/r/chessbeginners
A place for new chess players to hang out, ask questions, discover tactics, get advice from others and learn more about the game: This is the r/chessbeginners subreddit.
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Why is King to e2 better than king to e1?
19:12 UTC
Two brilliants in a game!!
19:11 UTC
Smoked a bowl of weed and played the bong cloud opening
Check out this #chess game: Brandontrap7 vs Mirjalol_Rustamovich - https://www.chess.com/game/121638112528 I am Brandontrap7
19:10 UTC
Tbh I forgot about the bishop at E7. So how is this rook move a brilliant sacrifice?!
19:01 UTC
Is there Anyone to tell me why this is Tie?
18:59 UTC
Sicilian discussion
I play the Sicilian quite a bit as black. I’m 1200-ish in 10 minute games. I often fianchetto my dark squared bishop, but always try to leave the long diagonal open, but the computer often says that pushing the e pawn to e5 is the best move.
What am I missing here? Is my thinking of leave the diagonal open too restrictive? Is that bishop less active through mid game and really saved for endgame? Please help me understand the theory/thought in patterns!
18:37 UTC
Checkmate
18:37 UTC
My first brilliant move!
18:13 UTC
Black to play a brilliant move and win a serious advantage
Didn’t find this in the game but kicked myself after looking at the analysis!
17:46 UTC
Who wants to tell them?
17:42 UTC
My first brilliant move where I actually had a plan!
17:33 UTC
Won a game blindfolded (my opponent could see the pieces)!
Thrilled to share my first checkmate victory blindfolded (my opponent could see the pieces). Full Analysis here:
https://tinkerchess.com/view/ea2b17dc-1b59-4e1f-a065-cdee0841cdce
17:18 UTC
Question about King's Indian Defence as black - when to play e5 and when to play c5
I play KID a lot and generally have good success, but I still don't fully grasp when I should be playing E5 vs when I should be playing C5.
What moves should I be looking for to let me know C5 is the better pawn push?
What should I be looking for to know that I am ready to play E5?
I feel like when I finally grasp this concept I'll have much better success with this setup.
Appreciate the help!
16:59 UTC
Appreciation post
Thank you to u/GlitteringSalary4775 and u/chenhan1 for helpings me out and since no one around cares about i am posting this because i am finally starting to get better and wanted to share with everyone.
16:42 UTC
Santa
Has anyone beaten Santa bot yet on Chess.com? I’m struggling.
16:27 UTC
Beating stockfish level 4 (lichess)
I am also a beginner with 3 weeks (about 2 hours each day) worth of practice . I recently defeated stockfish level 4 , so if anyone can tell me how good my performance was it would be great.
16:22 UTC
How is this a mate in 2?
16:14 UTC
Help with training site
Someone posted on here that they were losing all their matches and asked what they can do to get better. Someone posted a link to a site for training which was exactly what I was looking for! It wasn’t an app but a website and it gave all sorts of practices for every part of the game. Know this is vague but was wondering if anyone could help? TIA!
They had a list of trainings like check Mate. When you clicked on each one you would get a series of 8 challenges that got more difficult before moving onto the next lesson.
It was not lichess.
15:48 UTC
What are your goals for 2025?
Just curious. My goals are to reach 1500 on rapid and play a classical tournament. What about yours?
15:05 UTC
White missed a brilliant move; Black went on to win the game. Can you find it?
14:52 UTC
My favorite way to win right now
14:38 UTC
IS THIS IS A BRILLIANT MOVE
In this position i played bxg7 and i think this is brilliant move because no matter what black do he can't prevent checkmate there is multiple combinations of checkmate 1 forced checkmate and about 6 more checkmate depending on black king . Pgn- [White "Novachrono1111"] [Black "Karmelava1"] [Result "*"] [WhiteElo "772"] [BlackElo "1089"] [TimeControl "1/259200"] [EndDate "2024-12-22"]
- d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. b3 d5 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. c4 dxc4 8. bxc4
Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. c5 O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12. Bd3 Nd5 13. Rc1 Qf6 14. Qc2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 Nf4 18. Rd1 Nxg2+ 19. Kf1 Nf4 20. Ne2 Qd8 21. Nxf4 Qe7 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rg1+ Kf6 24. Qb2+ *
14:19 UTC
Rate my game
I am 450 elo and my opponent was 900 elo and I THINK I pulled a magnus on him. ( It's my first time posting anything on reddit so please let me know it as a feedback)
13:55 UTC
My first and fastest win
I was reading and solving puzzles for some time now and decided to try playing. I usually lose by timeout. Everybody's trying the 4 move checkmate which I just learned today. My opponent was so aggresive to play their tactic they played Qxe5. When I played Nxe5 they resigned and awarded me my first win.
13:55 UTC
Rate my game
I am 450 elo and my opponent was 900 elo and I THINK I pulled a magnus on him. ( It's my first time posting anything on reddit so please let me know it as a feedback)
13:54 UTC
Ran out of time. Any good resources for end games like this?
13:11 UTC
Managed to snag a Brilliant after missing a match-winning Queen sacrifice on b4 a move earlier.
12:45 UTC
Thought process
Hello. What would be a good logical thought process to go through when I’m analyzing a position after my opponent moves?
I’m not good at thinking many moves ahead.
Is there a difference in the thought process when it’s my turn to move or their turn to move?
Thank you for helping me!!
12:18 UTC
I’ve just seen this on Facebook and it makes no sense to me. Anyone know why it’s a good move? Seems like a blunder to me
12:16 UTC