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....
White to move and win (difficult) - Alexey Troitsky, 1897 (feddit.de)
The Kasparov time loop (lemmy.world)
chess.com or lichess?
Which one do people prefer? I've personally found the chess.com UI to be a lot warmer and more inviting than lichess, but I'm interested to hear people's opinions
The storyline in this game is off the rails (startrek.website)
Puzzle: Black to move and get an advantage (sopuli.xyz)
Position from the game Zhongyi Tan vs Aleksandra Goryachkina, Semifinals of the World Cup 2023 Women’s Section
The explosion in popularity, personalities, and memes over the last few years has been awesome to see. (lemmy.world)
Bullet Chess Championship 2023 (www.chess.com)
Format...
Puzzle: Black to move and mate in three (media.mastodon.cloud)
Julius Baer Generation Cup
The Julius Baer Generation Cup is the 5th event on the 2023 Champions Chess Tour....
Can anyone explain why this is a brilliant move? (aussie.zone)
Showed up in my feed on another site....
World Rapid Team Championship (worldrapidteams2023.fide.com)
Format...
White to play. Puzzle from today's match Daniel Narodistky vs Magnus Carlsen, Bullet Chess Championship (sopuli.xyz)
Any tips for learning to calculate faster?
I’ve been casually enjoying chess off and on for the past year, and while I can tell that I’m improving, I think I need to get faster at calculating. I play mostly Daily games (1300-something currently) and am a puzzle fiend, but I find myself getting into time-trouble constantly when I play games with actual time controls....
Have some honor! (startrek.website)
It's very important to protect your ruler. (startrek.website)
Just thought I’d take this opportunity to double-check, but how do you feel about chess memes/comics/etc in this community @jalda?
Hoisted by my own petard. (lemmy.world)
Was trying to checkmate in the middle of the board but had my queen too close.
Fediverse Chess Tournament
Let's do a small Fediverse chess tournament! Everyone is welcome to join!...
Probe finds Hans Niemann didn’t cheat against Magnus Carlsen in over-the-board match, but reveals he did cheat in up to 55 online chess games | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
FIDE effectively bans trans women from competitive play for two years (www.thepinknews.com)
Really sad to see as someone just getting into chess :(
Queens Gambit Declined vs Slav/Semi Slav (sh.itjust.works)
For black, between QGD and Slav/Semi-slav, which do you prefer and why? I am trying to understand what is appealing on both sides and why you make the tradeoff of potentially blocking in the your light square bishop. Personally, I respond with the Nimzo Indian as black, and when playing as white I hope for QGA or Catalan.
Hello, do you have any recommended openings (W or B) for a 1300ish elo player?
I’m a little over 1300 elo, and I feel it’s time to start really getting down and dirty and learning openings. I know a little bit about Scandinavian, very little about French and I’ve recently got interested in Ruy Lopez but I wanted to get the opinion of you guys to see where the next step in my chess journey should be?
I Am Leaving US Chess (jenshahade.substack.com)
FIDE Women's World Championship Match 2023 (fide.com)
The title of Women’s World Champion will be decided from July 5th to July 23rd 2023. The contenders are Ju Wenjun (2566, current World Champion) and Lei Tingjie (2554) both from China....
