Two years ago, the chess world watched in awe as a seventeen year old GM Gukesh Dommaraju stormed Toronto, shattering GM Garry Kasparov's decades-old record and signalling the arrival of the 'Indian Earthquake' or as Garry said, "Vishy's kids are ...
Chess Players Were Animals: What Their Playing Styles Would Be Chess is not just calculation and openings. Every top player has a personality — a rhythm, a mindset, a “hunt style.” If we removed ratings and titles, and instea...
Hey everyone, this is my third time writing this. Anyways, I saw people were looking for this, including me, and decided to try and find it myself. I first started off by looking at which account they were playing on; it showed it was Hikaru ver...
If chess is art, his creativity creates a stunning canvas. If chess is science, his original ideas and intuitive play question many hypotheses. And if chess is a sport, his fighting spirit and passion over the board brings the adrena...
There are stories of victory in chess…And then there are stories that linger—haunting, unfinished, unforgettable.This is one of them.🌪️ A Brilliant Mind, A Relentless FighterIan Nepomniachtchi—known as “Nepo”—h...
If you’ve been following modern chess, one name keeps popping up—and for good reason: Dommaraju Gukesh. At just a young age, he’s not just playing chess… he’s reshaping it.🌱 From Prodigy to PowerhouseBorn in 2006, Gu...
I believe it only became a rivalry when they started playing each other online.
hello y'all btw I decided to ask you your favorite chess player so for: Magnus=comment m Gary= comment g Bobby = comment b Judit= comment j
Debate ig but we all know it’s Magnus
This post was inspired by a casual 300-point rating loss in one day. You know, the kind that makes you question your life choices. Instead of feeling frustrated, I thought to look at this with some humour. I realized that I started noticing ...
Le 1er mai 2014, le classement Elo de Carlsen s'élevait à 2 882 points. Cest classement le plus haut de l'histoire, meilleur que celui de Garry Kasparov qui avait atteint 2 851 Elo en 1999. Il atteint une nouvelle fois les 2 882 poin...
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April's Blitz 'n' Memes SheldonOfOsaka |Apr 30, 2026 |107 |8 Welcome everybody, to another tactic filled edition of Blitz 'n' Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the rig...
CM, FM, IM, GM & NM —— What These Titles Really Feel Like (Through Real Players) When people hear chess titles, they usually imagine a clean ladder: CM → FM → IM → GM It sounds simple. Reach a rating, move up...
If you were following elite chess in 2022 and felt like something was… off—you weren’t wrong.There was no grand, headline-grabbing World Championship match that year. No dramatic duel for the crown. Instead, 2022 became one of t...
Before the era of universal players and engine-like precision, there was a force of nature—Garry Kasparov.Aggressive, fearless, and relentlessly ambitious, Kasparov didn’t just play chess—he attacked it. His games were battles ⚔️...
In an era where chess engines calculate millions of positions per second 🤖, one man has proven that human intuition, endurance, and psychological mastery still matter—Magnus Carlsen.Often called the “Mozart of Chess” 🎼, Carlsen d...
A tragic crime has taken place, and only you can help me solve it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This was supposed to be the most prestigious tournament I had ever organized. A small, exclusive event in New Zealand, bringing together some of the greatest p...
Playing on Chess.com is more than just moving pieces on a digital board; it is an immersion into the world’s largest digital chess ecosystem. Whether you are a total beginner learning how the knight jumps or a seasoned master preparing for a...
IM ABOUT TO HURT SOME FEELINGS.... Most chess players think they’re stuck because of: bad openings lack of talent stronger opponents But, the uncomfortable truth? Most players collapse long before they blunde...
Unlocking 2000 Elo: A Grandmaster's Guide for the Aspiring Chess Player Reaching the coveted 2000 Elo rating on Chess.com isn’t just a milestone; it’s a badge of honor, a testament to countless hours of study, practice, an...
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{ghost in the circuit} author: Nate 04282026 °°° my poem is an attempt to compress the very real plausible consequence of creating a machine that thinks like a human brain. this plausible outcome could branch out like a search ...
Gukesh is white Magnus is black The Magnus resign to slam table
Reykjavik, 1972. Two men, one board, and the Cold War playing out sixty-four squares at a time. The summer of 1972 was not a normal summer. Richard Nixon was in the White House. The Vietnam War was still burning. Brezhnev and Nixon had just s...
The Resurrection of Greatness: A Masterclass in ResilienceThe chess world was just set ablaze by a final that will be studied for years. If you missed the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs, you missed one of the greatest "legendary" comebacks in the h...
