r/Chesscom • • Sep 18 '26

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

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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 • • 2h ago

Meme e4 players, is it true

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r/Chesscom • • 1h ago

Chess Discussion I don't know how I managed to calculate this but I did......10+0 Rapid

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r/Chesscom • • 1d ago

Puzzle/Tactic Why is this a blunder ?

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r/Chesscom • • 7h ago

Achievement My first Smothered Mate

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r/Chesscom • • 18h ago

Chess Discussion Black went on a 20 day vacation on this daily game from this position. Why is this allowed?

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r/Chesscom • • 13h ago

Chess Improvement 7 wins in a row

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As a 375 elo, I’m VERY happy with this


r/Chesscom • • 10h ago

Chess Discussion Anyone ever had a win streak like this

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Just went 20-0.
My biggest win streak ever I think.
Im feeling like Bobby Fischer in 1972


r/Chesscom • • 2h ago

why is this brilliant Can someone explain how this is a brilliant move?

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Im new to learning chess at 142 elo and I got a brilliant move by accident but I don't understand how its a brilliant😭😭 + the computer measured my game rating 700✌️


r/Chesscom • • 2h ago

Achievement Isn't this insanely rare? I tried to get it and managed to do it first try

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r/Chesscom • • 4h ago

Chess Improvement How do you stop tilting after a bad loss instead of queueing again angry?

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My biggest rating killer is not any single weakness, it is that after a frustrating loss I immediately play another game while still annoyed and play worse, then chase it, and lose three more. I know stepping away is the answer, I just do not do it in the moment. For people who got their tilt under control, what actually works, a hard rule like stop after two losses, a short break, switching to puzzles? Looking for something practical because willpower alone clearly is not cutting it for me.


r/Chesscom • • 17h ago

why is this brilliant What’s brilliant about this?

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r/Chesscom • • 2h ago

Achievement I finally reached 1000 elo 🥹

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Hi everyone :] just wanted to share this with you all


r/Chesscom • • 16m left

Chess.com Website/App Question What

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wth is "legal reason"?


r/Chesscom • • 24m ago

Chess Question lowkey hate Blitz

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Am I the only one who really struggles to get their Blitz rating near to your Rapid and Bullet rating?

The highest I got in Blitz was probably around 2070 whilst I am more than 200 points ahead in the other catogories. Does anyone have advice how to get consistently better at Blitz?


r/Chesscom • • 25m ago

Brilliant!! Got 2 brilliant moves in Rapid game

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Nothing too crazy, but I was happy about it.

P.S. didn't find mate in 5, but managed to win that game anyways.


r/Chesscom • • 29m ago

why is this brilliant Why was this a brilliant?

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r/Chesscom • • 4h ago

Guess The ELO Guess my ELO

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r/Chesscom • • 8h ago

Chess Improvement Does anyone know how to beat this bot?

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For the life of me i cannot beat zach, every time i manage to get down into an endgame and get all his dangerous pieces off he always ends up a piece ahead and checkmates me. Any ideas?


r/Chesscom • • 1h ago

Puzzle/Tactic Mate in 2

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r/Chesscom • • 7h ago

Chess Question How much time do you put into openings versus everything else?

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I think I fell into the trap of memorizing opening lines because it feels productive, and then I get taken out of book by move six and have no idea what the plan actually was. My middlegame and endgame are clearly weaker but I keep defaulting to opening study because it is easier. For people who actually improved, roughly how did you split your study time, and at my kind of level does deep opening prep even matter yet or is it mostly a distraction?


r/Chesscom • • 2h ago

Chess Question Why is this not brilliant?

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I sacrificed my took by taking his bishop


r/Chesscom • • 2h ago

Chess Improvement Would you have resigned, or do you think you can still win from this position? (White to move)

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r/Chesscom • • 2h ago

Chess Improvement Going old-school?

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I'm fairly new to chess and mostly play on Chess.com. I'm looking to improve my game and was thinking about going old-school and reading some chess books. Is this a good idea? Would love to hear some thoughts from experienced players!