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[Beau Knows]

Starting playing on chess.com a couple weeks ago, hadn't played at all since I was a kid. Trying to get out of the 800s.

Just had a ridiculous game where I massively blundered several times, leading to me being down 21 points in material in the endgame. I managed to weasel my way into a draw by offering up my remaining pawns and marching my king towards his and forcing the stalemate. Felt kind of bad, I really deserved to lose that one, but you have to know how to checkmate.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Starting playing on chess.com a couple weeks ago, hadn't played at all since I was a kid. Trying to get out of the 800s.

Just had a ridiculous game where I massively blundered several times, leading to me being down 21 points in material in the endgame. I managed to weasel my way into a draw by offering up my remaining pawns and marching my king towards his and forcing the stalemate. Felt kind of bad, I really deserved to lose that one, but you have to know how to checkmate.

You’re telling me! I’ve had a lot of games where I’m murdering the other player but can’t finish so it’s a draw or stalemate. Very frustrating indeed

 

[SuperScript29]

I'm now finally noticing some serious tactical players as I'm climbing the rankings (1437 at the moment). The games are feeling a lot tighter than before and the players seem to be blundering a lot less. When I check out some of their history, seems like a lot of them were at one point in the 1500-1600 range, so makes sense that the games are getting harder.

 

[Panthaz89]

Haven't really played too much since high school when I was part of the chess team/club pretty much everyone I know doesn't want to play me after a couple games except one of my closest friends. Usually rely on big strategy games to fill that need. Always play the French Defense on black and white is the typical E4 open.

 

[Hammettf2b]

Anyone familiar with Lichess? I was mainly a chess.com player but now that they are changing their prices and tier lists, I want to make the move. Is there any way to make the premoves show the actual piece and not just the highlighted square like on chess.com? also, can you not make multiple premoves?

 

[SuperScript29]

Anyone familiar with Lichess? I was mainly a chess.com player but now that they are changing their prices and tier lists, I want to make the move. Is there any way to make the premoves show the actual piece and not just the highlighted square like on chess.com? also, can you not make multiple premoves?

I feel like the players over at Chess.com seem more competitive. I generally use Lichess as my training grounds and try new things over there, then play the real games at Chess.com.

 

[Hammettf2b]

Huge drama has been unfolding lately and today it get even deeper...

Magnus Carlsen resigns against Hans Niemann after ONE move: The reaction

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[Rodgerwilco]

Huge drama has been unfolding lately and today it get even deeper...

Magnus Carlsen resigns against Hans Niemann after ONE move: The reaction

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I am absolutely here for the chess drama. I know Carlsen was already getting sick of chess, but I can't imagine he'd just throw a match unless it was a protest move.

 

[Hammettf2b]

I am absolutely here for the chess drama. I know Carlsen was already getting sick of chess, but I can't imagine he'd just throw a match unless it was a protest move.

Ya. I'm hoping we are able to hear from Magnus soon. He has to have damning evidence in order for him to be doing this right?

 

[Osprey]

I know that chess isn't typically exciting, but both of those guys looked bored out of their skulls.

Also, it's too bad that it was an online game and he simply ended the call. It would've been epic if hundreds of people had gathered in a hall to watch them play in person and he had simply stood up and walked out while everyone just stared at him.

 

[Hammettf2b]

Hans Niemann probably cheated in more than 100 chess games, investigation finds

An investigation into the games of Hans Niemann found the American grandmaster has cheated far more frequently than previously disclosed

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[Dr John Carlson]

'100s of games' makes for a nice headline but in online chess, under those sort of time controls, it's not actually that much. That Hans lied about the extent of the cheating in prize money events is much more damning.

I can't see there being much more to the drama at this point, sadly. Unless somebody involved goes nuclear.

 

[Hammettf2b]

HOLY SHIT

 

[Osprey]

At first, I thought that this was the Norwegian suing for the winnings that he lost because the American cheated. I'm dumbstruck that it's actually the cheater suing... and not even for something reasonable, but $400M. That just makes me believe that he really did cheat 100s of times because both suggest that he has an entitlement to money that he doesn't deserve.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Breaking News: Hans Niemann is suing!

The news broke out minutes ago. Hans Niemann posted on his Twitter the official complaint against Magnus Carlsen, the Play Magnus Group, Chess.com, Daniel Rensch, and Hikaru Nakamura. The complaint states that he is seeking "damages in an amount to be determined at trial, but no less than One...

