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
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.9mo ⋅ 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SinisterMagnus has been replaced by a GM named WiniVidiVici on the chess.com leaderboardn (their country flair also changed)1yr ⋅ punkin_04 ⋅ r/chess
Crazy 3000 rated puzzle! Find the continuation that results in checkmate for white (White to play)1yr ⋅ Unlikely-Fish237 ⋅ r/chess
As a 1100 rated player I am proud I was able to see that my opponent actually blundered his bishop here3yr ⋅ SamAlmighty ⋅ r/chess
“Nakamura agrees with Cristian and Fabi that holding the World Rapid and Blitz at Christmas each year (especially in a tough-to-reach location for many) is unacceptable, and laments that top players don't get together to stand up to FIDE” @chess24com5mo ⋅ Tafexx ⋅ r/chess
Carlsen is the heavy betting favorite against Nakamura in tomorrow’s SCC final.1yr ⋅ FlippityFloppityBing ⋅ r/chess
Visually, this endgame looks dead lost for white, but there is a genius way to force a draw. White to play.8mo ⋅ mym0j0s0d0pe ⋅ r/chess
A puzzle I found very hard to solve, what’s your thinking process to solve this ? (White to play)9mo ⋅ epicpoop ⋅ r/chess
Bobby Fischer’s grave in Laugardælir, Iceland! There is also a nearby museum of his life/career.11mo ⋅ nickelbop ⋅ r/chess
The only puzzle of its kind that I could find on the lichess puzzle database: white to move1yr ⋅ coolestblue ⋅ r/chess
This position was reached 68 times at the Master level... and 100% of those games ended in a draw. Welcome to the Exchange French.3yr ⋅ ChessPlayerr4 ⋅ r/chess
Firouzja knocks out Hikaru while Nodirbek takes down Fabiano in Day 2 of the 2023 ChessKid Cup1yr ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
On the first day of Freestyle GOAT Chess Challenge, the 4 youngsters scored a combined 9.5/12 against the 4 veterans. The veterans failed to win a single match against the quartet of Keymer, Gukesh, Nodirbek and Alireza.2mo ⋅ shubomb1 ⋅ r/chess
Evaluating the value of every piece in a given position, would it be interesting when spectating/analyzing?2yr ⋅ John_A_Doe ⋅ r/chess
Mateusz Bartel defeats Hans Niemann in round 7 of the London Chess Classic after Hans blunders completely winning position4mo ⋅ yoda17 ⋅ r/chess
In 1958 Bobby Fischer aged 15 visited the Moscow chess club hoping to play World champion Botvinnik. This request is considered ridiculous by the Soviet chess authorities. Here he is playing Tigran Petrosian.2yr ⋅ edwinkorir ⋅ r/chess
Playing the Queen's Gambit at the Methuen Orphanage (Schloss Schutzendorf, Brandenburg, Germany)3yr ⋅ hipcatjazzalot ⋅ r/chess
Getting excited for Tata Steel 2022. Made a preview crosstable showing the head-to-head scores of all the contestants in classical matches from the last 5 years2yr ⋅ EfficientZone ⋅ r/chess
Test your engine with this position. It takes my PC 12 seconds to find the win. FEN in comments.2yr ⋅ BuddyOwensPVB ⋅ r/chess
Exactly 20 years ago, Viswanathan Anand won his first World Champion title after defeating Alexei Shirov 3.5-0.53yr ⋅ LaureateAt17 ⋅ r/chess
A chess.com tournament(10 day/move) finished after a whole decade recently(link in comments)4yr ⋅ TheUltimateSwindler ⋅ r/chess
Nepo laughs from incredulity after technical issue with the clock that led to the agreement of a draw2wk ⋅ yatagan89 ⋅ r/chess
Chess Fun Fact: In The Simpsons, Magnus Carlsens coaches Homer chess in the episode The Cad and the Hat, it was also magnus Carlsen himself who dubbed the series in english.1yr ⋅ Kelowna1337 ⋅ r/chess
New gold plan not including analysis and game report seems like a extremely bad thing. Thoughts?1yr ⋅ killspree1011 ⋅ r/chess
In a game I just played, my opponent played Qd4 threatening mate and it looks devaststing, but what did he miss? (Black to play)8mo ⋅ filthydestinymain ⋅ r/chess
[OC] The number of moves it would take a knight to get to a square, inspired by u/newsradio_fan. Link in comments.1yr ⋅ GoatmealEnjoyer ⋅ r/chess
Magnus elaborates on his previous tweets after his round 2 loss at the Qatar Masters7mo ⋅ BKtheInfamous ⋅ r/chess
With around 50 minutes each, both Le Quang Liem and Vincent Keymer miss a checkmate in 2. White to play and win:10mo ⋅ GeologicalPotato ⋅ r/chess
I played edible chess today for the very first time. Rule: Every piece taken is eaten.3yr ⋅ WaleedDaGr8 ⋅ r/chess
How do you guys determine whether a Greek gift sacrifice is sound or not?10mo ⋅ Icy-Tumbleweed9467 ⋅ r/chess
I think its so f**king cool that chess competitions show stats like these nowadays1yr ⋅ Addrat91 ⋅ r/chess
12 year old Kasparov, and Karpov giving the simul. Leningrad, 1975 was the first encounter between these two.2yr ⋅ NajdorfGrunfeld ⋅ r/chess
Jose Martinez “not enjoying” the event. Wishes he didn’t have to play on.2mo ⋅ Finnthehumangumball ⋅ r/chess
The latest FIDE poll shows that the vast majority of top women's players believe that there will be female world champion in the future1mo ⋅ Total_Woodpecker_912 ⋅ r/chess
Played one game ten years ago and it’s messing up my graph. Any way to delete it?4mo ⋅ teachingroland ⋅ r/chess
I created a political compass for chess playstyle. Help me plot some points (players) on it!1yr ⋅ DopazOnYouTubeDotCom ⋅ r/chess
I'm white. Opponent resigned after I took his queen with my rook. Big mistake!9mo ⋅ SmoothGreenMedicine ⋅ r/chess
Incredibly satisfying example of an intermediate tactic. White to play and win a significant material!2yr ⋅ E5D5 ⋅ r/chess
At 17 years, 1 month and 21 days of age, Gukesh D crosses 2750 for the first time10mo ⋅ GeologicalPotato ⋅ r/chess
r/chess vs. r/chessbeginners. You have 4 hours. The top comment is your move. You are black.9mo ⋅ noonebuteveryone24 ⋅ r/chess
Pretty little checkmate from today's Tata Steel challengers (Dardha v Shuvalova). White to move2yr ⋅ SandF ⋅ r/chess
Offered Black a draw which he rejected for some reason only to play Kf3 right after. Poor fellow3yr ⋅ eltomboi ⋅ r/chess
