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This is a chart with daliy puzzle points. The player who earns the most points at the end of the year is awarded coorodinator. Links: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/daily-puzzle-1-november-3rd-2025 comment 1 (solved) and 16 T-1 @jmnb 2 pts T-1 @KCP_EricLangFeng 2 pts 2nd @Floodescaper 0 pts

~~~~~~~~~~Important Forums Connected to the LB.~~~~~~~~~~ https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/the-leaderboard-guide How to manage the LB https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/leaderboard-update-avaliability-chart When i am avaliable to update the LB ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~No LB Update Alert~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALERT!!! i am not avaliable to update the LB on Nov 7!!! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The LB~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here i will keep track of the chaturaji ratings of you guys. If you want to be added, type your username and your chaturaji rating in the comments. Updates will be carried out as soon as possible. (Sorry for the slow updates recently, expect updates to be A LOT more frequent 🙂) BLITZ NOTES: NEXT BLITZ UPDATE >> NOVEMBER 7TH (updates every ~7-10 days)  STATS FOR LAST UPDATE: 10+ 6- 9+0 Inactive (blitz) @Articpolarbear 2836.9 -63.5 @Always-be-happy00 2705.8 +89.6 @PeteNov 2499.4 +73.7 @SirRandomChess 2480.5 +0 @GellartGrindelwald 2440.6 +11.4 @Nyutixbrother 2407.3 +35.3 (yay!) @Idril_Celebrindal 2401.1 +0 @SirRM23Divergent 2399.1 +0 @TheDonutDude 2397.4 -15.8 @Toobles 2389.6 +45.9 @tonyskyer 2369.3 +0 @janlivens 2313.6 -45.0 @dbaralic 2297.2 -74.6 @Bird-Seed 2275.7 -4.2 @TimeVeteran 2249.1 +149.9 @gardent490 2229.7 +8.9 @martinaxo 2198.7 +18.8 @billybot21 2187.9 +6.6 @is-this-allowed 2110.1 +0 @chessknightben 2010.3 +0 @s746948 1910.0 -12.7 @VishTheFish771 1908.4 +14.6 @AharonP 1834.5 +0 @Noahfavelo 1768.7 +0 @jakson20140214 1690.8 +0 HYPER NOTES: Note: The Hyper leaderboard's update schedule may be changed if necessary due to it not being as played of a time control as blitz or rapid in the club. Players will be removed from the leaderboard if they have not played in a while, which will be determined. NEXT HYPER UPDATE >> OCTOBER 31TH (updates every 15 days) STATS FOR LAST UPDATE: 1+ 4- 9+0 Inactive (hyper) @Articpolarbear 2396.3 +163.3 @Seahawk_Fan_10 2024.9 -206.8 @SirRM23Divergent 2004.5 -66.1 @GellartGrindelwald 2001.4 +0 @Bird-Seed 1782.2 +0 @gardent490 1709.8 -6.8 @Nyutixbrother 1709.4 +0 @billybot21 1627.6 +0 @VishTheFish771 1606.0 -2.9 @dbaralic 1555.7 +0 @TimeVeteran 1511.5 +0 @is-this-allowed 1450.9 +0 @s746948 1446.1 +0 @chessknightben 1346.6 +0

RULES OF THE CHATURAJI CHESS TEAM Q&A (feel free to ask your own question in the comments) 1.Q What to do if i'm a member/coordinator and i see someone breaking these rules? 1.A Contact a SA (prefferably the owner) using either PM or the chat function. (NOT the live club chat) Tell the username, the offence, and the place where the offence was commited (forums, notes, etc). ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Concerning Behavior 🞗 1.No foul language 🞗 🞗 2.No harassment or toxicity 🞗 🞗 3.No personal attacks or passive-aggressiveness 🞗 2. Concerning Posting 🞗 4.No spamming in any forum or in the notes. It is acceptable to do so in the live chat, as long as all other posting rules are followed closely 🞗 🞗 5.No creation of useless or irrelevant forums 🞗 🞗 6.No promotion of other clubs, unless express permission is granted by a Super Admin 🞗 3. Concerning Participation 🞗 7.Participation is not ‘mandatory’ in the sense that failure to participate will not result in any disciplinary action. Nevertheless, all members are highly encouraged to participate in vote chess matches, daily matches, club events, and in the various forums of the club 🞗 🞗 8.No teaming in FFA 4p Chess 🞗 4. Concerning Issues 🞗 9.If you have a problem with another member, do not bring it up publicly. Contact an Admin or Super Admin 🞗 🞗 10.If you have a problem with an Admin or Super Admin, do not bring it up publicly. Contact a Super Admin 🞗 5. Concerning Admin Abuse 🞗 11.No promoting members as a super admin without direct permission from the owner 🞗 🞗 12.Only demote other members, as a super admin, with permission. If they have broken a rule urgent enough to take immediate action without consulting the rest of the admin team, then you may temporarily bypass standard procedure(listed under "Concerning Discipline) 🞗 🞗 13.As a moderator only take action after completing the standard procedure 🞗 6. Concerning Discipline 🞗Breaking a rule will result in a warning. Each player has two warnings before action will be taken 🞗 🞗 Rules listed under admin abuse may skip warnings and jump directly to an immediate demotion 🞗 🞗 After a player uses their two warnings they will be subject to a mute, and if they continue infringing rules, a ban 🞗 Written by: @Bird-Seed and @coro

Hi! This is a chart of when the head manager of the LB (me) can update. Before we start, two notes: This is a pinned forum. do not unpin it as it contains important information. Please check this forum before updating the LB. The 2 tags. Can means that i can update the LB. Can't means that i can't update the LB as there is a cause interfearing. Currently... Blitz LB update: (Nov 7) Can't Hyper LB update: (Sep 19) Can't Final Word. bye! -Nyutixbrother, 2350, Manager of CCT leaderboard.

