Hey everyone!
A couple days ago I started the subreddit r/chessclub . The idea behind it is for players to find people to play instructional games with, either as a student or teacher. I feel as though a lot of the learning that happens in chess is lost when playing online due to a lack of dialogue. Over the board, if one player is clearly stronger than the other, the stronger player will often give the other player advice. This just doesn’t happen online, which is unfortunate because, in my opinion, all the videos and engine study in the world won’t replace a conversation had about your specific play. r/chessclub aimed to bring the educational and social atmosphere of a chess club to the faceless, emotionless world of online chess
The response to the subreddit was amazing, growing 500 subscribers in a single day. I asked for feedback on how to make the subreddit a better place and the most common and supported suggestion was a discord, some even said discord would be a better platform for a project like this. The community asked and the community received, we launched the discord yesterday. It’s already up to nearly 50 active members with no promotion, but I know we can do better. What the subreddit made possible, the discord server has made easier. You can now find a mentor or student to have an instructional game with even faster and more conveniently through our discord server.
We have live streams, we have games, we have lessons. Do you think your chess time is better spent watching youtube videos and playing games aimlessly, or receiving instruction from a player rated 400 points above you? Join our server today!
Invite link: https://discord.gg/XwVbjCTtyK