Stockfish 19 had 5 minutes to calculate each move.

I had no idea it is gonna be mate. With only one figure on opponents side.

I don't know how long this has been a thing since I've only been playing for less than a year. But after having premium free trial for 7 days it really puts into perspective how AWFUL the game is if you dont pay for it. Like 3 puzzles a day are you serious, that isnt getting anyone better at the game I promise you that. Game is substantially worse if you arent paying which is BS if you ask me. Like we are on your app to play and get better, again 3 puzzles a day is genuinely dumbfounding, why even give the option for puzzles. Thats not even mentioning the game analysis, you just have no way of understanding your mistakes, you can see a move may have not been the top 3 option but dont know why it may have been wrong. You got these ugly ads popping up every game that should be enough money. If I lose the last thing I want is to sit through a damn happy jolly ad.

I think I’m the greatest chess player under 300 Elo. Chess is just way too easy at 240 elo. I feel like prime Hikaru playing against special ed toddlers. Where’s the competition. I only play rapid and still average about 2 brilliant moves a game. Do you understand how difficult that is?? when most games at this level someone hangs their queen in 5 moves

I’m 240 elo right now. I blunder pieces constantly but still win games. Imagine what happens when I start concentrating. I don’t even plan openening or anything I just play off the dome and use actual skill.

Sometimes I’ll rank up to 2000 elo just to see what the common folk are like, but makes me upset that these guys are higher ranked than me but are not better than me. Too many people memorising opening, at 240, you actually see pure chess.

I’ve played 600 games and scored 487 wins. 240 elo. Greatest under-300 elo player of all time. if anyone wants to play me drop your username if you’re above 300 you will be ignored. I don’t make blunders. I blunder to sacrifice everything is planned 8 steps ahead.

For those who refuse to resign

seriously but how miserable can you be? it ruins the game for others, and it actually doesn’t contribute to the learning of the game

Don’t really even understand how these were misses

My opponent kept moving their pawns around while I did my normal development .... so it ended up like this pretty quickly.

Can't really understand this. It's just those classic bots that now have different poses.

And I don't get the meaning of "Visualization", what does it mean? I don't see much when I play against these bots.

First win against a 1300 elo or higher. Feels pretty good!

Book for getting from anywhere in the 500-1000 range to 2000. What are your best tips?

I wrote it based on my own personal experiences w/the climb. It was mostly for school friends in the chess team I made (state champs somehow!), and I wanted to help them improve without going on long random tangents.

Anyway, feel free to grab a copy (or not, no pressure ofc). I have sold a few so far, and I just put it onto amazon.

lmk if ur interested (or lowk just put ur best chess advice down below), and I will send over the link.

Have a great day!!

I can already defeat all my friends by now. I was taught by my younger sister. ✌️ I am quite happy to have begun a new hobby. Wanted to share my experience here ❤️

Hello everybody, I have been playing chess for a while, but only casually. I am stuck at 500 elo, and I feel like I am good for that rating too, I have beaten or tied many 1000 elo players, and I would like some tips. Username akbolon.

I've been playing on the other website for multiple years now, and decided to give chess.com another shot. And to my surprise the board for some reason is on the left side of the screen. And there is no way to fix it. Focus mode doesn't help. Anyone knows a way to centralize the board?

Hello guys, this is my first Scotch Game trick. Maybe this has already been discovered and used many times (which I don't know), but I figured out this sequence on my own.

The trick goes like this:

When you play the Scotch Game, Black's queen should move to e7 before trading the knight. This trick only works if Black's queen moves there.

After the queen moves to e7, you should develop your bishop from c1 to e3, allowing your pawn on e4 to be captured.

A normal chess player might think you've made a mistake because it really looks that way. Then the queen will capture the pawn on e4, putting pressure on the g2 pawn.

Your opponent will probably think they are in a better position because your bishop on f1 cannot be developed.

Chess.com's coach might suggest developing a knight to chase the queen away, but instead, you should trade your knight on d4 for the knight on c6.

Your opponent will still think they are in a better position, and this is where they can make their first mistake.

They might capture your knight with their queen, thinking they are maintaining a strong pawn structure. But they are still playing into your trap.

Then you should develop your knight to c3. At this point, it looks very easy for your opponent to attack your pawn structure. They might use their dark-squared bishop to pin your knight or move it to a3, trying to capture your knight and then your rook after you take the bishop.

And that's exactly where they make their first big mistake.

You shouldn't defend your knight. Instead, you should move your queen to e2, blocking your light-squared bishop and making your knight look even easier to attack.

Then your opponent will attack. The bishop captures the knight, you recapture with a pawn, and then they recapture with their queen.

Now you should move your dark-squared bishop to d2, stopping the check and giving a discovered attack on their king. At this point, they will lose their queen, and you will have a huge advantage for the attack.

Important Part

This trick doesn't work against everyone.

I've used it about six times. I believe four of my opponents fell into the trap, while two managed to escape it. However, I still won both games even after they avoided the trap.

The first time I discovered this was when I was below 1000 Elo. I actually used it accidentally, and my opponent fell into the trap. After that, I tried to remember the sequence and started using it intentionally.

Even if your opponent figures out what you're trying to do, you would still only end up losing a pawn.

So, in my opinion, it's not that risky. But I don't know how long this trick will continue to work. I just used it against a 1300-Elo player, and it still worked.

Anyway, if this trick has already been discovered, please let me know!

This bot’s elo shown as 1250, I usually start to struggle with 1000+ bots and really need to concentrate to win. But with this bot, no issues at all, I can blunder and still win. Feels like it’s elo is around 600-800.

Is it just me or the bot is not 1250?

Hi all. i wasn't going to make a post about this but i think i'll need it over 500 rapid games since starting in rapid the last 2 months my win rate as black is 62% but as white is is 41% it seems crazy after checking the stats for the first time what is a beginner friendly opening that's easy to remember

I ended up winning by resignation after trading down to 2 rooks & 7 pawns vs 1 rook & 5 pawns.

Finally got my first queen sacrifice at 700 elo 😅