Hi! This is a chart of roles that Admins/SAs perform, and is updated every week (like the LB, but for activeness). Performance of a role can be of two types: minor and major. Minor participation is doing something 2-3 times and not on a regular basis. Minor participation is seen as 1 point on the chart. Major participation is doing a thing >5 times and on a regular basis. Major participation is seen as 2 points on the chart. The chart is updated every 2 weeks. next update>>May 19th. Roles Greeter. @is-this-allowed (Major) Torunament Organizer @is-this-allowed (Major) Puzzle Poster @Nyutixbrother (Major) @is-this-allowed  (Major) @Bird-Seed (Major) LB Manager @Nyutixbrother (Major) @TimeVeteran (Major) Forum Poster/Idea Generator @Nyutixbrother (Major) @Bird-Seed (Major) @Danny-8-4-2 (Major) Inviter @is-this-allowed (Major) The Chart 1. @is-this-allowed 8 points 2. @Nyutixbrother 6 points 3. @Danny-8-4-2 2 points 4. @TimeVeteran 2 points 5. @goodatchessplus @AharonP @el008 0 points

This is a master index forum. All forums are sorted here by type, so that you can quickly find any forum that you are looking for, or poke around the club and see what has been made in the past. Leaderboard Leaderboard The Leaderboard Guide Puzzles Basic Chess Puzzles (For new members) Chaturaji Puzzles How to Play THE RATING CLIMB Openings Chaturaji Openings The Four Main Chaturaji Openings (The Standard) The Four Main Chaturaji Openings (Pick Up Bishop) The Four Main Chaturaji Openings (Fianchetto) The Four Main Chaturaji Openings (Degenerate) Strategies Chaturaji for Beginners Intermediate Piece Guide Knight Guide for Beginners Ship Guide for Beginners Tactics Attacking the player to your right Pawn or Piece Sacrifices Memes Chaturaji Memes 1500s Memes Chaturaji Memes II Games Crazy chaturaji games Awesome Chaturaji Games Chaturaji analysis (for real games) Chaturaji Endgame Analysis Discussions Rating Inflation. What's the piece you check mate most with? What's the piece you die to most? Extra-Extra Large Chaturaji Just Chaturaji Variants How would you rate the pieces by their worth Knight vs. Bishop Debate Mouseslip Ethics Furthering the discussion of "ethics" Chaturaji Titles Fast Ways to Lose ELO The corruption of variant online game chat In your opinion should the king be worth more points Autoclaim frustrations

Red to move

Hi Chattaraji Chess Team friends,   There are times when the Autoclaim Win turns Chaturaji into a game of luck and takes a lot of fun out of the game.   1st Game https://www.chess.com/variants/chaturaji/game/91947975/0/2   This game only lasted ten moves. Two of the players were knocked out early, with Yellow Autoclaiming with just 8 points. In this position, I would definitely try for 1st place, but should easily be able to secure 2nd place by earning only 6 points.   Unfortunately I lost nearly 51 rating points on this game, and have lost a ton more rating points in many similar games. I’m sure you all have, as well!    For these types of games, Autoclaim basically turns Chatturaji into a game of luck - which is super frustrating from a rating perspective.    2nd Game https://www.chess.com/variants/chaturaji/game/91944980/0/2   The 2nd game was an interesting battle, lasting almost 40 moves. Overall, I was happy with my play.    After Green’s King was captured on move 20, Green had 22 points. With Yellow (a very strong player) at 16 points, I knew I was playing for 2nd place.    On move 38 I had 18 points, and Yellow autoclaimed with 23 points. This is disappointing because I was in a great position to eventually force a rook trade, which would have still resulted in a Yellow win, but (absent any blunders) I have a reasonable expectation of finishing 2nd with 23 points.    TLDR   Autoclaim makes sense when a player is up an insurmountable amount of points, but is otherwise frustrating when there is a clear path to securing enough points to place 1st or 2nd. It introduces a luck factor which I don’t find enjoyable. Others may reasonably disagree.   

