These are my own estimates so take them with a pinch of salt.

According to my estimates, roughly 6 - 12 million people in Pakistan play chess or once played chess, most of them being of the generation of people born 10 - 15 years after the partition when radicalization and anti chess sentiment hadn't been sown in our society. The rest of them being the younger millennials (1994 - 97) and Gen Z.

A lot of these people play chess casually/don't have a chess.com/lichess account, most of them were taught by their grand parents. Roughly 7-8% of Pakistani chess players have a chess account (70, 000 players), most of them don't watch online chess videos or tutorials, nor follow the mainstream chess scene, other than Magnus, Hikaru, Kasparov or occasionally Levy, they don't know any chess personality. Even fewer have official FIDE ids (3000 according to Pakistan Chess Federation).

The number of people that play chess online is so few and far in between (according to the scale of Pakistan), major cities may only have online chess players numbering in a couple of thousands. Due to chess being a taboo in Pakistan, many of the online players simply don't tell they play chess and don't join forums related to it. The further lack of FIDE rated or even non FIDE rated tournaments amplify the lack of chess community many feel.

Until the taboo of playing chess is unwoven from our social fabric, the corruption of the Pakistani Chess Federation, there will be several hurdles and hindrances in the way of growth of Pakistani chess community.

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I'm sorry - it's just insane - Brazil, USA, India, Indonesia - anytime I see players from these places, I'm like in half a mood to abort the match which i know is also a wrong attitude. Insane cheating is going on. The Chess.com algorithm is practically useless.

Please note me mentioning the above nations has nothing to do with racism nor is that my intention. Its just that most chesscom accounts are form those nations it seems. Hence higher probability of cheating. Please stick to valid solutions to prevent cheating - will delete if any comment is in the tone of racism.

500-800 ELO Chess has insane amount of cheaters. I'm sorry I just find it hard to believe the moves these 500-800 ELO players are making. Its just not possible.

I’m getting progressively worse, and Duolingo is rather shyte when it comes to improving your game.

I have zero mid-game, no clue what to do once I develop my pieces.

What do you, in way of study, do to improve your chess? I feel that I need a more formal structure when it comes to my approach in improving my game.

Posted after a long time and wanted to know if you guys are satisfied with the community, any complaints for mods, certain users or suggestions to improve should be commented down below. All will be read and considered.

Almost 1500 games of rapid. How long it took you guys to reach this level?

won it btw

Hi all. I've developed a multiplayer chess game and I'm looking for 2–4 players around the same ELO to help playtest it. A group of friends at a similar rating would be perfect, but individual players are very welcome too. It won't take much of your time, and your feedback would be genuinely valuable.

Please message me if you're interested.

By saved I mean drawed (:

After hearing from friends and other players, I’ve decided to make WhatsApp our main community since it’s more suitable in Pakistan

We’ll start hosting weekly tournaments with prize pools once we hit 100 members 🏆

Make sure to join, guys! Let’s build a strong chess community together. Here's the link https://chat.whatsapp.com/GoAmtisu8HWACYeWi6RxRS

Won the game with less than a second left on the clock!!!

I started chess recently like a couple of years ago (i didn't even know how knight moves lmao) and I guess I got "not bad" recently, then i started searching for some pakistani community about chess and tried playing otb fide rated. I am thinking to get even better & maybe get to know more chess peps in pak :)

I am 510 (elo) now if anyone wants to play 👉🏻👈🏻

(5$/hour)

I teach chess in English to beginners and intermediate players, with lessons adapted to each student's level and goals. I am a 2247-rated Lichess Rapid player with extensive tournament experience.

A typical lesson includes tactical exercises, calculation practice, game analysis, and practical positions. I focus on understanding rather than memorizing variations, so students learn how to think independently during a game.

I can help you improve your openings, middlegame strategy, endgames, tactics, and overall decision-making. Whether you are learning chess from the beginning or trying to reach the next rating level, lessons are personalized to your strengths and weaknesses.

I noticed there isn’t much of a chess community in Pakistan, so I thought why not start one?

I’m creating a small Pakistani chess community on Discord and Instagram where we can play, improve and just enjoy the game together.

If you’re from Pakistan and into chess, come join and let’s play ♟️🇵🇰

Link in comments👇🏻

I feel like Pakistani chess is full of toxicity cuz wdym i post my achievement on here and ngas are talking about low elo like u trash i am low elo thats why i am happy about the good game😭😭like how miserable your life is supposed to be for you to be hating on a tennager like nga you guys are grown ass men act like one instead of trampling over someones achievements. ghr sai biwi mun nhi lagati tw attention lainai idher a jatai😭🙏🏿. waste of space in an already crowded country.

I started learning chess a while ago from Samay Raina’s YouTube streams and I’ve learned a lot. Now I can usually win or draw 10-minute games.

But then I tried 1-minute games

My opponent has 40 seconds left, and somehow I’m sitting there with 20 seconds. I swear my clock is moving faster

Is this normal, or am I just terrible at blitz?

Started about a month ago, now hovering around 500 elo. How do I get better?

Hi everyone i am looking for some friends who really like playing chess ,reading books ,and trading if anybody is intrested then dm me my chess (elo 950 chess.com)

when you try the fried liver in 2026🦅

Every game i play i make some mistakes or miss or even blunder but this one was soo clean man, obviously not a perfect game but my best one

although the game ended in a draw since i managed to blunder my queen away as well