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Popular Themes in r/chess
#1
Advice Requests
: "Book recommendations for 2100+ player?"
5 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I made an app to find out who is the most annoying player. 50$ reward for the winner"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Surprised how little pushback the chess community gave the EWC for promoting Saudi Arabia, a country that is a very reppresive monarchy."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/chess
#1
Chess
: "Just switched from Chess.com to LiChess and I’m blown away"
101 posts
#2
Sinquefield Cup
: "Wesley So defeats Gukesh Dommaraju in the 7th round of the 2025 Sinquefield Cup"
19 posts
#3
Rating
: "Magnus answers the “At what Rating should you not be embarrassed anymore?” Question"
10 posts
#4
Tactics
: "I found a few nice Tactics in my last OTB tournament, sharing with you!"
10 posts
#5
Mate
: "Gukesh on handling Failures"
10 posts
#6
Checkmate
: "Oh I don’t know probably just the greatest Checkmate of my lifetime"
9 posts
#7
Lichess
: "Just switched from Chess.com to Lichess and I’m blown away"
7 posts
#8
Tournament
: "Average Wesley So classical Tournament"
7 posts
#9
Blunder
6 posts
#10
Puzzle
: "This is an amazing Puzzle created by G. Kasparian in 1946. White to move and win."
5 posts
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