Contrary to the popular belief, there IS a way to win king endgames. Many believe, especially Articpolarbear the top 1 chaturaji player, that king endgames are just luck. However, there IS a strategy to win, and I will prove it.  The first thing in order to win a king endgame is to determine the amount of points. I will only discuss 3 king endgames here because 4 king endgames are extremely rare. If wished upon, updating this forum to include 4 king endgames can certainly be possible.  Say that in a certain endgame, Red has 27 points, Blue has 27 points, and Yellow has 22 points.  The only way for Red to win is to force Blue into the corner in order to get him to sacrifice his king, and vice versa.  Yellow cannot win, only going for 3rd here.  So, how to force blue into the corner?  https://www.chess.com/variants/chaturaji/game/91948284/180/1 After 47.g, the game is purely just kings. As you can see, Blue is in the corner and I am playing red.  After 53.r, Green has made a mistake not keeping opposition and will be forced into the corner. However, for me (red), if green sacrifices to blue then i cannot win, and this is NOT what I want.  55.r. The KEY point which many do not understand. Many players who don't know how to play will play Kf7, simply willing to get this game over with. However, Ke6 is the clear winning move here as we (me and green) force blue into the corner. By doing this, it has initiated a sort of "zigzag" pattern  59.r The zigzag is broken. Now here, Green could technically break the pattern and force me into the corner, but he cannot win so keeping the opposition is in benefit to him as the game will end faster. Plus, I saved him from getting knocked out so there is no reason to. At 64.r, the game is concluded and this is how you win a king endgame using triangulation.  if this information may seem a bit hard and dense to understand, its because it is. Even articpolarbear with 4k games in chaturaji still doesn't understand this mechanism. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my forum, and sorry for teasing @articpolarbear so much Mr. big bear. 

Weekly puzzle. 6 days to solve. Counts for puzzle points. Red to move, how to react?

if I get to 5k views before 2026 I will do a name reveal (will be in bio)

Welcome everyone to the chaturaji analysis forum, where there will be uploads of real examples of chaturaji games and discussions about specific tactics in certain middle and endgame positions. So what is classified as a real game post?Real games will have players names and points by them, unlike Puzzles which points are usually not included and there are no names since it is created more often by the analysis tool. There is also the known phrase “puzzles do not reflect real game positions”. NOTE: Please do not spam post this forum with positions! It's very important that time be allowed for the discussion of each position. Generally speaking, it should be one position per day, or fewer.

Introduction So you may have joined this club with the intention to learn something about chaturaji. So here I am (1750 or smh) to tell you about tactics! If you disagree, mention in the comments!In Chaturaji (for me) the most common way to win is by claiming win, as you only have to be 3 points ahead. For this reason, DO NOT resign even if you only have a king! Points are the only thing that matter. As long as you have high enough points, king sacrifices are an excellent strategy (and likely to happen!). Stages of the Game 4 Player Stage So this is the opening stage where every move is fairly important. There are a variety of different opening but when I am red (playing first) I often open with the kings pawn with the intention of checking blue. However, most of the time the best way to open is either the knight or bishop pawn. Push the bishop pawn in case there is an imminent check, as we see here: Otherwise, push the knight pawn followed by the bishop pawn for a safer fortress and easier time attacking the player in front of you. In this phase, trade off as many pieces as possible with the opponent opposite you. This weakens the hardest opponent to attack for you and may also encourge teaming against them. Now, with that in mind, this could also work against you for the same reasons, so always watch your back! Another thing to note is that it's generally the players with the least pieces on the board that win. This is because they have traded all their material and have stacked up on points. For this reason, don't hold on to your pieces for as long as possible. Instead, trade as soon as it seems viable.3 Player Stage So in the article "Guide to 4pc", they made it in a similar format to this. I will be taking a few tips from them and describe the scenarios you may be in once you reach 3 players.1. One over powered player This is the scenario in which one of the players has the most material and the most points on the board. In that case, the easiest solution is to just team on them and win as much of