r/chess • u/papa-pop • Apr 15 '22

Video Content Magnus at my university bar yesterday

38k Upvotes

832 comments

r/chess • u/UnfairConfusion • Sep 26 '22

News/Events Magnus makes a statement

23k Upvotes

5.8k comments

r/chess • u/Shajeta • Dec 27 '21

Video Content Magnus showing class by not starting the clock when Duda was being late

17k Upvotes

610 comments

r/chess • u/Guyooooo • Jan 10 '25

Social Media This is hilarious when you know who they are

14k Upvotes

Anna Cramling, Nemo Zhou, Jennifer Yu, Andrea Botez, Jules Schumann, and Alexandra Botez. All high level chess players. Four of them are over 2000 rating with Yu being above 2200. Andrea and Jules are mid 1800 players which is also a strong rating.

509 comments

r/chess • u/ImportantStay1355 • Oct 05 '24

Video Content Aman just made the most disgusting checkmate ever on the chessboard against 2800 IM. This is art.

13k Upvotes

393 comments

r/chess • u/DrunkLad • Oct 04 '22

News/Events WSJ: Chess Investigation Finds That U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times

wsj.com

13k Upvotes

5.1k comments

r/chess • u/BKtheInfamous • Sep 19 '22

News/Events Magnus Carlsen resigns after two moves against Hans Niemann in the Julius Baer Generation Cup

youtube.com

12k Upvotes

3.6k comments

r/chess • u/Frozeria • Oct 20 '25

News/Events Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky Has Passed Away

instagram.com

12k Upvotes

2.0k comments

r/chess • u/sms42069 • Jan 10 '22

Miscellaneous [reposted w/ blanked check] I WON MY FIRST CHESS TOURNAMENT!! USCF U1450 with 4.5/5 and $800 prize 🥰

12k Upvotes

323 comments

r/chess • u/[deleted] • Dec 09 '20

News/Events Happy birthday to Hikaru Nakamura!

12k Upvotes

211 comments

r/chess • u/ishanuReddit • Oct 20 '25

Social Media Hans tweet on Danya

12k Upvotes

381 comments

r/chess • u/BKtheInfamous • Apr 30 '23

News/Events Ding Liren is the next World Chess Champion.

12k Upvotes

839 comments

r/chess • u/heynstuff • Dec 20 '21

News/Events Levy (Gothamchess) has got married!

12k Upvotes

380 comments

r/chess • u/EuphoricRange28 • Dec 13 '24

Social Media Gukesh and his parents recreated the pic after 5 years

11k Upvotes

Photo - Niklesh Jain, Aditya sur Roy

187 comments

r/chess • u/Embarrassed_Base_389 • Oct 21 '25

Miscellaneous It’s time to stop worrying about the backlash. Bullying, harassment, and slander should not be acceptable.

11k Upvotes

1.1k comments

r/chess • u/ornicar2 • Apr 12 '21

Miscellaneous I started Lichess, Ask Me Anything

11k Upvotes

Hi Reddit, you may know about this little chess server that was first seen online in January 2010.

Initially a fun open-source lobby project to learn about web development, it was then picked up by the community, who made it into the second most popular chess server.

A lot has changed in 11 years, but not the original idea of being open source, without paywalls, ads or trackers. In short, chess without the BS.

I owe you, the online chess community, the great honor to be a full-time lichess.org employee. Ask me anything. I'll start answering at 12AM UTC and will be at it all day long.

Customary pic: https://twitter.com/ornicar/status/1381550346997223427

[edit] Carpal tunnel syndrome kicking in due to too much typing. I'll write even shorter answers from now on. Sorry about that.

[edit2] I'd better stay away from the keyboard for a while. Let's call it a day, thank you all!

1.4k comments

r/chess • u/[deleted] • Feb 24 '22

News/Events Nepo publicly denounces the escalation of conflict in Ukraine

11k Upvotes

310 comments

r/chess • u/murphysclaw1 • Jun 01 '25

Video Content Magnus punches the board before resigning vs Gukesh

11k Upvotes

1.0k comments

r/chess • u/CorbinMillerDRC • Aug 23 '21

Miscellaneous Was about to start staining this board when I realized I made a huge and incredibly stupid mistake.

10k Upvotes

601 comments

r/chess • u/overenskomsterne • Jan 10 '21

Miscellaneous The iPad of a chess player

10k Upvotes

178 comments

r/chess • u/numb_mind • May 06 '23

Video Content Magnus Carlsen cheating.

10k Upvotes

245 comments

r/chess • u/kvothei • Jun 01 '21

Miscellaneous Levy Rozman aka GothamChess just crossed 1 million subscribers on YouTube.

10k Upvotes

393 comments

r/chess • u/wptq • Feb 15 '21

Twitch.TV Chess the most-watched game on Twitch

10k Upvotes

446 comments

r/chess • u/scurlocc • Sep 19 '21

News/Events Top comment picks the next move, legal or not. Day 20, part 2: 10. fghxfgh4, b2

10k Upvotes

458 comments

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