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 😂

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?

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…

My first smothered mate!!

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

i laughed so hard the moment i played this

I played a cheater moments ago, lost, and began investigation on them. I wasn't 100% sure if they were a strong player with a new account... In my game, they were given a rating of 2000. But the games kept getting more and more ridiculous i.e. 2700+ game rating... I went back to their first game... And bro SUCKED.... The game was so bad it was hilarious 😂. I reported them and they were banned instantly. My rating was refunded as well.

Check out this- https://www.chess.com/live/game/173726389272

1. I wonder why people start cheating like this.

2. I wonder how many people reported them before I did.

Make your wild guesses.

I mean what is the tombstone doing here?!

I took 20 seconds to find this in a blitz match. Recognized the position from somewhere and analyzed if it was possible

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

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

nothing is ever as it appears..

would anyone like to know the story behind this one? (king and queen piece got confused in the beginning on both sides, but the moves were still technically legal albeit visually confusing(i havent played chess in a long time)) the king pieces were then then left, the queens are gone in the game..

have a look at the bishop... my opponents side.

have a look at the castling that has happened and my rook approaching. notice anything?

well the game was funny because in the end her bishop checkmated me, i didnt notice that she poked holes in my pawn line of defense. interesting, she pointed out to me that while during the progression of the game i moved my rook right infront of the horse piece to establish initiate and sustain a line of offense..

i didnt consider and didnt count properly but it turned out to be impossible because

A) the bishop would have tanked my last attempt at an offense

B) because of the roschade the king was now behind a second rook that mine would need to pierce through..

not only that here comes the actual kicker...

right at the beginning she kamikazed into my queen which was protected by another piece if it gets taken by her queen, thus triggering the bilateral queen sacrifice.

that one slightly upset me as i like playing with my queen but i said "very well.... but i am wondering why would someone do that"

apparently the mutually assured destruction warning was not enough of a deterrent, i didnt prepare for this.

i learned my lesson from this, to learn how to use the next best piece or combination of pieces once my queen gets taken, because so can the opponent.

this was meant as an introductory game to teach a friend for her to participate and observe..

right after i got home i called her coworker and said "fascinating (Beautiful) placement of the bishop, i didnt account for that one" (leading to my checkmate)

the bishop dealt the final blow

or in viennese austrian if you like the vibe (my dialekt)"der läufer war schön platziert, damit hab ich nicht gerechnet"

fascinating game.

edit: the game was quite convoluted.. i noticed that after from my perspective i have done well to dominate the flank the right from her side, in her territory, boy was i wrong, i was anything but dominating the flank, she initiated her first offense somewhere, i couldnt retaliate and tactically despaired, i attempted an adjustment, despaired further and attempted to take her rook to distract her two horses approaching my king from arresting my king, i couldnt even do that, had i moved my rook to take her rook, the bishop would have checkmated me instantly. she pointed it out, i didnt notice, quite a convoluted game, i liked the constellations though.

it was a lack of perception, that lead to my faulty placement, i didnt keep the bishop in mind, and its range of moves, got sniped at long range, and also i didnt account for what do i do when the MAD being enforced by a deadmansswitch placement fails. i didnt have a contingency. yikes! this is how you lose a game of chess in the most spectacular manner.

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

I've always played my opening like this across numerous games and this is the first time I've gotten a brilliant for castling while my bishop is being attacked. (I also mauled this guy)