WC Ding Liren moves to rank 1 in rapid chess after the former champion’s recent loss in Superbet rapid and blitz tournament.11mo ⋅ Kv_v ⋅ r/chess
Fresh off the back of his victory at Norway Chess, Hikaru runs a 21 minute 5km in Stavanger!11mo ⋅ Jamo1991 ⋅ r/chess
First photo Ian posted on his Instagram on 24-11-2014. And the exact same date, 7 years later these two will fight for ultimate glory, the World Championship.3yr ⋅ Black_Pantha_ ⋅ r/chess
Random account chilling at the top of Chess.com's Blitz Leaderboard today1yr ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
GM Daniel Naroditsky currently rated #1 in Blitz and Bullet on both Chesscom and Lichess!1yr ⋅ TheSupremeChef ⋅ r/chess
Visited Bobby Fischer’s grave today, claimed my 400 ELO points in his presence 👍1yr ⋅ Purple1szed ⋅ r/chess
If Magnus Carlsen scores a perfect 13/13 at Tata Steel, he will have accomplished his goal of 2900 Elo, reaching 2902.1yr ⋅ CalebWetherell ⋅ r/chess
Having gone silent since his withdrawal, Magnus surfaces on Aryan Tari’s Instagram, smiling:1yr ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
The first game of the #FIDEWorldCup final between Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen ends in a draw after 35 moves.8mo ⋅ vmauryan12 ⋅ r/chess
The admin of a 40k supernatural / conspiracy theory facebook group posted himself playing chess (to look smart I guess). Find at least 6 reasons why it's impossible to reach this position.3yr ⋅ personalbilko ⋅ r/chess
In late May 2003, with the Taliban in hiding and staging an insurgency war, International Security Assistance Force soldiers and Afghan men and women competed in a chess tournament in Kabul. As immortalized here by photo-journalist Darren McCollester2yr ⋅ destructive69420 ⋅ r/chess
My opponent blundered mate in 1 AND made it so my only legal moves led to checkmate.3yr ⋅ brssnj93 ⋅ r/chess
Hans Niemann, student of Maxim Dlugy, is congratulated for his recent rise (on Dlugy's Facebook)1yr ⋅ nihilistiq ⋅ r/chess
In this position, any move White makes leads to mate in 1 for Black. But if white sits there and lets their own clock run out, I believe it is legally a Draw by insufficient mating material1yr ⋅ BanzaiMuskrat ⋅ r/chess
How to play like a 2400 lichess? best advice i've read, i think GM Sam Shankland would also approve1yr ⋅ DaviesGoldbridge ⋅ r/chess
I've developed ChessMonitor.com: a website to show chess analytics. Here is an example for Eric Rosen. Connect to Lichess/Chess.com to get your own stats (link in comments)1yr ⋅ ThomasPlaysChess ⋅ r/chess
r/chess (white) vs stockfish (black), vote on a move in the comments, the most popular move will be played tomorrow.3yr ⋅ reda84100 ⋅ r/chess
Did you know that chess is a mandatory school subject across Armenia for every child over the age of 6.3yr ⋅ Erorr_in_brain ⋅ r/chess
Wei Yi wins Tata Steel Masters 2024, prevailing in a four-way blitz tiebreak2mo ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
Carlsen hit $10,000,000 in Lifetime winnings and passed Anand on Lifetime Winnings List 3mo ⋅ ValhallaHelheim ⋅ r/chess
Prison chess set from the 1950s - made out of toilet paper, dried bread and shoe paste.3yr ⋅ Bananhej ⋅ r/chess
Happy birthday to Ju Wenjun, the current Women's World Chess Champion, the fifth woman to cross the 2600 Elo barrier3yr ⋅ GiorgioPerlasca ⋅ r/chess
White to play and achieve greatness in 3 moves. Taken from a real game of mine.1yr ⋅ UprisingWave ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru reaches the highest ever blitz rating on chesscom, 3378. He surpassed Carlsen's all-time high by having 131 wins, 4 draws and just 9 losses in the past 7 days.2mo ⋅ DrunkLad ⋅ r/chess
Just 3 guys who have won a total of 16 World Championship matches combined!10mo ⋅ rederer07 ⋅ r/chess
Probably obvious but had this in a game today. black to move and ruin the day for white8mo ⋅ rednus84 ⋅ r/chess
I made an open-source cheat sheet for most common openings to teach myself what can transpose into what3yr ⋅ rtec-piorunujaca ⋅ r/chess
I found this at a dollar store, you know it’s good when they use google translate.1yr ⋅ RealSnowmanGaming ⋅ r/chess
For those wondering how long it takes to reach 2k rating. Approx 15 years. never give up.3mo ⋅ anarxi ⋅ r/chess
I just lost every round of a chess tournament, but at least I got to play Sam Shankland in a simul!11mo ⋅ CoreyTheKing ⋅ r/chess
Chesscom CEO: This has literally been ALL that Danny and I have been focused on for weeks now. [...]All I can say right now is: put your seatbelts on.... this wild ride is not even close to over.1yr ⋅ DrunkLad ⋅ r/chess
Magnus plays 1...a6 as Black every game, wins perfect Titled Tuesday10mo ⋅ GeologicalPotato ⋅ r/chess
Why does nobody play Capablanca chess anymore, while Fisher random is quite popular?1yr ⋅ Massive_Language_304 ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru reflects on his past toxicity, the coming Candidates, and the future generation: I may not be perfect, but nevertheless “I am one of a kind”5mo ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
