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This forum is for connecting with your opponent, especially if you are having trouble sending DMs or chatting with them. I will NOT monitor this forum for questions or results. Please use the Google form for that!

Hello everyone! We are so happy to be here for the Chess Improvement Challenge! It’s such a great chance to be part of this amazing community full of Improvers at all levels. We would love to invite you to tell us a little about yourself and your improvement goals here. We can’t wait to get to know you better and to support you on your chess journey! 😊 

Did you hit a rating goal? Did you finally beat that troublesome opponent? Did you manage to keep a puzzle streak going for a whole month? This is the place to tell the world about your latest achievement!

Post here if you're looking for training partners within a certain rating range.Let's try to keep it topical and use the thread specifically for that purpose.Wish you success in your improvement journey!  

Hey everyone! This forum is all about resources to help you improve. We’ll be posting content here throughout the year, and we encourage you to share resources or practices that have helped you, and we are eager to hear requests for different types of resources. If it doesn’t exist already, maybe we can publish it as part of the Improvement Challenge!

Hey Improvers! I’m NM Dane Mattson, Coach Dane. This forum is dedicated to chess improvement questions you have, either about general improvement or about specific questions you have about positions or games. I’ll be monitoring this forum along with NM Jeremy Kane and others, and we’ll do our best to help out! We also highly encourage the community to share their perspectives and thoughts - I’m sure in many cases, the community will have even better insight than we do

Have an interesting problem - either from your own game or from elsewhere - that you want to share? Post it here and challenge the community! Be sure to state which side is to move, and we encourage you to post the game information if you have it and consider a note about which rating level the problem may be good for.

Suggested by: @Cartoon46Post games that you’d like to get analyzed by our helpful community, get/give detailed opinions on games played, ideas, and such.

Hey Improvers! We invite you to share your games and analysis here - whether you want to share your thoughts and insights on your play or if you want to get insight from others. 🙂

Suggested by:  @Cartoon46 A place to share your 2026 goals and connect with others through your improvement journey.  

Hi everyone, I am starting this thread to post the winners of our weekly Sunday Rapid tournaments.Read more about the event here and perhaps join your fellow Improvers on one of the upcoming Sundays!

Hello everyone! In case you'd like to suggest a thread to be posted in the club, you are welcome to draft it and then post it in a comment below. Relevant threads will be selected and posted on a regular basis. To suggest a thread, start your comment with the title and then add the thread content. If you like a thread that is being suggested, consider upvoting it and using reactions to show your love and support. Please let's use the comments section specifically for the purpose of suggesting threads, and making sure to follow our Posting Policy when in the club. Comments that are not thread suggestions will be removed. Looking forward to your contribution!  

The "Accomplishments and Celebrations" forum is a great way to celebrate and share your own chess achievements / progress. Are there other members of the Improvers Club that have supported your chess journey that you'd like to recognize / give a personal shoutout? Perhaps you have found someone else's journey particularly inspiring and would like to recognize them. This forum is intended to share our appreciation of other members/contributors in the Improvers Club.  I'll start by giving all of you who are reading this a warm shoutout! It's wonderful to see how supportive and encouraging this community is, and it's an honor supporting you along your chess journey.  

Hi Everyone, As 2026 draws to a close, I'm looking for feedback and ideas on our Sunday Rapids. To get the conversation started, here are a few of my observations: First, I want to say that I do want to keep the Sunday Rapids. They’re a great way to test what you’ve learned and gain valuable experience in live chess. The time control works well, and I don’t see a need to change it. I’d like to move the early event a bit earlier so the two events are further apart and better accommodate some of our wonderful club members in Australia. Would 12:00 AM ET and 12:00 PM ET work? I’m considering three sections: Under 1200, 1200–1999, and 2000+. This should give the middle section more competitive pairings and allow 2000+ players to compete in their own event. Is there anything else you’d like to suggest or see changed? Now’s your chance, your feedback is very welcome!

Thread by:  @TheLearnerofGames • @Cartoon46 • @Sebu13 • @Sans1600 See also:  Chess Middlegames • Chess Endgames A place to share, ask for advice on, or learn together about chess openings.

Suggested by:  @charlie1datil • @Southernrun A place to share and discuss anything relating to Fischer Random/Chess960/Freestyle Chess.

Hello, I have been trying to get to 1000 Elo rapid for a while now but I just can’t. Btw I am around 650 Elo. I know openings, know basic tactics and positional concepts. I just can’t improve pls help.

Thread by:  @Sebu13Similar to Game Analysis but primarily focused on showcasing games rather than specific analysis. Share your best, worst, funniest, most boring, most unusual etc. games here! Whatever you feel is worth sharing, feel free to post it. Comments on the game, analysis, backstory etc. is optional, do it however you want to do it!

Suggested by:  @zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz44 A place for coaches to offer, and students to ask for coaching.

Suggested by: @GothenburgessA thread for those who don't like to use chat, but are still interested in joining community members clubs or tournaments.IMPORTANT: Please do not post any auto-join links, appreciate your collaboration. :)