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[Say Hey Kid]

Fabiano Caruana is the 2022 U.S. champion

Fabiano Caruana won the 2022 U.S. Championship with an undefeated +4 score after drawing Levon Aronian in the final round of the tournament in Saint Louis. Ray Robson finished in clear second place, while Leinier Dominguez and Awonder Liang shared the third spot in the standings. In the women’s...

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[Say Hey Kid]

Jennifer Yu wins thrilling Armageddon, grabs second U.S. women’s title

Jennifer Yu defeated Irina Krush in a rapid and blitz playoff to claim her second U.S. women’s title. The contenders traded wins with white in the 2-game mini-match and decided the championship in an Armageddon encounter. Yu blundered a piece on move 9, but kept on fighting and ended up flagging...

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[PK Cronin]

I almost feel like this kind of drama is good for chess as a whole on a promotional level. Not sure how many people outside of the chess world find it interesting, but I certainly do.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Aimchess Rapid Final: Duda wins first set

In the final match of the Aimchess Rapid online tournament, Jan-Krzysztof Duda took the lead against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov by scoring a 3-1 victory in Thursday’s first set. Duda comes from winning the preliminaries and knocking out world champion Magnus Carlsen in the semifinals.

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[Say Hey Kid]

How To Watch The Chess.com Global Championship Finals

The Chess.com Global Championship Finals start on November 2, 2022! As our biggest tournament of the year reaches its thrilling conclusion, the live finals will now occur in two locations: Toronto, Canada, and Belgrade, Serbia. Check out the details below for more information about the event...

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[Say Hey Kid]

Duda beats Mamedyarov in tiebreaks, wins Aimchess Rapid

Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the 2022 Aimchess Rapid online tournament after beating Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in what somewhat unexpectedly turned out to be a hard-fought final match. After getting a clear victory in the first set, Duda got a superior position in Friday’s first game. Shakh first managed...

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[Say Hey Kid]

Starting Tuesday: World Fischer Random Chess Championship

The FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship is back with its second edition. The over-the-board final will take place at the Berjaya Natura Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 25-30 October. The 8-player lineup will include defending champion Wesley So, classical chess champion Magnus Carlsen...

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[Say Hey Kid]

The Hans Niemann case: Numbers – what they reveal and what they do not reveal

There is love at first sight, as everyone knows, and there are, somewhat surprisingly, "statistics at first sight". What is that? In the infamous matter labelled by now as "the Hans Niemann cheating case" (a title that S.S. Van Dine would have greatly appreciated, as well as the mystery...

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[Say Hey Kid]

Women’s Candidates: Lei and Humpy win with white

Day 1 of the Women’s Candidates saw two decisive games (out of two), as Lei Tingjie and Humpy Koneru defeated Mariya and Anna Muzychuk respectively, both with the white pieces. Matches are played to the best of four, so the Muzychuk sisters have plenty of time to bounce back. Humpy’s victory was...

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[Gurn]

I don't know what's happened to me this week. I went from 860 down to like 730. Just keep losing game after game after game after game.

Also annoying that just about everyone i'm playing tries to do that "Checkmate in 4 moves" crap. It doesn't work but annoying nontheless

Take a week off, maybe play a very few puzzles. Mental rest is important.

chess.com is the only way to play I’ve tried. Are there other, better ones?

Lichess- you can do an endless amount of puzzles- the complete site is free. The puzzle section is impressive as hell- if you give the puzzle a thumbs down- it will store that puzzle and you can try it again later. also has a 'spider web' graphic that shows how strong you are at various parts of the game.
openings, endgames, skewers, attraction, interposition etc.

FINALLY cracked 1900 in Rapid on chess.com last night.

My peak rating with my chess federation (CFC) during my competitive days was only 1555, so pretty happy with my improvement over the last 11 months

With the huge boom in popularity, the ratings have changed due to new players. Also- the 'elo' from the sites is not actually paired up with 'over the board elo' from FIDE so there will be differences. example- Lichess elo is a bit easier to get than Chess.com.

Finally hit 1400+ (1406 at the moment) in rapid on chess.com. Thank goodness for King's Indian, I've been playing that opening ever since I went down to 1200 and haven't looked back.

Anyways, I'm noticing that the higher ranked players are easier to beat than the players I was facing in the 1200s, what gives?

New blood has skewed the 'elo' ratings of the site.
Chess.com is so popular the site is having a tough time keeping up.
The growth has been staggering.