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Puzzle from one of my 3+2 games. Only one move conserves white's advantage. White to play

FIDE World Chess Cup 2023 (worldcup2023.fide.com)

The 2023 FIDE World Cup is a 206-player knockout taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 30 to August 24. The top 3 players qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament....

If You Could Change One Rule in Chess, What Would It Be?

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is it the right place to migrate from r/chess? (lemmy.world)

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Puzzle from one of my 3+2 games. Black is down a rook. Can you find the best move? Black to play.

Puzzle from one of my 3+2 games. Mate in 5. White to play

I guess the three biggest websites for puzzles are chess.com, lichess, and chesstempo. Which do you prefer? For me overall, it's chesstempo > lichess > chess.com, though I would say chess.com's puzzle quality is a little better than lichess. Chesstempo lets me do an unlimited number of high-quality puzzles, Lichess lets me do an...

Let's discuss personal strengths and weaknesses in chess?

My strengts is to identify some tactics very quickly and play without fear....

Puzzle from one of my 3+2 games. Mate in 4. White to play

The Complete Checkmate Patterns List (with examples) (lichess.org)

Discover 37 important checkmating patterns, each explained with a practical example.

Global Chess League - Day 8

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OC Let's talk about defenses to the King's Gambit

If you play 1... e5, you've run into the King's Gambit at some point. And if you're anything like me, the positions make absolutely no sense once you get about 5 moves in. So let's talk about it. What defense do you play against the King's Gambit? What are the main ideas for black? How do you survive when White is throwing...

OC Just snatched a stalemate from the jaws of defeat! Playing from a losing position is great practice

Hey everyone, just wanted to share a small improving player's victory (well, stalemate). I was horribly behind, allowed a knight to fork my rooks (something I'm terribly prone to ugh) and generally losing ground the whole game. Rather than resign after a devastating piece loss, I decided my new goal was just "stay alive as long...