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Hello everyone! Hope you're enjoying the Evans Gambit (:It is time for us all to pick the November opening, to be featured both in the Rapid Opening Roulette and our Official Thematic Daily Chess Tournaments set to start late next month. Here's how we structured the November Opening of the Month choices: Runner up from previous OOTM poll Top suggested from previous OOTM poll comments (one opening per member) Random (not yet featured) pick from most popular openings Most played (Ply 2 and not yet featured) in recent event (GCT Finals) We'll be checking and testing these to see which ones make sense to keep or let go. As always, feel free to share your feedback and ideas in the survey comments in addition to suggesting an opening you'd like to support for the next month voting. These are hugely appreciated. Hit the button below and cast your vote for the opening you'd love to play! Submissions close Monday, October 20 at 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. ET / 4:00 CEST (next day) so be sure to submit your vote and comment your suggestions by then, and happy chessing!   Opening of the Month: Previously Featured Openings   2024   2025   January   Queen's Gambit   January   Alekhine's Defense February   Sicilian Najdorf   February   King's Indian Defense March   Caro-Kann Defense   March   Vienna Game April   London System   April   Double Bongcloud May   Ruy López Opening   May   Scandinavian Defense June   French Defense   June   King's Indian Attack July   Slav Defense   July   Réti Opening August   King's Gambit   August   Closed Sicilian September   Italian Game   September   Four Knights Game October   Scotch Game   October   Evans Gambit November   Catalan Opening   November   ? December   English Opening         Would you like to suggest an opening? Share the ones you'd love to play in the survey comments!  

idk if u can make anti viroh memes- it would be funny tho- just put ur memes here!!1!1!!1!1

- u r younger than 10 - ur wearing mismatched socks - ur fav colour is blue - u have a gf/bf - ur fav opening starts with e4 - u like basketball -ur username name starts with a number

Post some chess memes here, so that everyone could enjoy it.

He sent me a message to join his club. I responded with a no as I'm not allowed to and don't join unofficial clubs. Then he persuaded and harassed me to join it, stating that his club is better than the ones I'm a member of, but then, after many polite attempts, I told him to shut up and get reported for harassment. Next thing, he wrote a message telling that I was reported, and promptly blocked the chat.Who's at fault? 

Here, I'll explain my opinion on whether knights or bishops are better and I'll explain. OK! Let's go!Just in case you don't know, knights move in L-shapes and can jump over pieces, switching squares every time you move them and bishops move in diagonals only and don't have any special abilities. You start with two of each of them. Knights start on the b and g file and bishops start on the c and f file.In the opening, Knights are used more often than bishops as you should develop them first to grab the centre faster, as there is a saying: "A knight on the rim is dim", meaning the knight is more useless when it's stuck on the corner of the board. Openings that use it and not bishops include: Four Knights Game, Pirc Defence and Vienna Game. On the other hand, bishops are slightly harder, but can be more rewarding if you use them well, as you can use a tactic called a fianchetto, where you place a bishop on the longest diagonal and it pretty much turns into a sniper, where players could accidentally place valuable pieces on the diagonal and the sniper will charge. Bishops can be used to play Scholar's mate, where it works with the queen to defend it and deliver checkmate in 4 moves. Even though most advanced players know it by now. In the middlegame, knights and bishops have their own unique tactics but are often traded easily. Knights can easily and sneakily set up forks, where you attack two or more pieces at once. Usually, one of the pieces is forced to retreat and let the other piece get captured. Bishops are better at setting up pins and skewers. A pin is where you attack one piece, which is shielding a more valuable piece. The pinned piece is forced to stay to protect the more valuable piece, and a skewer is basically the opposite. Bishops are also better at protecting their own pawns, while also threatening the opponent's pawns Note that bishops can also set up forks, but they are easier to see coming, as their movement is less erratic than the knight.In the endgame, promoting pawns is important, and rooks are the best for that, but what about knights and bishops? Both of them can only protect the pawns on limited squares, but as the bishop can only go on one colour of squares, the knights are better at protecting pawns, as they can switch squares every time they move. Another thing to consider is getting checkmate with them. Knights with a king can't checkmate a single king. This will result in a draw. A king and one bishop also result in a draw, however, two bishops can deliver checkmate, even though it's quite hard.In conclusion, both bishops and knights have their own advantages and disadvantages in different stages of the game, so it's better to vary their importance depending on the stage of the game. But if I were to choose which of the two is better................. I CHOOSE KNIGHTS, as if you blunder, it's easier to make a comeback in any stage of the game, despite its short range. However, its very important to make use of both of them and not be biased on which one is better. So that's my opinion done. What do you think? Let me know if you agree or disagree with me in the comments! I'd love to hear your opinions!

