How to Train Your Dragon is my favorite movie ever and she made this as a gift for my birthday! She hand sculpted each piece, painted all of them, and the board itself. She also painted us two as Hiccup and Astrid aka the king and queen :D

Sorry, had to re-upload because my previous image somehow ended up with a wonky line running over it.

Why wouldn’t this be checkmate since he cant mive without being taken

Also I sacrificed THE ROOOOKKKKK!!!!!

Hey everyone I don't if you all still remember me, but Im TheNextNationalMaster, the same dude who went from 1672 to 1482. Well after receiving all of your advise, encouragements, and having a gained a renewed strength of determination, I pushed on until finally after months of heartbreaks, tilts, and losses, I've fcking finally did it.

I think I would be taking a break from Chess.com a long time, but to all the others out there, never give up and cherish the small wins you have and finally don't rush the process it takes times.

Thank you all

I’d like to introduce Olympiad Chess, a true team based multiplayer chess variant I’ve been developing for the past year and a half. It supports up to 4v4 (8 players max) in a single unified match, designed around the idea of possibly evolving competitive team chess into a cooperative esports entry!

THE CONCEPT

Think of a standard FIDE Chess Olympiad match: two teams of four sitting at a long desk with four boards laid out side by side.

Now, imagine the middle ranks (4&5) becomes a single, universally shared corridor connecting all four boards while existing on all boards at the same time (I call it the Nexus).

Just like that, four isolated 1v1 games become one unified, seamless team match:

1. Any player can step their pieces into ranks 4 or 5 and cross over into a completely different board.
2. Teammates coordinate their moves simultaneously (all White players move together, then all Black players move so the turns are fast; won't make you wait ages for your turn to come).
3. Standard piece movements and classical rules stay 100% intact. It's just chess: No RNG, no cards, and no stats or buffs.

FREE DEMO & RULEBOOK AVAILABLE

My plan is to release Olympiad Chess on Steam in maybe two or three weeks since the build is essentially finished and currently in testing. But I would appreciate if you could check out the links below, wishlist 🫣!, or simply try out the Demo!

- Free Demo: [DemoApp] (The download size is well under 1.0 GB; available on Win, Lin, and MacOS)

- Steam Store Page: [SteamPage]

- Rulebook I wrote: [SteamCommunity]

Also, I'm very much open to any constructive criticism or suggestions before release!

They had 6 mins on the clock BTW.

Yeah, the honored one is me with 5 blunders. 😶‍🌫️

800 Elo gameplay, rapid-10 mins.

Hopefully I can get out of 500 elo

Just reached 2200 elo not even 2 weeks after reaching 2100s, I can’t believe it🥳🥳

So, as most of you guys would know there aren't many yt videos to guide you from the 2000 rating and above.

I have been consistently fluctuating between 2000-2060 elo on chesscom Rapid.

My goal is to reach 2200 Before Feb 2027.

Anyone of you who are at 2200 or above could guide on how I can achieve it.

PS. I don't know my playing style because I haven't played anything except for 1.e4 ( Vienna Gambit, Scotch Gambit & Kings Gambit Only )

And with black i just play anything like sicilian , caro scandi , duras gambit , modern benoni , slav Qgd. It's all the same to me. If you could also help me know how I can find my playing style i will be really grateful.

Let’s stop beating around the bush. You’re not "800 Elo." You’re not "studying theory." You’re not reading Irving Chernev before bed. You’re plugged directly into the Stockfish mainframe via neuralink wired straight into your temporal lobe and it sickens me.

Opening Theory? CHEATING.

Moving in under 3 seconds? CHEATING.

Winning against me? ABSOLUTE, UNADULTERATED CHEATING.

The only honest chess player left on this wretched platform is me, sitting here in the dark, crying into my sub-1000 rating.

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I'm 600 elo btw, I've raised 200 in a week 😄

I requested a membership refund via Chessica AI back on Oct 10th. Haven't received any email updates or the refund yet. When I email support, I just get a automated response telling me to use Chessica AI again.
I realize I should've canceled earlier, but is there any way to reach actual human support to check on this status? Posting here in hopes to get some help to track it. Appreciate any help...