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Mate types competition Round 2 (Part 1 of 4)

Pawn Mate vs Knight Mate

SenithTG Aug 31, 2023

Mate types competition Round 2 (Part 2 of 4)

0-0/0-0-0 mate vs en passant mate

SenithTG Aug 31, 2023

Advertise your club here, and join mine

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MGleason Aug 30, 2023

Best game I've played against a bot!

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/computer/85040101?tab=review

DFALT17 Aug 30, 2023

Vote! Openings tournament - match 5

Decide the best opening for black! 10 openings will compete in this tournament. After the 1st round, 5 openings will continue the tournament, and then you will vote for the WORST opening, and other 4 will go to the semi-finals. 1. King’s Indian 26-14 Nimzo-Indian 2. Modern 34-7 Bogo-Indian 3. Caro-Kann 15-30 Sicilian 4. d4-d5, e4-e5 35-13 Dutch 5. Scandinavian vs French Today's match: Vote for Scandinavian Vote for French

rishi20156 Aug 30, 2023

Vote! Best Chess Player Tournament - Round 1 - Section 2 – Match 8

Another match of the section 2! Russian 20th century player Lev Polugaevsky, who was a three-time candidate for the World Championship, will fight against 2019 FIDE Grand Swiss Champion, Chinese player Wang Hao. Who is better? Previous match: Francois-Andre Danican Philidor 25-17 Nijat Abasov Today’s match : Vote for Lev Polugaevsky Vote for Wang Hao Full bracket here: https://challonge.com/uubyyct

speedlimit1000 Aug 30, 2023

Untitled Tuesday Best Move Submission - July/August

Share the best move you've had in the Untitled Tuesdays of July/August. Comment below with your move and the game link for a chance at a 3 month Diamond Membership! Upvote your favorite moves in the comments! At the end of the month of August, the move with the most amount of community votes wins the prize You can submit one move per tournament. Good luck! Check out the winner of July here!

JPBrounstein Aug 30, 2023

Vote! Best Chess Player Tournament - Round 1 - Section 1 – Match 8

Another match of the section 1! The Hungarian legend, Portisch Lajos will take on the Puzzle Solving World Champion Ray Robson. Both are strong but only one can advance. Who will be advancing? Previous Match: Max Euwe 49 - Rauf Mamedov Today's Match: Vote for Portisch Lajos Vote for Ray Robson Full Bracket here: https://challonge.com/uubyyct

DavidGaming08 Aug 30, 2023

Guess the Elo

This isn't a game that I played. It is a blitz game.

SoccerPele7 Aug 29, 2023

Vote! Best Chess Player Tournament - Round 1 - Section 1 – Match 7

7th match of the section 1! Fifth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1935-37, Netherlands GM Max Euwe will meet U16 European Youth Champion in 1999 Rauf Mamedov. Who is stronger? Previous match: Sergey Karjakin 25 - 11 Bogdan-Daniel Deac Today's Match: Vote for Max Euwe Vote for Rauf Mamedov Full bracket here: https://challonge.com/uubyyct

knighthunter2024 Aug 29, 2023

The playoffs

Did you think Pragg might have won the Fide championship against Magnus if he played a different move?

Dishaharsha Aug 29, 2023

Vote! Openings tournament - match 4

Decide the best opening for black! 10 openings will compete in this tournament. After the 1st round, 5 openings will continue the tournament, and then you will vote for the WORST opening, and other 4 will go to the semi-finals. 1. King’s Indian 26-14 Nimzo-Indian 2. Modern 34-7 Bogo-Indian 3. Caro-Kann 15-30 Sicilian 4. d4-d5, e4-e5 vs Dutch 5. Scandinavian vs French Today's match: Vote for d4-d5, e4-e5 Vote for Dutch

SoccerPele7 Aug 29, 2023

Vote! Best Chess Player Tournament Round 1!

Here we go again. As we promised we will officially start our knockout bracket today with the first matchup where the top seeded Garry Kasparov takes on the lithuanian legend Vladas Mikénas. The players never played each other, but it would surely be an interesting battle beetween these two. Today's match: - Vote for Garry Kasparov - Vote for Vladas Mikénas May the better player win! Voting begins!

Sack_o_Potatoes Aug 29, 2023

Excellent game finish + Brilliancy!!

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/87013102357?tab=review Not amazing gameplay, but I found the moves when it mattered most!

oneofthemanychessmonkeys Aug 29, 2023

Vote! Best Chess Player Tournament - Round 1 - Section 2 – Match 7

7th match of the section 2! 18th century French player Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, which is known of Philidor Defense, Philidor’s (smothered) mate and several endgames named after him, will try to overtake Azerbaijan superstar, sensational semifinalist in the World Cup 2023 being 69th seed, Nijat Abasov. Which century player is better? Previous match: (What a sweep) Aron Nimzowitsch 34-0 Sanan Sjugirov Today’s match: Vote for Francois-Andre Danican Philidor Vote for Nijat Abasov Full bracket here: https://challonge.com/uubyyct

AteivisM Aug 29, 2023

Mate types competition Round 1 (Part 1 of 8)

This is a competition to see which of these 16 mates are rarer. We have;- Pawn mate Knight MateBishop mate Rook mateQueen mateKing mate (excluding castles mate)0-0/0-0-0 mateEn passant mateDouble checkmateDiscovered checkmateSmothered matePawn takes piece = queen matepawn/ pawn takes piece = underpromotion mateknight to the corner matemate with opposing king on d4, e4, e5 or d5pawn takes piece double checkmate Today we have Bishop mate vs pawn mate

SenithTG Aug 29, 2023

Mate types competition Round 1 (Part 8 of 8)

discovered mate vs pawn takes piece = double mate

SenithTG Aug 29, 2023

Mate types competition Round 1 (Part 7 of 8)

pawn/ pawn take piece = underpromotion mate vs mate with the opposing king on e4, d4, d5, or e5

SenithTG Aug 29, 2023

Mate types competition Round 1 (Part 6 of 8)

Pawn takes piece promotion to queen = mate (dxc8=Q #) vs knight to the corner mate

SenithTG Aug 29, 2023

Mate types competition Round 1 (Part 5 of 8)

Double Checkmate vs smothered checkmate

SenithTG Aug 29, 2023

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