Nice interview of Giri & Van Foreest on Dutch sports show after Tata Steel!
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Had this position in a game. Interesting how queen/rook lead to mate in 1. But both knight/bishop promotion lead to the respective pieces mating next move. Found it mildly interesting how all 4 promotions lead to that piece delivering a forced mate.
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mittens spotted IRL! OMG!!
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Where can I find chess training partners?
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What would be your thought process solving this puzzle?
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Bardiya Daneshvar, the current Iranian Chess Champion and a contemporary of Firouzja and Maghsoodloo has just achieved his third GM norm with a performance rating of 2686. Pending FIDE approval, he will be Iran's next Grandmaster.
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Can anyone please explain how moving the queen is better? even the engine says i have a bigger advantage a few moves afterwards if i move the rook
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Missed this cool mate in a time scramble in blitz today
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Anyone surprised Jobava is back to streaming on chesscom and wasn't actually banned?
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Has anyone else been having lots of issues with disconnecting from games while your internet connection is perfectly fine? (Chess.com)
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The Gods by the North Sea
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2023 Zone 4.3 in Equatorial Guinea
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"The Siege Problem" - White to move and Checkmate in 2, (Alexandrov, Vladimir Alexandrovich, 1992)
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There will be a tournament between schools and Im in the team !
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Website to store your chess repertoire
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Skyweb really fell for fishing pole lol
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Has anyone developed a "find your soulmate" resource for chess? For example, could one analyse really closely who in the world is my closest match in terms of opening repertoire, ELO, tendencies and quirks?
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This puzzle is rated 1171 on chess.com. As an 1800, I totally missed this somehow. Black to move.
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Pawn Promotion Popularity
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Anyone else not able to “watch” on the Chess dot app?
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Understanding before Moving 111: Play the Sicilian (12)
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Mate in 4; black to play
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Pretty neat tactic (white to move)
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The bishop was pinned??
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Question about the white d4 knight in d6 Sicilians.
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Chessbase publishes the source code and binaries of Fat Fritz and Fat Fritz 2
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Chess book suggestions for a 1500 rated player
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Lichess potentially allowed promotion of pawns to king
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I always forget this idea exists (Black to move)
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Both are almost equal in material, find the winning move as black.
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Best tactic in this situation?
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Alexandra Kosteniuk perfect at the Women’s Grand Prix Munich
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Poland wins 1st Olympiad for People with Disabilities
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19-year-old Nurgyul Salimova wins Silver at Bulgarian Championship 2023
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The Queen of Chess Makes Her Next Move
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A cute and simple puzzle, but no idea how it has a puzzle rating of 2607 on lichess. Black to play!
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Beautiful game analysis of Anish Giri vs. Magnus Carlsen
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During which circumstances should you not promote to a queen?
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NM Ben Johnson: Book coming in late 2023, called "Perpetual Chess Improvement"
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What was the worst in-house chess rule you've ever heard of?
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Mate in 5 from a blitz game.
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thinking about playing OTB
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what would be an equivalent in terms of colleges degrees to hitting 2000 fide in chess?
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At this position Black played 9...hxg5. What should white play?
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Is there a way to tell if you can castle or not in a puzzle?
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white to play and draw
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Munich GP: Kosteniuk on 3 out of 3
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How did my opponent abort the game midgame? I don't think either of us ran out of time, and I thought you could only abort first move.
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Game was close to ending and then it just randomly aborts. Why????
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the grind dont stop
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A question for technologists: can we start an open-source cheat-detection engine that becomes the gold standard of cheat detection engines?
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Ah yes, a distinguished gentleman. (He then called me a f***king a**hole, as chess.com puts it) and I won when he resigned.
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Anybody know what this mate is called? (I'm a begginer)
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Chess Youtuber that analyzes tournament games?
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Channels to watch for reference
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How to extract a position from a game to train it in LucasChe?
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Can someone help me find where I can purchase this chessboard?
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Gatekeeping of Chess
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Custom lazy susan for my electronic Square-off Pro chess board
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I am playing my first OTB tournament!
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No server errors here!
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Love it when the servers crash mid game
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Using Chess moves in a book.
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My faith in (chess) humanity is restored
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a very cool combination ,white to play and gain a winning advantage
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Poland wins first Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities
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Next week, I'll play an OTB game with white against a 2000 rated player (I'm 1600). I should reach the following position after 10 moves, based on his history. What are some general concepts from here, strengths, weaknesses, etc. to help with my preparation?
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Good chessboard as a gift
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Best Way to Handle the Nonsense of 1. d4 e5?
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First OTB Blitz Tournament - My impressions
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Somebody explain how this is a stalemate
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Chess.com - Chat ban on new account?
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Absolutely love this new chess. com and Lichess partnership.
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I’m sick of losing games where I’m ahead on chess.com because their servers suck
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This game started " 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Bc5 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 f5 6. e4 f4 7. gxf4 exf4 8. d4 Bb6" what should white do to maximize their advantage?