their excess material as possible. If the other player blunders (The one with less material) check the powerful opponent. This *should* make them (the less powerful player) trust you and help you team up against the opponent. If you get in a tight spot, however, grab a minor piece from the more powerful opponent with a king sacrifice (More on this later) 2. Both opponents are worse In case you find yourself the most powerful player, it should be simple work to checkmate either one of the opponents and claim a win. In case you are finding this hard, promote as many pawns as possible to help you achieve your goal.3. One with material, the other with points  This is where things get a bit harder. When I find myself in this position, I attempt to grab the material from the person with the higher material to equalize the points and then 1v1 the other opponent. However, this is an encounter that rarely happens to me and would like some advice from higher rated players.4. Mostly equal In this case, play like the 4 player stage. Trade material and try to promote.2 Player Stage This is where things really begin to ramp up. In this stage, if you are more than 3 points ahead, just resign. This automatically gives you a win. This is the place where king sacks are possible. For example, lets take this scenario- You (white) have 15 points while your opponent (black) has 13. If you resign, your opponent will get more points than you, and that's not what you really want. This is how your position looks- In this scenario, the best move is for you to capture your opponents rook. Even though he will take your king on the next move, the points would have changes like this-15+5= 20 points13+3=16 points Because you have more points, you win. This is why king sacrifices are an essential part of raji- to ensure maximum points.Normally, though, you will note be up a solid 2 points and able to capture a bishop or rookTherefore, there are really only three other possible scenarios for this stage:-1. You have more material  If this is the case (and you cannot claim win yet) simply take the remaining material of your opponent and claim a win. You may also sacirifice your king for a pawn if that is what you need to be to have more than 3 points than your opponent2. You have less material When this is the case, slowly attempt to promote your remaining pawns and constantly be alert for king sacrifices. Out of all stages, this is the one where you should think the most.3. Equal material Simply play as normal. However, play as aggresively as possible and as usual, focus on sacrificing the king to claim a win. Conclusion Well yeah that's all I have to say for my beginners guide to raji. What do you guys think?

First of our weekly chaturaji puzzle series! You can find all previous weekly puzzles linked here: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/chaturaji-puzzles-1 Yellow to move:

why am I spam variants vote chess everywherecomment ,,, to sign up（do not always sign up red/blue pls）will be start when some players to sign up Key: (What reaction gives what color. Reaction with gives you red, etc.) = Red = Blue = Yellow = Greenvote a move by:(your team), 1.(n th move), b3(your move) Teams (Registration closed) Red - @White-rabbit1 @Black-Rabbit1 @RohanI577 Blue - @Nyutixbrother @PeteNov @is-this-allowed Yellow - @yx-111aynye @Danny-8-4-2 @prasad0812B Green - @VishTheFish771 @AggravatedT-34 Game 2 signups Red -  Blue -  Yellow -  Green - @chessknightben Current position:Red to move[StartFen4 "R-0,0,0,0-0,0,0,0-0,0,0,0-0,0,0,0-0-{'dim':'8x8','boxOffset':1}-x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/x,x,x,bR,bP,2,yK,yB,yN,yR,x,x,x/x,x,x,bN,bP,2,yP,yP,yP,yP,x,x,x/x,x,x,bB,bP,6,x,x,x/x,x,x,bK,bP,6,x,x,x/x,x,x,6,gP,gK,x,x,x/x,x,x,6,gP,gB,x,x,x/x,x,x,rP,rP,rP,rP,2,gP,gN,x,x,x/x,x,x,rR,rN,rB,rK,2,gP,gR,x,x,x/x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x"][Variant "FFA"][RuleVariants "CaptureTheKing EnPassant PointsForMate=3 PromoteTo=R"]

Here’s how it works: you decide whether to kick, hug, or pass on the person (or comment) above you.

Hi guys, there are no offical titles for variants but I thought it would fun to create non offical titles for various charuraji ratings. Here is a table Converting FIDE ratings to lichess and Chaturaji.   FIDE (Elo) Lichess (Glicko 2) Chaturaji (Glicko 2) Novice 1200 1500 1500 Category C 1400 1600 1585 Category B 1600 1850 1795 Category A 1800 2090 1995 Expert 2000 2310 2180 Candidate Master (CM) 2200 2410 2260 Fide Master (FM) 2300 2450 2320 International Master (IM) 2400 2475 2365 Grand Master (GM) 2500 2500 2400

yes or no? and why?

Members who are no longer with us Black-Rabbit1  Danny-8-4-2 theincredible8 gabrieljhonny   FIDE_GM_Gamer KingChessable EthanWasAMan Timocek BusiedMold47220 here are the rest of them https://www.chess.com/clubs/members/chaturaji-chess-team?filterBy=isClosed&page=3 These were just the most active members R.I.P

https://www.chess.com/game/live/143288340964 he got closed