TIL Lichess dot org has a chess captcha. You have to checkmate in order to prove you are human. Neat.2yr ⋅ Severe_Sweet_862 ⋅ r/chess
Statement from Chief Arbiter: We currently have no indication that any player has been playing unfairly in the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. This includes all rounds played to date.1yr ⋅ Cyan_Ink ⋅ r/chess
Ding Liren Can now play in the candidates after playing 26 games in less than a month.2yr ⋅ edwinkorir ⋅ r/chess
How did these people get 65k rating in puzzles? How is that even possible?10mo ⋅ Fresh-Cartographer87 ⋅ r/chess
The most popular move in this position on lichess is to blunder a full knight1yr ⋅ AdParking9347 ⋅ r/chess
One of the most amazing things to witness at the FIDE Candidates 2024 was Hikaru Nakamura's conduct after losing his 2nd game against Vidit Gujrathi. You could see him thoroughly engrossed in the analysis before, during, after the press conference and did not show any signs of sadness3d ⋅ _mutex ⋅ r/chess
After 20,000+ games, my first ever smothered mate happened to be in a game that gave me a new personal best peak Elo rating. Does a better feeling exist?9mo ⋅ sketchy_ppl ⋅ r/chess
For the first time in many years, the average rating of Russia's top ten players fell below 27008mo ⋅ atred3 ⋅ r/chess
Norway is making a pixel art of Magnus Carlsen. Let’s pitch in and help those guys complete and defend it.2yr ⋅ nothingright1234 ⋅ r/chess
I know we're not the biggest fans of his personality, but can this get some love?3yr ⋅ KindaDeadlyMouse ⋅ r/chess
After the win against Ding today, Giri has a rare feat of defeating two different world champions in the same year in classical chess. Who did it last time?1yr ⋅ glancesurreal ⋅ r/chess
Just found this thing in a drawer at my parents’ house, gonna see if I can get it running1yr ⋅ Nagnoosh ⋅ r/chess
White to move and mate in 6 (You can't play a wrong move, you literally CAN'T)2yr ⋅ Clomath ⋅ r/chess
I'm working on a project to show statistics for players based on Lichess and chess.com games. Here is an example for Hikaru. Would you use it if this was a website?3yr ⋅ ThomasPlaysChess ⋅ r/chess
I just completed the woodpecker method! I did a 10 week 6 cycle method. In 30 days I did 352 tactics. Then proceeded to those 352 in 15 days, 8 days, 4days....... Saturday I did all 352 in 7 hours. Most brutal thing I’ve done in chess. I love this game!!!2yr ⋅ Count-Basie ⋅ r/chess
Giving my gf’s daughter (8y/o) her first chess lesson... She played 3 games in a row with me and took to it quickly!3yr ⋅ california_king ⋅ r/chess
WIM Sabrina Chevannes tweets about being sexually assaulted at age 13 and further harassed at 15 by a prominent English Grandmaster8mo ⋅ BotlikeBehaviour ⋅ r/chess
NBA player Steven Adams responds with a photo of a smothered mate when asked how he's feeling about the league returning to play4yr ⋅ Tron_Little ⋅ r/chess
Hans on Hikaru’s analysis of his game: “I love seeing my biggest fan analyze my games. I’m always happy to teach a thing or two to retired players...”7mo ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
Had this position in my high school chess tournament I’m so glad I found it3mo ⋅ Still_Ad_6551 ⋅ r/chess
Chess.com has released the Luka Doncic based Luk.Ai chess bot, whose rating increases with each game he plays! Also fun, at the end of the month he will play against the Agent Chess bot.1yr ⋅ leggomyeggo22 ⋅ r/chess
“For chess fans: I'm watching the original video of the famous 1997 Kasparov-Deep Blue match - and look who's playing along in the audience!” Credit:@stevesheinkin7mo ⋅ Tafexx ⋅ r/chess
Magnus Carlsen drawn in a single continuous line, Me, Ink on paper1yr ⋅ RobertBentleyArtist ⋅ r/chess
I beat someone named ”ihateblackpeopl123” on chess.com today. (I’m black btw) DAE run into people with these types of shitty names?1yr ⋅ GreydonSquare ⋅ r/chess
TIL: Maurice Ashley was the first black player to earn the title of Grandmaster - Photo: Maurice in 1998.2mo ⋅ LowLevel- ⋅ r/chess
The Golden Age of 2800s - July 2017 is the only month with 6 players with rating in the 2800s11mo ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
Three world champions? Four world champions! (Karpov, Carlsen, Spassky, Smyslov)3yr ⋅ crockycrow ⋅ r/chess
St. Louis Rapid & Blitz - Standings after end of Rapid section (end of day 3)5mo ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
This puzzle from our university’s chess club stumped everyone at the club fair. Can you guys solve this?8mo ⋅ haley_the_comet ⋅ r/chess
A breakdown of chess.com paid features, and what free alternatives exist AFAIK2yr ⋅ bluecjj ⋅ r/chess
After both world championship contenders losing today, Firouzja has take a big lead at #2 spot in live ratings1yr ⋅ glancesurreal ⋅ r/chess
