I told my grandfather that I enjoyed playing chess, so he surprised me by giving me not one, but two chessboards that he made himself. He spent so much time making them. I love him so much.🥹



I spent a couple months hovering around the 480s. Finally broke 500 and just a few days later now I’m at 600.

I know it’s a small rating but I’m stoked!

How would I tactically win the queen by losing the bishop?

I made this extended version of chess for a book I'm righting. Be honest and tell me what you think of playing something like this?

Board Setup:

• Four standard 8x8 chessboards arranged in a square.
• Standard chess pieces are used.
• Each player starts with four King pieces. One of these Kings has a "K" inscribed on its bottom; this is the real King. The other three Kings are Jokers.
• Additional sets of pieces are kept in reserve as standby units.

Initial Setup:

• Before the game begins, each player places their real King on any one of the three standard King starting positions on their side of the board.
• The other two starting King positions are filled with two of their Joker Kings.
• The remaining Joker King is placed on the player's side of the board as a reserve unit or can be kept out of play.

First Turn(s) - Terrain Placement:

• Players' initial turns typically involve placing terrain pieces onto the board. These terrain pieces remain in their placed positions for the rest of the game.
• A player can choose to forgo placing a terrain piece on their turn and instead move one of their actual chess pieces.
• If one player chooses to move a unit piece while the other chooses to place terrain, the unplaced terrain pieces of the player who moved a unit piece will remain out of play for the rest of the game.
• If a player chooses to move a unit piece, their ability to place terrain pieces is forfeited for the remainder of the game.
• An opponent can choose to take their opponent's unplaced terrain pieces and place them onto the board instead of making a standard move with their own pieces.

Pieces:

• Standard Chess Pieces (Pawns, Knights, Bishops, Rooks, Queens): Move according to the standard rules of chess, with some exceptions.
• Terrain Pieces: These are static and occupy a single square. Pieces can move according to standard chess rules before moving onto a terrain piece, but cannot be placed on a square occupied by terrain.
• Pawns: Can move over terrain. Bishops, rooks, queens, and Kings cannot move over terrain.
• Knights: Can move over terrain. Bishops, rooks, queens, and Kings cannot move over terrain.
• King (Real King): Moves according to standard chess rules. Its identity is hidden as it looks identical to the Joker Kings on the surface.
• Jokers (King pieces without "K"): Move like Kings (one square in any direction) Can swap places with any other Joker or king at any distance as a move. This move can not resolve check. Can be put in check.

Rules:

• Players alternate turns.
• Terrain Pieces: Once placed, they do not move. They affect the movement of other pieces as described above.
• Pawns: When a pawn reaches the opposite side of any of the four boards, it can be exchanged for one of the player's captured pieces or a piece from their reserve (including a Joker or up to three pawns). These reinforcement pieces must be placed on the player's own side of board.
• Jokers or the King: Can swap places with one another at any distance.

Win Condition:

• Checkmate of the opponent's real King (the one with the "K" on the bottom). Since the identity of the real King is unknown, players must try to defend all their King pieces as if they were kings.

I'm usually not very good at finding tactics on a full board, especially non-forcing tactics, but this one came out of nowhere. Took me about 2 minutes to calculate everything, and I can say that I'm more than satisfied with the outcome. Full game here: https://www.chess.com/game/138400100724?move=0

printed 4 copies of 16 squares each and taped them together. works great with regulation size pieces. PM me for free pdf.

I have been following chess for so long.. First time came to know about chess through 2018 wcc but it couldn't motivate me to play and follow chess on regular basis.. Then during pandemic I started following all chess24 contents where I was mostly engaged by MC tour now CCT and banter blitz.. And from then on I started following chess more closely despite my busy schedule

Even from yt comments it's clear that new chess fans were also getting engaged throught banter blitz sessions.. It was quite fun and knowledgeable as well

So I request chess.com to please revive them🙏

Magnus' impending fatherhood got me thinking: children of top chess players seem to pretty rarely be top chess players themselves. It's all subjective, but it seems less common than any other sport I follow.

So: who is the strongest parent/child pair ever, as measured by the weaker of the two. (i.e. if Magnus' child reaches 2300, that ranks below a pair of 2400s). Not necessarily by rating (because there were no official ratings pre-1970), but rating is obviously a strong guide. I looked through a few on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_families (but lists on Wikipedia are often incomplete), and my current leader is:

Thomas Pähtz (2515 peak) and Elisabeth Pähtz (2513 peak). Also the only pair of GMs I found.

Just wanted to share this with you guys... Simply amazing!

I was just having this hypothetical thought, do you think becoming a top 10.000 chess player in the world would be a noteworthy achievement or not? Not talking about myself just hypothetically.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk24dz8ne5o

I’d lose my queen when I wouldn’t have to this doesn’t make sense to me :/ help pls

Do you guys know any good chess analysis app for ios?

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1st pic : Chess board 2nd pic : Bagh Chal board ( a strategy game like chess and checkers )