How do tiebreaks work ? Well I am asking you guys to answer that for me because I do not know !
fpawn
Jun 17, 2025
I posted this in the general forums, but I should have asked here since you know US chess rules better. I remember it being legal about 8 or 9 years ago when Hikaru played Nepo in the world cup armageddon tiebreak. Hikaru said it was legal then, but I’m unsure if it still is. Is it?
DavidMertz1
May 22, 2025
If a person gets their chess.com account closed for fair play, are their tournament results in past USCF tournaments on chess.com revised within the USCF system? I had my suspicions about a past player in a couple of U1450 blitz tournaments a couple of weeks back. I see now the player's account was closed.
Martin_Stahl
Apr 23, 2025
Hi, I recently just finished a tournament and earned a category 2 norm. I'm wondering why I didn't earn a category 1 norm. My four opponents were rated 1464,2032,1811,and 1877. I scored 3 points out of 4. An 1800 would be expected to score 2 points in this rating field. I scored 3 points. I scored 1 point over what would be expected. Why didn't I earn a category 1 norm? This is just for my understanding. Thank you to anyone who can answer.
fpawn
Apr 21, 2025
just wondering if the excalibur game 2 chess clock is still able to be used for tournament play and currently approved. i heard it was originally the official chess clock for the federation many years ago and am playing to buy it eventually so hope you guys can help me out here.
also I have my very own excalibur currently but cant tell if the batteries arent big enough or that the display is messed up cause it would show 3 zeros but can still be programmed to do 3 mins or whatever time control you want to set it too. its very weird so could you guys tell me if its broken or not? i rlly would like to buy another one if this one is broken also the image above isn't my excalibur so yeah thx
camelplayz
Apr 16, 2025
Hey everyone! I am planning to host weekly online USCF-rated blitz tournaments with time controls similar to tournaments held here. Entry will be around $5–$10, and 70–80% of the pot will go back to players as prizes. Right now, I’m just trying to gauge interest—would you guys like to see prize tournaments like these? Feel free to DM me if you're in!
Miracle
Apr 11, 2025
I love playing blitz and long and doing tactical puzzles and am right now at about 1600 otb and maybe somewhere around 1600s- 1800s in strength in long, 1600s- 1900s strength in blitz but struggle with studying from books or watching more then 1 video lesson at a time. is it possible to hit 1800 or 2000 otb without studying and knowing much about endgames doing just tactical puzzles/which endgames does one need to master to get to and be those levels consistently?
rodilihp
Apr 4, 2025
I recently applied for NM title vertification, does anyone know when it will be approved and show up on my account? Thanks
Miracle
Mar 5, 2025
Just had the most surreal experience ever. I was playing in the US Chess 10/0 Rapid, and played the black side of the Giuoco Piano Mason Gambit against this guy. I found a tactic, and he resigned on move 11. (see position).
[removed -- MS]
Turns out he was streaming the game the whole time. After he resigned, I joined his stream, and got to hear him cussing me out to his viewers and vowing to report me. He also looked at my profile and kept saying "This is [removed]"
I wasn't offended, just found it amusing that some people are such sore losers. Can I report him for being a sore loser, I wonder? :-)
AJameshardenfan
Feb 18, 2025
Hi, I am a club TD and am wanting to run my first tournament. However, I am a bit confused about the US Chess affiliate program. How do you become one, can you just be an affiliate by yourself, where is the forum to apply, ect.
HankAnzis
Feb 16, 2025
Greetings! What are some good resources to study GM games? I’m looking to study the Kings Indian Attack and the Kings Indian Defense.
Rooster-1992AIC
Feb 14, 2025
Here's a screenshot I took of a puzzle I was just solving.
In the past (i.e. before today), all I would see is just the position itself. Now that's that annoying coach guy at the side giving me a hint about the solution. Doesn't that just defeat the whole point of solving puzzles in the first place? I mean, the whole point is to be able to stare at a position cold without any hints whatsoever (because that's what you would need to do in a real game) and figure out the solution myself. Now we have this annoying coach guy who thinks he's some kind of a chess professor offering unsolicited advice.
Sorry for the rant. If any of you chess.com higher-ups are reading this, is there an option to get rid of this annoying coach guy from my puzzles and go back to the way things were?
Martin_Stahl
Jan 31, 2025
I played an online 10-minute rapid tournament around a week and a half ago or two weeks ago, and the ratings have still not come in. Does this normally take this long or is there something more that has to be done?
Martin_Stahl
Jan 22, 2025
@Martin_Stahl
11-30-2024 2:00 pm EST 34 players = 17 pairs
Round Open
Why is it that I only get to play 3 games out of 5
Final report 0/5 2 but only got to play 3 games
Supposedly I always get one bye even when equal number of pairs
Always get a message that I was disconnected but there is no device indication of being disconnected having 4 connection strength bars
Can you tell me what is going on?
BB9FE
Dec 1, 2024
Whatever happened to the emails notifying me/us about pending US CHESS tournaments on Monday/Wednesday/Friday/Saturday?? I used to get these emails like clockwork; now I don't get them anymore. Is anyone else experiencing this??
BB9FE
Nov 14, 2024
For the last few weeks, when I try to analyze my games, the message "There was an error classifying the move" would often come up (see screenshot below). This happens whenever I try to analyze an alternate line that I did not play in the actual game. Sometimes Stockfish would still show the alternate lines anyway, sometimes it wouldn't.
Is there a way to resolve this? The whole point of analyzing my games is to look at alternate lines, so this is frankly quite annoying.
rodilihp
Nov 12, 2024
Can you win money in USCF online tournaments?
Strobex
Nov 4, 2024
For the last two weeks, none...this was the only day that Regular tournaments occurred...I have just a Provisional Rating in this category; just one tournament away from a Permanent rating. Yet now this is not possible because of the sudden and unexplained cessations of Saturday Tournaments...!!!...
Martin_Stahl
Nov 2, 2024
What does it take for a 1200 USCF regular rating to achieve a 1400 rating? Is it just natural ability at that point? How about to 1600? It seems to me understanding openings and end game strategies can only take you so far. What's the best way to train yourself to think two or more moves ahead? I seem to be stagnating and would like to break out.
chessprodigyDa1
Oct 18, 2024
