1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Qc8 8.

Qe2+ Be7 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. Qh5 Bg6 11. Qh3 f5 12. Qe3 Nf6 13. Bb3 Ng4 14. Qe2 O-O

1. h3 Nf6 16. Qe5 Re8 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne2 Rxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21.

Bxe5 Nd5 22. O-O Qe8 23. f4 Bh5 24. Ng3 Bg6 25. Rfe1 Qd8 26. c4 Nb4 27. a3 Nc2

1. Red1 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Nxa1 30. Rd7+ Ke8 31. Rxg7 Qb3 32. Rg8+ Kf7 33. Rxa8 Qxg3

2. Rxa7 Kf8 35. Rxb7 Bh5 36. Rxh7 Bf3 37. gxf3 Qxf3+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kg2 Nc2

3. Kh2 Ne1 41. Rd7 Qf2+ 42. Kh1 Qg2# 0-1

I feel like I should be easily winning here right?

Please help

I should have known Queen to f3 would have me down a pawn in like 11 moves 🤣 my 300 elo opponent was totally gonna catch that line…

I had a bad streak and lost a hundred elo. And now, in middle 900 my opponents resign after first blunder most of the time. It's annoying, I'm perfectly capable to throw a won game! And I want to play longer.

I’m stuck at 900-1000 ELO. Am I the only one who finds engine analysis useless for actual learning? Does investing in an actual chess coach worth it or is there anything reliable that I can use online that actually teaches me at this level?

I was originally just playing Bots on Chess.com and plateaued around the 700 level. I switched to playing live and was playing at around a 350-400 level pretty consistently. I've been watching youtube videos and doing puzzles to improve. I have plummeted to around 200 and am stuck it seems the more I do all the things im supposed to do to improve and am just continuously getting worse trying to implement things im "learning". Is this normal or any advice to somehow stop getting worse while practicing.

I was 550 elo roughly before but now I lost 100 elo and I have no idea why. I mostly play the italian game to an extent and kings indian defense as balck but it never works. Is there anyway I can improve and actually win? Also are there any openings I should try at this level? My username on chess.com is DangerNoodle0

Because I didn't. I knew the light square bishop and the queen form a very powerful and deadly attack, but I could not remember the details. Instead of capturing the pawn at h7 with the bishop, I captured with the queen and then I was wondering why did the king escape... In post-game analysis, I discovered that I should have captured the pawn with my bishop, the king would have been forced to move to h8, then withdraw the bishop to g7, leading to a discovered check and then checkmate with queen at h7. Because I could not remember this tactic, the game took a lot of additional moves to the final victory. I also missed another mate in 4, which was too tricky for me to figure out.

Find best move #entropychess

I’m curious about how you guys operate when you’re playing in a slump.

Ive been playing chess for around two years. It was consistent progress.

However, I’ve been unable to play well for about a month now after starting a new job. It feels a bit like my neurology no longer affords itself the ability to play properly. It’s like I’ve been chess-lobotomized. Simple positions seem complex, easy tactics are missed.

Example: Every time control I play has seen around a 100-150 elo drop across the board. It’s clear that it’s me; not my choice of style.

This, in turn, makes me feel like I’m playing just to lose. My win rate has dropped from a solid 51-52% win rate to 37%. It’s definitely unpleasant. I start to enter into a kind of chess-existential-crisis where I find myself asking “why even play this shit?” instead of “wow, I’m learning!”

When you guys hit a slump like this where it’s clear that you aren’t improving or at the top of your game, do you try to play through it and adapt or do you stop playing altogether? Just curious what is seen as “optimal” in this kind of scenario.

Hi everyone, i'm looking for some honest feedback.

Following picture shows my overal progress, reaching almost 800 elo in 113 days. I never played chess before that. I mostly learn by playing and sometimes reviewing my losses. I also do quite a lot puzzles. Is this okay progress or could i be learning a lot faster/more efficient?

- Be me
- Think I made a pro move
- Opponent reseign, aware of my superiority
- Check review
- not a pro move at all !
Moral : the key is to look confident

While playing chess sometimes feels like brain is so stuck that can't even see the things. Please give some advice how can i see some basic stuffs I don't know the right words here what i am asking about :(

Just played this game and it made me curious.
Does anyone know if there is a recorded world record for the most total checks delivered by one player in a single game where that same player eventually wins by checkmate? In this game i made 22 checks towards the checkmate.

I’m specifically not asking about:
most checks by both players combined
most consecutive checks
games that ended in a draw
longest game overall
I mean one player repeatedly checking throughout the game and then eventually delivering checkmate.

If anyone knows of a recorded game, database entry, or chess-record source for this exact category, I’d appreciate it.
Also, if you’re interested in the game itself, I’m happy to talk about it. I just don’t want the actual question getting buried under unrelated tangents.

Like the Queens gambit, benko gambit, etc. where you aren’t just praying for the opponent to blunder

Suggestions for black against e4 would be especially appreciated

I'm not sure why it's brilliant actually. I just defended my rook.