His large black beard and aggressive style had earned him the nickname of The Black Death11mo ⋅ nihilistiq ⋅ r/chess
I've always wondered if this game has any significance. Is it from a particular game? Is there a way to search a database of games from a given position?2yr ⋅ electricmaster23 ⋅ r/chess
Absolutely filthy mate in 2 my opponent missed in a blitz game. White to move.2yr ⋅ namesrue ⋅ r/chess
Hikaru Nakamura officially becomes World No. 2 in FIDE's July 2023 Rating List10mo ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
Four legal moves, only one solution (A study by John Beasley). White to move and win3yr ⋅ TessaCr ⋅ r/chess
Random fact that no one asked for : Anish Giri is the only chess player that Magnus Carlsen follows on Instagram.2yr ⋅ vaishakh1000 ⋅ r/chess
A lovely way to stop mate in one which was missed by my opponent, black to move.1yr ⋅ JeffGot2CupsStuffed ⋅ r/chess
Hans Niemann blunders 4 times in a row in a winning endgame vs Marc'Andria Maurizzi1mo ⋅ naufildev ⋅ r/chess
White went on to win this game, but black had a single winning move here. Can you spot it?1yr ⋅ wildncrazyguy ⋅ r/chess
What is this player doing wrong? 2.5 K games and still 350 rating in blitz..2yr ⋅ nickoskal024 ⋅ r/chess
My stockfish took a minute to find this, which I found in game!! White to play, mate in 4.1mo ⋅ laveshnk ⋅ r/chess
Found this awesome little RadioShack pocket chess computer at the thrift for $3 - apparently endorsed by Kasparov, too!3yr ⋅ htownclyde ⋅ r/chess
Just got this nice mate in 3 in one of my games (and missed it in time trouble...)1yr ⋅ Semako ⋅ r/chess
Shankland fires some shots at chess players who force a draw in the Berlin with white2yr ⋅ PM_UR_HYDROCARBONS ⋅ r/chess
TIL Ravichandran Ashwin, current World No 1 bowler in test cricket is an active chess player with ~1500 rating and 5000+ rapid games on chesscom.2mo ⋅ Tough-Candy-9455 ⋅ r/chess
Men in Budapest, Hungary, use their lunch break to play chess and take a dip in a thermal pool. Photo by Winfield Parks, Octuber 19774yr ⋅ panuchazo ⋅ r/chess
Some more rules of chess from 1656. Greco has harsh words for people who deliver mate accidentally.4mo ⋅ 2018_BCS_ORANGE_BOWL ⋅ r/chess
The second best move leads to a losing position, but white has one move here that leads to mate in 3. Can you find it?9mo ⋅ RhodaWoolf ⋅ r/chess
Is this Nigel Short vs Magnus Carlsen? Does anyone have more info? What event is this? Who won?1yr ⋅ PrivilegedAlligator ⋅ r/chess
Opponent stalled for 40 minutes in losing position. Should there be a more severe punishment for stalling time?10mo ⋅ wellherewegofam ⋅ r/chess
i posted something like this after the candidates last year, and thought i would do it agian. here's the results of the 2022 candidates tournament in each half1yr ⋅ succjaw ⋅ r/chess
Any other important concepts to keep in mind? Trying to reach 2000 eventually, 1300 at the moment.1yr ⋅ randomcurioushuman0 ⋅ r/chess
Ludwig was Given the GM title in chess.com after winning a big bet during Chess Clash7mo ⋅ j0hnamp0ng ⋅ r/chess
Fabi's win over Magnus was his first classical win against his nemesis in 8 years!11mo ⋅ rederer07 ⋅ r/chess
Ding plays a subtle pawn move (d5) several moves in advance to form a stunning mating net which involves a Queen sacrifice! (Nepo realized it but it’s too late)1yr ⋅ TheThinker4Head ⋅ r/chess
I bought modern chess openings to read but I'm struggling to find my way around these tables.3yr ⋅ big__friendly_giant ⋅ r/chess
I reached this position that checkmate is impossible for both sides. Lichess didn't call it a draw so I flagged my opponent.2yr ⋅ rooklike ⋅ r/chess
The avg rating of Candidates 2024 is 2746.37 . What are your views about the tournament.3mo ⋅ Exotic_Enigma256 ⋅ r/chess
The 4 of them gets reincarnated in the 21st century, who would be the first to become a chess world champion?1yr ⋅ NotoriousTitan69 ⋅ r/chess
Looks like @AlirezaFirouzja is back to his Candidates routine. He played 10 games this morning on @chesscom but chose 3-min not bullet. #FIDECandidates6d ⋅ Sorry_Phone1676 ⋅ r/chess
Siblings Praggnanadhaa and Vaishali bag the same medal, on the same board number at the Olympiad1yr ⋅ nightowlchilling ⋅ r/chess
