The sultry mother of all tactics has finally appeared in my game - and I found her. Black to play and mate in 310mo ⋅ seahorsedivorce ⋅ r/chess
GM Gukesh is on a massive winning streak! Surges past 2700 and crosses GM Vidit Gujrathi to become India No.3 and World No.271yr ⋅ TsarBizarre ⋅ r/chess
This guy has been stalling for 5 mins already and it's +M1, no matter what he does. Should I wait out the entire 16 mins for him now??2mo ⋅ Far-Fly8549 ⋅ r/chess
This puzzle is difficult until you remember that you're on r/chess: white to play3yr ⋅ coolestblue ⋅ r/chess
On this day in 1960, Mikhail Tal defeated Mikhail Botvinnik 121⁄2-81⁄2 in Moscow to become the 8th world chess champion!3yr ⋅ city-of-stars ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru Nakamura defeats Alireza Firouzja in a titanic clash in the Winners Finals of the 2023 Bullet Chess Championship10mo ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
White to move, mate in one. Friend of mine sent me this clever puzzle, I enjoyed it a lot.1yr ⋅ 8636396 ⋅ r/chess
The latest It's Always Sunny episode, Frank vs Russia, had a story line with anal beads and chess11mo ⋅ nihilistiq ⋅ r/chess
I pressed Don't recommend channel twice. Why the f*** does youtube keep pushing this scam channel? How do I remove this channel from my feed?1yr ⋅ readMyFlow ⋅ r/chess
[Emil Sutovsky] Fide CEO's comment on reactions to Hikaru promoting gambling2wk ⋅ NoponicWisdom ⋅ r/chess
The Russian champion Dubov answers Eteri Kublashvili’s questions - also addressed his opinion on the the Carlsen-Niemann story1yr ⋅ Moon_riseat_noon ⋅ r/chess
I have been teaching my 6th graders how to play chess in class, and our school secretary just found all of this for me in a storage closet!3yr ⋅ trolley_dodgers ⋅ r/chess
Opponent resigned in this position thinking he blundered the rook.1yr ⋅ ExperienceCrafty8768 ⋅ r/chess
From my lichess bullet game: Black to gain maximum advantage. When you see a good move, look for a better one!”1yr ⋅ workphlo ⋅ r/chess
Frank Sinatra enjoying a friendly game of chess with Anatoly Karpov, then reigning World Chess Champion, 19793yr ⋅ lowerymn ⋅ r/chess
The level of satisfaction of doing this to a London player is unbelievable4mo ⋅ mjenkins_eng ⋅ r/chess
Bobby Fischer playing a practice round with Soviet grandmaster Tigran iron Petrosian, at the Central Chess Club in Moscow, June 1958.1yr ⋅ edwinkorir ⋅ r/chess
Missed this mate in 2 and now I am embarrassed and my day is ruined, posting this so you won't make the same mistake. White to move.3yr ⋅ nootclip ⋅ r/chess
The new map in Warzone has a giant chess board, this is the setup. Is it a famous game reference?10mo ⋅ thejamesyc98 ⋅ r/chess
Congrats to the winner of Norway Chess 2022 after an exhilarating final round struggle!2yr ⋅ TheThinker4Head ⋅ r/chess
My humble attempt at a tribute to Bobby Fischer on the legend’s 81st birthday.2mo ⋅ Aggressive_Cherry_81 ⋅ r/chess
TIL London System players could refer to themselves as Mason Variation players to avoid the stigma1yr ⋅ nihilistiq ⋅ r/chess
USAs GM Wesley So’s incredible Rxe4!! which could continue with a queen sac on f7 and a forced mate in USA’s top of the leaderboard matchup against Armenia!1yr ⋅ nikrodaz ⋅ r/chess
I made this to teach myself the names of the first pawn moves. Black's names are all after 1. e4.2yr ⋅ alfiestoppani ⋅ r/chess
Highest ratings ever achieved by chess players under the age of 132mo ⋅ Total_Woodpecker_912 ⋅ r/chess
I played in the Northumbria Masters Event and scored 5/7. Ended up winning £50 (top under 18 scorer prize)!1yr ⋅ Awkward_Intellectual ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru Nakamura wins the Chessable Masters, defeating Fabiano Caruana in Armageddon1yr ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
The trophy for the 2021 World Championship match has been revealed. Made of sterling silver and obsidian with gold plating, it weighs over 5 kg.2yr ⋅ city-of-stars ⋅ r/chess
TIL Lichess “CAPTCHA” is a mate in one puzzle. Loved it. Though I wonder isn’t it the easiest thing to automate 🤔1yr ⋅ DevanshGupta91 ⋅ r/chess
