r/Chesscom 6m ago

Brilliant!! My 2 brilliants!!

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Was a great game, fully locked in.

Let me know if you find the follow up mate, had it all planned out so well


r/Chesscom 11m ago

Chess.com Website/App Question Default time controls for rapid are different between browser and Android app

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I just noticed that the default time controls for rapid are different between the browser and the Android app. In the browser, the defaults are 10, 10+5 and 15+10, while in the app it's 10, 15+10 and 30. All time controls appear if you click More Time Controls, but it seems strange to me that the defaults are different.


r/Chesscom 28m ago

Miscellaneous Why was I muted from r/chess for submitting a post appeal?

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I can't conceive of why I would be muted from the subreddit for submitting this appeal? I don't think my original post broke any rules, but the fact I got muted for SUBMITTING AN APPEAL is infuriating. And they muted me from messaging them, so I can't even respond? Like what the fk.


r/Chesscom 1h ago

Chess Question What is your favorite type of checkmate ?

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Mine has to be the smothered mate there’s something ridiculously satisfying about a king being completely trappad by it’s own piesces ,I’m curious about your favorite type and what makes it so satisfying for you


r/Chesscom 2h ago

Chess Question “How Sway?”

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I paid premium for this type of review? Really?💡💡💡💡


r/Chesscom 2h ago

Chess Discussion Why do mobile players and pc players get matched?

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I can understand in blitz or rapid that pc and mobile players would get matched. But I cannot understand how you could pair the two in bullet. Not being able to make multiple premoves is an insane disadvantage


r/Chesscom 2h ago

Chess Discussion I have just reached my first big milestone of 1000 ELO! However, I suck at playing white?

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After a year long break (with only a couple games in between) I started playing again frequently. However, I'm doing pretty badly with white... At the 1000 elo range, what are the best ways to improve? Especially as white?

My all time win rate with white is similar to that of black, but the win rates in these pictures are just of the last 3 weeks when I started again, and I can't seem to be consistent with white


r/Chesscom 2h ago

Chess Improvement Can't get to intermediate.

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Winning beginner but not intermediate. Should I play begginer or intermediate


r/Chesscom 3h ago

LOL 2000 games in a month💀

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One of my friends on chess.com, this is genuinely crazy.


r/Chesscom 3h ago

Brilliant!! Queen Sac!!

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I’ll be chasing this high for a while 😅


r/Chesscom 4h ago

Miscellaneous Developing

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So I'm trying to make a chess bot. It's around 1950 elo the bot is called Lynx and I'm making a program that's called lynx test, the same idea as Fish test, but for my ai bot, this is a pretty big project. I'm working on it's around 10 days of developing this new AI but my goal is 3500 elo with lynx test this is planned to be a 2-year-long project starting from now also in a few days it might go open source on GitHub. I will notify you if it goes open source but if you would help me to train this AI it would be a pleasure.

WARNING:
Also this is not for cheating unfair play and unfair advantages please don't cheat.


r/Chesscom 4h ago

Chess Improvement Looking for a 2000 rated blitz player for training session ($30)

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Looking for a 2000 rated chess blitz player for a short training session. Got a tournament coming up and feel like I still have a few blindspots

We play one blitz game and then briefly go through the game/mistakes afterward. Around 20–30 minutes total.

Paying $30. DM me your chess profile if interested.


r/Chesscom 4h ago

Chess Question Can I get banned?

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I used to have a 1100-1200 elo but I got off chess for about 2 years and half when I made my new account I started losing to much (I became 400 rated) then my muscle memory started to kick in and I am now approaching 1000 in this time with impressive winning streaks so can this make my account get banned for cheating or am I good and don't have to worry?


r/Chesscom 4h ago

Chess Improvement Do you have any tips…

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…on how to stop worrying about elo??
I want to change that mindset because it makes me a little anxious whenever I start a game.

I’m a beginner so this might sound ridiculous.

Please share some thoughts.


r/Chesscom 5h ago

Chess.com Website/App Question Is there a way to get chess.com working on android 4.4?

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For a while I played chess from the app since the website always crashes and doesnt let me start a game, but after coming back to chess after a few months I realized that I can no longer play chess on chess.com on the app which sucks, is there a way I can play on chess.com or am I forced to play using a different alternative?


r/Chesscom 5h ago

Bug Report !friend removal bug

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Hey everyone, this is my first post in this sub! And I need to rant!

I've recently had a pretty big fight with one of my friends (...well ex-friend) and so I wanted to remove him from my chess.com friend list. But every time I click "delete friend" and i reload the page he's just right back again staring at me, no matter how many times I try it! It infuriates me a lot, actually, because I really hate this guy now.

I googled if anyone else was having this problem and I found a thread on chess.com itself from 3 (!) years (!!!) ago stating this exact problem and it still hasn't been fixed!

It's bad enough the site is becoming more locked behind paywalls every day, but they demand so much money and can't even fix this stupid little bug??

Anyways, now I've found his sub and I've wanted an outlet for my anger and hopefully find other people who feel my pain.

Cheers


r/Chesscom 5h ago

Chess Improvement Chess audiobook while driving

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r/Chesscom 5h ago

Chess Question What are some defenses for when a queen. Opens early?

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It keeps on happening in my games and idk how to defend it.


r/Chesscom 5h ago

Chess Improvement How on earth is this a bad move?

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r/Chesscom 5h ago

Chess Improvement How do you actually study and remember your opening repertoire?

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I'm curious how people here actually handle opening preparation and memorization.

For those who have their own opening repertoire:

  • How do you review your openings?
  • Is there something in particular you find annoying about your current method?

I'm doing some research into this and would be really interested to hear what people think. Thanks everyone :)

Edit: If anyone would be willing to help out I’d appreciate it if you answered this 1-3 minutes google form for my research. Have a good one :)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7mH6W4YOkk6FphBvB-caqINxCwtDuEXUa_0BgdUrx-a8xvA/viewform?usp=publish-editor


r/Chesscom 6h ago

MEGA BLUNDER How silly of me, I didn't defend my pawn

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r/Chesscom 6h ago

Chess Question Checkmate confusion

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Can someone please explain how this is a checkmate please as couldn't the white king go to c1 or is it an M2 situation that I am not seeing?


r/Chesscom 6h ago

LOL Game Abandoned

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> Game Abandoned

> You won with a nice tactic!


r/Chesscom 6h ago

Chess Discussion Is this good for Beginners?

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ricksterlloyd1

Just started Chess consistently

serious on August 2 - Now.


r/Chesscom 6h ago

why is this brilliant I don't get it. Just Sacrifice a Knight?

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Check out this #chess game: Miguel_Pro_player vs ricksterlloyd1 -

Here 173847366750

Juse use

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