I don’t see the relevance of this part of the statement? Only Esipenko has a strong reaction to beating Magnus, the others just walk away without any “excitement”.1yr ⋅ tiddem ⋅ r/chess
Tomorrow we shall witness Nepo vs Rapport in round 1 of the Superbet Chess Classic! Ding will once again face Ian on Monday. How exciting!1yr ⋅ Ranlit ⋅ r/chess
Even CNN Online is covering Pragg-Carlsen on its front page, next to Ukraine-Russia no less2yr ⋅ bsil15 ⋅ r/chess
My opponent said Good game. Checkmate. But I found a forced mate first.7mo ⋅ UncleMoustache ⋅ r/chess
FIDE Online Arena has just invited Vladimir Kramnik to be head of fair play1wk ⋅ RajjSinghh ⋅ r/chess
Caught up with the legend Alexei Shirov after his second round game on Saturday! He was kind enough to oblige for a selfie!1yr ⋅ R0EME0 ⋅ r/chess
I found this photo of my great grandfather (right) playing chess in high school almost 100 years ago. Would anybody be able to figure out what opening this is?1yr ⋅ xam56 ⋅ r/chess
I've developed ChessMonitor: a website to show statistics for players based on Lichess and Chess.com games. Here is an example for Hikaru. You can also get your own page! (link in comments)2yr ⋅ ThomasPlaysChess ⋅ r/chess
Magnus Carlsen takes down Ian Nepomniachtchi 20.5-9.5 in the Quarterfinals of the 2023 Speed Chess Championship7mo ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
Did you know: Alexander Grischuk is one of only 2 players to have won the World Blitz Championship more than once? He won in 2006, 2012 and 2015. He also has a peak classical rating of 2810 and played in 5 Candidates - 2007, 2011 (runners-up), 2013, 2018 and 2020/211mo ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
Playing a 2020elo (i am 800). He is a hustler saying he is okay player then says we need to bet then wins and then tells he is a 2020 rated lichees player makin 60k a year with chess 😂 fun expirience though1yr ⋅ white_sky123 ⋅ r/chess
Both Kramnik and Jose Martinez have agreed to play an OTB match. They have same FIDE Blitz rating:2703. Sponsors are welcome to contact David Martinez, coach Mexican national chess team.(Relevant tweets in comments)1mo ⋅ TheSupremeChef ⋅ r/chess
Top Google result when you search how many hours a day Magnus Carlsen trains7mo ⋅ edwinkorir ⋅ r/chess
I missed this mate in 3 (black to play) in my game, instead winning on time. But it's beautiful.1yr ⋅ SeraLermin ⋅ r/chess
Chess ratings of male & female players organized by proportion (src in comments)1yr ⋅ willyslothbear ⋅ r/chess
A wild game where my opponent ended up resigning here. This is why you don't skip puzzles1yr ⋅ daballer18 ⋅ r/chess
Hans Niemann passes Shankland and Robson in live ratings (on way down) as the US#8 and is now #34 in the world at 2703.9. With 3 more games in the tournament, this post is as worthless as yesterday's one.1yr ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
Can you find the only way to checkmate in TWO as White? Composed by Robert A Lincoln, 20009mo ⋅ Budget-Spirit1711 ⋅ r/chess
Love the game. Love woodworking. Figured I'd combine the two. My first attempt at making my own board. Maple/Walnut or White Ash/Padauk?2yr ⋅ HAVOKMEGA ⋅ r/chess
Probably a common pattern but I'd never seen it before. White to play and mate1yr ⋅ wannabuildastrawman ⋅ r/chess
FIDE Candidates 2024, Standings after Round 10: a logjam at the top of the standings2d ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
This simple endgame is far more complex than it looks. White to play and win (puzzle rating: 2786 on Chess.com)3yr ⋅ ChessPlayerr4 ⋅ r/chess
FIDE commentator Irene Sukandar bumps into Pragg and Arjun, who were chilling together taking a walk on the evening before their quarter finals match up in FIDE world cup 2023. Talk about friendship goals.8mo ⋅ glancesurreal ⋅ r/chess
One of Stalin’s pipes, depicting him and FDR playing chess. It was given to him in 1945 by the visiting US chess team [1280 X 851]3yr ⋅ _felagund ⋅ r/chess
SinisterMagnus has been replaced by a GM named WiniVidiVici on the chess.com leaderboardn (their country flair also changed)1yr ⋅ punkin_04 ⋅ r/chess