Hello everyone! Hope you're enjoying the Four Knights Game (:It is time for us all to pick the October opening, to be featured in both the Rapid Opening Roulette and our Official Thematic Daily Chess Tournaments set to start late next month. From this poll onward, we're simplifying opening choices from 8 to 4. This allows more relevance for each choice, and for us to structure choices in a meaningful way. Here's how we structured the October Opening of the Month choices: Runner up from previous OOTM poll Top suggested from previous OOTM poll comments (one opening per member) Random pick from most popular openings Most played (Move 3+ and not yet featured) in recent event (FIDE Grand Swiss) We'll be checking and testing these to see which ones make sense to keep or let go. As always, feel free to share your feedback and ideas in the survey comments in addition to suggesting an opening you'd like to support for the next month voting.  Hit the link below and cast your vote for the opening you'd love to play! Vote for the next opening! Submissions close Sunday, September 21 at 4 p.m. PT / 7 p.m. ET / 01:00 CEST (next day) so be sure to submit your vote by then and happy chessing!      2024 Openings      2025 Openings   January   Queen's Gambit   January   Alekhine's Defense February   Sicilian Najdorf   February   King's Indian Defense March   Caro-Kann Defense   March   Vienna Game April   London System   April   Double Bongcloud May   Ruy López Opening   May   Scandinavian Defense June   French Defense   June   King's Indian Attack July   Slav Defense   July   Réti Opening August   King's Gambit   August   Closed Sicilian September   Italian Game   September   Four Knights Game October   Scotch Game   October   ? November   Catalan Opening         December   English Opening         Would you like to suggest an opening?Share the ones you'd love to play in the survey comments!  

In a nutshell, this guy went from a 100 to an IM back to a 100. I mean... this has got to be the worst player I've played against. I won by resignation. Take a look at this. What do you guys think? https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/84215542499?tab=review

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Hello everyone! It is time for us all to pick the September opening, to be featured both in the Rapid Opening Roulette and our Official Thematic Daily Chess Tournaments set to start late next month. Hit the button below and cast your vote for the opening you'd love to play! Vote for the next opening! Submissions close Friday, August 30 at 7:00 p.m. PT / 10:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 CEST (next day) so be sure to submit your vote by then and happy chessing!   Opening of the Month: Previously Featured Openings   2024   2025   January   Queen's Gambit   January   Alekhine's Defense February   Sicilian Najdorf   February   King's Indian Defense March   Caro-Kann Defense   March   Vienna Game April   London System   April   Double Bongcloud May   Ruy López Opening   May   Scandinavian Defense June   French Defense   June   King's Indian Attack July   Slav Defense   July   Réti Opening August   King's Gambit   August   Closed Sicilian September   Italian Game   September   ? October   Scotch Game         November   Catalan Opening         December   English Opening         Would you like to suggest an opening? Share the ones you'd love to play in the survey comments!  

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In my opinion, chess.com is becoming more social media than more chess.

Is there any way for chess.com to give us choices to revert back to the old chess.com style? I personally really like the 2019 version. Personally it looks very nostalgic. Can chess.com give something like a toggle switch to revert versions and User interfaces? Thanks

Guys, I got reported by a person in rapid. I had 91.2 accuracy and he said "Using an engine will destroy you, I will report this to chess.com." What do I do now?

As this might be the last times I post daily puzzles, I’ve decided to include three today instead of the usual two Mate in 4:   Exploit the Weak King: Win Material With a Sacrifice:                If you want to see the full list of puzzles, you can go here; https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/puzzles-patterns-links-archive

I cracked the 1900s! Looking forward to 2300 at the end of the year

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95 accuracy!!! no bnlunders mistakes etc!!!