's holds the Guinness world record for 48 simultaneous blindfold games.1yr ⋅ edwinkorir ⋅ r/chess
I made a big red timer chrome extension because I have a hard time looking at the little white clock. Is this against any fair play rules?9mo ⋅ ovbiously ⋅ r/chess
Max Warmerdam about his 2022 Prague Challengers game vs Hans Niemann: “It became clear to me from this game that he is an absolute genius or something else.”1yr ⋅ Cupid-stunt69 ⋅ r/chess
My opponent thought they won my queen...they probably weren't too happy two moves later10mo ⋅ atbg1936 ⋅ r/chess
Found this nice little mate in one of my games today. White to move11mo ⋅ Careless-Space-718 ⋅ r/chess
Countries with a chess opening named after them or after a city in that country2yr ⋅ teringkak ⋅ r/chess
GM Gukesh beats GM Caruana with black with a perfect score of 8/8 and is now India No.2, only behind the former World Champion Vishy Anand1yr ⋅ TsarBizarre ⋅ r/chess
Ju Wenjun beats Lei Tingjie in the Women's World Championship Match, winning the title for the 4th time9mo ⋅ icemagician93 ⋅ r/chess
Tyler1 reaches 1200 elo after 2300 rapid games and 7500 tactics !!7mo ⋅ Lumpy-Permission-736 ⋅ r/chess