Posted this in a photo subreddit, was recommended I post it here as well. Took this in Union Square roughly a year ago3yr ⋅ ajpd93 ⋅ r/chess
On this day in 2007, Viswanathan Anand scored 9/14 in Mexico City to become the first ever Indian undisputed world chess champion!2yr ⋅ city-of-stars ⋅ r/chess
On this day 15 years ago, Vladimir Kramnik won the toiletgate, World chess Championship in Elista. Topalov accused Kramnik of getting assistance during his frequent visits to the bathroom.2yr ⋅ edwinkorir ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru tops 2023 classical performance: 15 wins, 28 draws, 0 losses, 2804.33 performance rating6mo ⋅ rederer07 ⋅ r/chess
Just in from Magnus Carlsen... Motion to Dismiss with prejudice + Supporting case law memo.1yr ⋅ SwimmingUpForMolly ⋅ r/chess
US Chess Federation appeals for Firouzja's event in Chartres not to be counted towards the Candidates race!5mo ⋅ rederer07 ⋅ r/chess
Fabiano Caruana beats Hans Niemann and is back to 2800 Elo after two years!! 👏 5-0 against Hans. What are the chances he will surpass 2820 before the end of the year?7mo ⋅ green1234blue ⋅ r/chess
Magnus Carlsen defeats 2720 rated Keymer with 98% accuracy and is currently 4/4 in the European Club Cup7mo ⋅ kiblitzers ⋅ r/chess
First time posting. Just thought this was cool. Black to play and ruin a life11mo ⋅ Browless87 ⋅ r/chess
Today one of the best swedish players of all time tried out our solution for live streaming chess games during an exhibition!2yr ⋅ jaugjaug ⋅ r/chess
A puzzle featuring underpromotion, sacrifices, and a whole lot of disrespect. White to play and mate in 3.1yr ⋅ medfad ⋅ r/chess
Andrea Botez will play Alexandra Botez tomorrow in Round 3 of the Sardinia Chess Open B-Group at 3PM CET!1wk ⋅ Tumkee ⋅ r/chess
Happy birthday to Italian American GM, world number 2 by Elo rating, Fabiano Caruana3yr ⋅ GiorgioPerlasca ⋅ r/chess
Didn't he skipped Grand Swiss in 2019 to preserve ELO to qualify by ratings for Candidates 2020 ?2yr ⋅ CeleritasLucis ⋅ r/chess
My grandfather passed away a year ago and was the one that taught me chess. Going through a box of old documents, he saved newspaper articles from 1973 about chess.3yr ⋅ aulstinwithanl ⋅ r/chess
One of these graphs is the engine correlation % distribution of Hans Niemann, one is of a top super-GM. Which is which? If one of these graphs indicates cheating, explain why. Names will be revealed in 12 hours.1yr ⋅ PEEFsmash ⋅ r/chess
Lichess 404, lasted only a second and preserved my active game + gave me something cool to look at.1yr ⋅ rarehugs ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru Nakamura defeats Fabiano Caruana in Round 10 of the 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss in 40 moves6mo ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
Youngest GM ever, Abhimanyu Mishra, complains on X that FIDE doesn't enforce a broadcasting delay.5d ⋅ Poisoned-Pawn ⋅ r/chess
After taking down top seed Hans Niemann yesterday, Eline Roebers defeated 2nd seed Mustafa Yilmaz in the challenger section of Tata Steel.4mo ⋅ shubomb1 ⋅ r/chess
I present to you a beautiful puzzle that comes from the famous Saavedra Position. White to play and win.1yr ⋅ Zombsta12 ⋅ r/chess
The fastest checkmate in chess is only played in 22% of lichess games where it is possible (29k out of 140k).1yr ⋅ PurplePeopleEater325 ⋅ r/chess
First time beating a player over 2000... I didn't expect it to look like this3mo ⋅ subconscious_nz ⋅ r/chess
On this day, 100 years ago, Richard Reti published this famous endgame study in the German-Austrian newspaper Deutschosterreichische Tages-Zeitung. It's now considered a fundamental idea. White to play and draw.2yr ⋅ edderiofer ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru notches one of the greatest Bullet Brawl performances ever, going 82.5/843mo ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
After a year of playing on Chess.com, this is the first time I have ever seen this message. Thank you, queens gambit (I guess).3yr ⋅ DoubleBubbleMTG ⋅ r/chess