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Anyone else’s chess.com app not working?
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UK chessboard restoration specialist recommendations?
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Stuck around 400 ELO
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Chess boom exhibit #397 [Crunch gym today in NYC]
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Mittens and Stockfish in a rhythm game (Friday Night Funkin)
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What are your favourite variants to play in casual OTB with a friend?
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Bet you can't work out who wins from this position (White to move)
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Black to play and win (Hint: Supi)
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Can you find mate in 3 for white?
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Instead of moving my rook I let it hang and moved my king instead, they took the bait, M5
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Which pawn has the highest percentage of promotion, statistically?
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I've developed a chess-based videogame, that is like a campaign mode with new pieces and mechanics, and a recruitment system to keep upgrading your army. A free demo is available now on Steam, the game will come out on Feb 27th
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Women’s Grand Prix Munich 2023 – Day 3 live
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Airthings Masters Play-In determines the field for the main event
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Zoe Strimpel profiles Judit Polgar for ‘The Spectator’
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When your opponent offers you a free queen, look for better.
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Fun triangulation puzzle (D. Joseph)
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Missed a mate in 4, then lost the game. Can you spot what I didn't see?
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I played on board 1 with the black pieces in an OTB USCF tournament against a ~2100 rated opponent, with the chance to become tied for first if I won. Here's my analysis of this Ruy Lopez game.
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Alexandra Kosteniuk takes early lead in Women Grand Prix Munich
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Olympiad for People with Disabilities: Poland in sole lead with one round to go
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FIDE Players with Disabilities Commission holds meeting in Belgrade
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Starting to finish
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What’s the best pawn move for black?
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Rating inflation in chess.com?
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my first !! move
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Which is the best gambit for white and black?
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Munich GP: Kosteniuk leads, German players make unfortunate blunders
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is it normal for puzzle rating to be 4-5 hundred elo higher than rapid? or am I just bad at openings.
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First Ever Checkmate?????
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Gorgeous 1980 Moscow Olympics Set
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"Open world" chess?
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Is there a name for a checkmate that would cause your own king to be captured in the turn after?
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Anand: > half his life in the 2750 club! That is: can anyone confirm the last detail?
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Black to play for a winning position
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Airthings Masters 2023 Player List after Play-In Round
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I’m running a school tournament!
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Sealed a mini-match 3-2 against a 1900+ opponent with this aesthetically pleasing final move. (lichess bullet). Felt a little too shaky in the Sicilian, so I switched to a Modern. The same-side attacks come so quickly if you can shut things down with the f-pawn.
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The Anish Giri Interview: Winning Tata Steel Masters 2023
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Playing against Mittens OTB
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why do people get upset at "dirty flagging"
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A Foundation for Beginners Eighty Two
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According to Lichess broadcast data, 8 out of the top 10 events the last year were classical tournaments
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How can a pinned Rook support a Queen for mate? Noob Question ik just learning
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Jobava rage airthing masters
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Can you find the mate? Engine says there is one but I can’t figure it out.
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What's the easiest way to decline the Benko Gambit?
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Find the brilliant that wins a rook
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Jobava during the Airthings qualifiers: "Ban all these Chinese m/fers"
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The Anish Giri Interview: Winning Tata Steel Masters 2023
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Anish Giri and Jorden van Foreest interviewed by Fabiano and Christian on C-Squared podcast. Topics include winning Tata Steel, their careers, Magnus.
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Mate in 3, Black moves. (Just happened to me and I failed to see it)
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Nelson's been hitting the books
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[Chess.com] Due to server issues, a restart is necessary. We will begin the Champions Chess Tour swiss tournament as soon as possible after the restart.
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Should Pogchamps 5 Happen With the Recent Surge in Popularity?
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Champions Chess Tour '23 studio setup. For those wondering, the Oslo studio will still be in use.
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Airthings Masters Play In Discussion Thread│The STRONGEST Online Swiss Tournament EVER! + Firouzja's Comeback?!
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Airthings Masters Play-In: Live!
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Robert Ris’ Fast and Furious: Spectacular chess in Wijk
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Alireza 3380 Bullet on Lichess
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"I was reading an article about Fischer and then...
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How do I avoid mistakes like this in calculation
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Lil Times Sq Chessbrah ad
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White is underdeveloped. Black to move and take advantage of it.
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“We are at a dangerous point” - An interview with Artur Jussupow
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Chess24 playzone is closed
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Tomorrow I am participating in my first FIDE rated rapid tournament! Please give me some advice
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FIDE Arena-what's the deal?
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Airthings Masters Play-In – LIVE
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The centenary of the birth of Svetozar Gligoric celebrated in Belgrade
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Olympiad for People with Disabilities: The link between chess, football and Royalty
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Women Grand Prix Munich – Round 2 pairings
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Airthings Masters Play-In | Champions Chess Tour 2023
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Giri's full analysis of his game against Carlsen
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How do I explain strength differences in rating gaps to a beginner?
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