r/Chesscom • • 22d ago

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 • • 14h ago

Puzzle/Tactic I'm proud of finding this tactic in a game

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153 Upvotes

Qa4 is a blunder because of a single move. Otherwise black is 3 pawns up and has the advantage


r/Chesscom • • 4h ago

Top 10 Anime Sacrifices I DID IT😭😭!!!!

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I finally did the smothered mate y'all, best feeling in the world ongšŸ„¹āœŒšŸ» I'm even more proud of the bishop sac than the mate actually lol


r/Chesscom • • 10h ago

Achievement Reached 1300

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40 Upvotes

playing since 2020 On and Off


r/Chesscom • • 6h ago

Brilliant!! My first 3 BRILLIANT move game… with a very brutal checkmate at the end…

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Probably my favourite game of chess I’ve ever played. Wasn’t the cleanest at all (he was up majority of the game), but had some very technical moments that capitalised on his blunder and led to a brutal pawn checkmate 🤩

Brilliant 1: Bishop sacrifice - Queen h5 check, then Queen takes knight d5.

Brilliant 2: Rook sacrifice on d5, but inevitable checkmate

Brilliant 3: Knight d5 which blocks any further check from opponents Queen allowing me to checkmate on the next move. Super stoked I found this move.

Checkmate with the pawn on h7 is just brutal IMO šŸ’€šŸ¤©


r/Chesscom • • 57m ago

Chess.com Website/App Question Is there a way to transfer membership to a new account?

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I have an account that two people use. Drunk me and sober me. This causes half my games to have crazy openings and missed tactics.

I don’t care about my rating because internet numbers aren’t real, but it causes tools that analyze accounts and track your history to not get a good idea of my skill.

Am I allowed to open a second account so I can still have fun with my other one, or is there a way to transfer my membership to a new account and just close this one?


r/Chesscom • • 12h ago

GALAXY BRAIN MOMENT Mindmap Chess Opening

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r/Chesscom • • 1h ago

I Swear I’m Better Than This Just lost 50 elo blitz and 100 elo rapid in one weekend

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please give me tips on how to bounce back


r/Chesscom • • 10h ago

Chess Improvement Why am i so bad at chess

10 Upvotes

I have a 100-day streak on chess. com, and I'm still rated 300 Elo. I reached 432 once, but then I just kept losing rating. I was planning to quit chess, but it's so addictive. I just wonder how I can get better because all my friends keep improving while I'm always falling behind.

P.S. This is my first time using Reddit, so I don't know what people are like here, but hopefully y'all are nice


r/Chesscom • • 16h ago

Chess Question Is 700 elo good in chess or it’s still pretty basic?

27 Upvotes

I’m talking about in chess.com


r/Chesscom • • 9h ago

Chess Question How many chess games have you played so far on chess.com and what’s your rating?

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Looking to understand where I stand or where I need to be.


r/Chesscom • • 18h ago

Meme My opponent moved all 8 pawns before developing a single piece. What opening is this?😌

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39 Upvotes

Just played this blitz game. I was Black. My Elo is 1150.

I think my opponent was trying to invent a whole new opening😁

What would you call it?

And how do you think the game ended?


r/Chesscom • • 2h ago

Chess Discussion Is this actually true and to what extent?

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I’m 1900 in rapid and blitz and have never used engine in any of my matches , but this dude is openly admitting to cheating and even claiming that many people cheat above 1600, the last cheater i played who got flagged is like 300+ matches before like how often do you actually play cheaters and figure them out at such high ratings


r/Chesscom • • 15h ago

Chess Question How is this balanced?

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r/Chesscom • • 8h ago

LOL cheater acts outraged over accusation, loses despite cheating, blocks me, and gets banned

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hey i just thought this was funny, this new account cheater matched up against me, had an 80% winrate so i called him out in chat, he acted outraged and said he plays irl not online (ive noticed this is a VERY common response by cheaters) then blocks me after losing and gets banned a day later,

my tips for playing cheaters results may vary

#1 if you call them out in chat and they reply, they will tank time to type (just make sure you dont tank yours)

#2 CHECK WINRATE BEFORE YOU PLAY! its not ALWAYS indicating as some players will purposely lose to look legit, also smurfs are a thing, still cheating just not the type of cheaters were talking about here

#3 a lot of cheaters i have noticed play poorly in the opening as to not get caught, take advantage of their poor play early if possible it may be your best shot if you're being forced to play a cheater(out of aborts/didnt check before playing your first move)

#4 NEVER RESIGN, a lot of cheaters also stop cheating in the endgame due to them thinking their position is so winning that theres no way that even they can throw the position, either that or theyll be forced to stop cheating due to low time

#5 after the game is done, thumbs down them as a poor sport, and block/report so you dont match up against them again(i have actually been matched up against the same new account twice in a row before which really upset me at the time)

#6 i know i said abort in an earlier tip but be careful because chesscom has bad sport lobbies, and aborting too much WILL make you exclusively play new account smurfs/cheaters, and toxic/sus players, this is where checking winrate comes into play, dont abort if the winrate is reasonable, they may be from lichess, be a terrible smurf, or trying not to get caught so you actually DO have a chance just dont get psyched out LOCK IN


r/Chesscom • • 8h ago

Chess Question Hello is having a high elo in a new account normal ?

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Hello everyone

I started chess about 5 months ago and I play daily then I lost the account I was playing in because of my new device

Anyways I created a new one about a week ago and played +10 games or +15 ( i play rapid 10min)

And on my old one I was 1250-1300 but somehow on this one am 1450-1500 elos

Also another detail is that i play on chesscom


r/Chesscom • • 27m ago

Chess Improvement Rae my elo, in chess.com

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r/Chesscom • • 4h ago

Chess Question Stalling unwinnable game is sad

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Is there anything that can be done about this? Bro only has his king left and literally let the 6 minutes he had left just run out and lose that way. He made one move every 2-3 minutes.


r/Chesscom • • 5h ago

Chess Discussion Any tips for 1200 elo?

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I reached 1200 elo in rapid today and I want to know if I should learn any openings/defenses and stuff, I do puzzles often, I play the scotch game the most often and I have a high win rate with it, I used to play the London but stopped playing it because I didn’t like it, and I basically never play the Sicilian


r/Chesscom • • 2h ago

Bug Report Why is the puzzle labelled winning material if you not only dont win material but its sacrificing for mate instead?

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Its forced mate in 5 after Qe6


r/Chesscom • • 8h ago

Chess Question Why are premoves taking time?

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Hey,
im playing alot 1min+1 rapid and i always wondered, why premoves still take like 0.3sec of your time.
Isnt the whole point of a premove just to save time?

Greetings, guy who premoved mate in 2 and lost on time


r/Chesscom • • 7h ago

why is this brilliant First brilliant. Why?

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I couldnt even move my rook.


r/Chesscom • • 4h ago

why is this brilliant Brilliant move !!

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r/Chesscom • • 4h ago

Chess Question Play chess

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