How long do you predict Gukesh to hold the WCC title? Honest question - with so many youngsters rising, how long do you see his reign of the 👑? And will the one who dethrone him be from India? It seems likely with so many GMs but interested to hear everyone's thoughts 4 4 replies
Accidental Brilliant!! I blundered my knight and [chess.com](http://chess.com) says it's Brilliant. 3 1 replies
Why did vidit not go to tata steel I understand he has marriage in summer. But the youngsters are improving all the time and aravindh just won chennai. Even hari is performing decent in tata steel. He might not get decent invitations in future as the organisers might put a cap on Indian participants. 4 4 replies
Uzbek GM apologises to Vaishali for alleged sexist behaviour; blames it on Islam and reveals guilt for Divya handshake Taking to X, Nodirbek explained his actions and pointed out that it was due to his religion (Islam). “Dear chess friends, I want to explain the situation that happened in the game with Vaishali. With all due respect to women and Indian chess players, I want to inform everyone that I do not touch other women for religious reasons. #chess #fide #islam @ChessbaseIndia @Uzchess." He went on to add that he respected Vaishali and her younger brother. Then he stated that ‘chess is not haram’, and pointed out that... 2 20 replies
How to increase rating after 750 ! So from the title you can know I'm not good in chess but instead of playing other mobile games i play it and i kind of devloped intrest in it but the problem is in rapid I'm stuck at a certain rating between 700-800. How to atleast reach 1000 and go beyond, if some videoes can help them please send the links !!!! 1 4 replies
A knight in jail My recent 5 min game against a 1350 opponent .... https://reddit.com/link/1ialpeo/video/hirq1ybrpdfe1/player 1 1 replies
Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy winners (1998–2024) for best combined score in the Open and Women's Olympiad 4 3 replies
Chess tournaments I currently live in delhi and wanted to join offline tournaments. In aicf I saw 4500 IRS for the upcoming tournament as entry fee is it fair or too much? 4 1 replies
Magnus strikes once again, calls Gukesh's performance against Nodirbek in tata steel a "spectacular failure" Magnus never fails to speak his mind....(Found this video on YT, thought i should put it out there) 3 9 replies
Magnus Carlsen on Arjun Erigaisi’s recent troubles: ‘(Has) become little bit mental… but we shouldn’t read too much into it’ “I’m not sure we should read all that much into it (Erigaisi’s results),” “We’ve seen Caruana before the Candidates having a nightmare of a tournament and then winning the event. So I’m not sure if we need to read all that much into it. I guess it becomes a little bit of a mental (issue) at some point if you’re struggling at the very same tournament that you were struggling at before," “The loss to Harikrishna was harder to explain. He was taking chances… almost like he was playing... 2 1 replies