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Popular Themes in r/chess
#1
Pain & Anger
: "He’s belittling Levy. That’s not nice. Why is he like this :("
19 posts
#2
News
: "Sigrun Øen, Magnus Carlsen's mother, has passed away."
12 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Another free feature locked behind a pay wall on chess.com"
4 posts
#4
Advice Requests
: "Correct etiquette when the opponent doesn't see checkmate?"
4 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "Why is chess.com so expensive?! "
1 post
Popular Topics in r/chess
#1
Chess
: "Why are many Chess players not right in the head?"
92 posts
#2
Tournament
: "Levy scores 8/9 winning his final game and with it the Tournament!"
19 posts
#3
Winning
: "Levy scores 8/9 Winning his final game and with it the tournament!"
14 posts
#4
Checkmate
: "Unattainable Checkmate"
13 posts
#5
Chess.com
: "Thank you Chess.com for finally convincing me to flee to Lichess"
12 posts
#6
Mate
: "Mated Alexandra Botez on live stream "
12 posts
#7
Kramnik
: "Kramnik's response to Hikaru's editor showing how they edit and sync up the eval bar."
9 posts
#8
Move
: "Find the Move that Wei Yi Played to Become Live World #8"
8 posts
#9
Tactics
: "My chess student just did this Survival 1860 tactic. We spent a minute looking at it thinking "ITS A TRAP"....it wasn't"
7 posts
#10
White To Play
6 posts
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