r/Chesscom • • Sep 18 '26

Announcement Find Local Chess Clubs Near You With Chess.com's New Feature

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16 Upvotes

Now, you can easily find physical chess clubs near you right here on our Local Clubs page. Club owners can also get their club verified and listed as an over-the-board club so members can find it easily. On top of it all, club members and owners can enjoy an improved overall experience on Chess.com.

Learn how to register your club and get featured on the map + read more about all the new features here!


r/Chesscom • • May 11 '26

Media/News Access The World's Largest Chess Database With Over 30 Billion Games On Chess.com

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Check what other people are playing and take your opening prep to the next level with real-world data from our millions of members! Read all about it here http://go.chess.com/chess_gamesexplorer


r/Chesscom • • 10h ago

LOL What an awful way to get to 1000 for the first time 😂

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564 Upvotes

I've only been playing 1 or 2 games a day to stop myself burning out and plummeting down the ranking - the slow and steady strategy. So I played the next game to feel like the 1000 rating is justified, and I lost 😂


r/Chesscom • • 7h ago

Meme I suck at chess so now i have GothamChess judging me all the time

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41 Upvotes

I set this as my 2nd monitor wallpaper, so I will be judged by Gotham 24/7.

Do yall think this will improve my chess skills?


r/Chesscom • • 4h ago

Miscellaneous Am I overreacting in my hesitancy to give out my real name while playing games

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I’ve had multiple people ask me my name just right off the bat and it’s always made me a bit uncomfortable…one time a person asked, I ignored them so they kept asking…eventually they just resigned lol…idk I just don’t feel comfortable giving out my real name to random strangers over the internet…


r/Chesscom • • 1d ago

Meme it's not just a bishop

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400 Upvotes

r/Chesscom • • 4h ago

why is this brilliant what makes this move so brilliant?

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8 Upvotes

r/Chesscom • • 20m ago

LOL Bro never saw it coming

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i laughed so hard the moment i played this


r/Chesscom • • 1h ago

Meme Behold the See-Saw

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r/Chesscom • • 2h ago

Chess Improvement Road to 1000

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5 Upvotes

I finally did it im now 700 , what should I do to get even better and reach 800


r/Chesscom • • 23h ago

Meme how would you feel when you're already having a bad day, lost 4 games in a row, then saw your opponent do this?

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192 Upvotes

i swear whenever a little kid tries to paly the scholar's mate against me i realize that they actually have zero board awareness so after kicking the queen they move to f3 then somehow they miss a fork


r/Chesscom • • 1h ago

Puzzle/Tactic never resign

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• Upvotes

sometimes, i am white. this time i was black =D


r/Chesscom • • 22h ago

LOL The duality of man

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127 Upvotes

I love this game


r/Chesscom • • 5h ago

I Swear I’m Better Than This 200 ELO endgame be like:

5 Upvotes

let me know if there are ways to improve my midgame and endgame pls and thx u


r/Chesscom • • 5h ago

Meme Hello, I'm June. How about a friendly game?

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r/Chesscom • • 1h ago

why is this brilliant My first brilliant move is my 3rd game at all

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What so brilliamt about that?


r/Chesscom • • 1d ago

Chess Question FINALLY DID IT

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285 Upvotes

i have seen this type of mate in ig videos but i dont know if it has a name. I was shaking!


r/Chesscom • • 2h ago

Puzzle/Tactic How to solve this mate in 4 Chess puzzle?

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r/Chesscom • • 6h ago

why is this brilliant Peak 3100 elo gameplay

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r/Chesscom • • 3h ago

Chess Improvement Chess Club

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I have been playing chess now for 5 months and have seen there’s a chess club local to me. Has anyone ever attended anything similar? Wondering if it will be useful or if I would get more out of lessons with Magnus on the app.


r/Chesscom • • 11h ago

Chess Improvement GUYS I DID IT I DID IT FINALLY

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9 Upvotes

r/Chesscom • • 4m ago

Chess Question How is this not a brilliant move, ignoring the threat to the queen to force checkmate

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I’m very low rank 550 rapid, altough got a very good game rating overall 1300 so have mercy on me if it’s a dumb question I understand in higher ranks this is probably something super obvious. He didn’t take queen so game continued.

Is it just that it’s too obvious? I feel I’ve in the past gotten a couple of brilliant moves (have 12 total) that are more obvious lol.


r/Chesscom • • 6h ago

why is this brilliant Why is this brilliant!!

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r/Chesscom • • 49m ago

Miscellaneous Chess family membership

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Have 1 spot remaining, DM!


r/Chesscom • • 15h ago

Chess Improvement I'm gonna go to a otb tournament, any advice?

16 Upvotes

So it's finally confirmed!

I plan to compete in a tournament on December 12 2026 :D .

However I do wish to ask that if anyone has a single piece of advice for me to prepare, I would appreciate it.

Honestly I don't expect to win a single match, or even draw one for that matter, I'm mainly going there trying to learn. Im soo excited guys :D