As you can see,my rating is now 1669 and will very shortly drop dramatically after the Canada versus Serbia Stanley Cup games are finished. I am losing all three games. My rating used to be 1838 but now is going south. I figure the only way to play better is to challenge opponents better than me. A win without real challenge is really meaningless. I am an amateur Chess player who plays for fun. 

Teach me how to play chess, please!

haha.. my rating drop drastic completely yesterday..and i'm glad now coz my rating is getting more higher than yesterday

hello

hi! i'm just new with the group and i find it very difficult to win games with the current sectoral brownouts we are experiencing this summer in our country. what a bummer when you're playing live chess and winning then the brownout happens and you just lose a game for abandonment. :-(

How long do the brownouts last?

usually on a 3 hour interval.

I'm new here, thanks for invitation

Hi everyone, I'm a new member in the group so I would like to thank you for the invitation too.

Hello everyone,

I'm new to the group and from my experience on the site, I'm apprently a novice at chess. Thanks for the invite

Hello all ...I need a way how to improve my chess skill rapidly....anyone can help?

especially for middle game, sometimes i feel confuse when meet a complicated stage.

one more what is the opening which more advance in midle game and more sharp to develop my pieces to achieve a winning

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Hello, and thanks for the invite I'm a single dad with custody of 2 lil girls and I love chees I'm not berry good, don't have much time but when I do I play. As much as I can it's relaxing for me. Win or lose. Though I'd rather win but such is life. Any ways thanks again.

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Hello everybody.  I am also new to the group.  I seem to be a little better at the game than I thought - that or I've been getting lucky.    But I am still very much a beginner.  I love playing chess and one day I was complaining to a friend about how few people I knew would play.  He suggested chess.com and I have been thanking him every day since.