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r/chess is a subreddit with 1.7M members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is massive in size, and has crazy activity.
All about the game of chess, including discussions on professional tournaments, game analysis and theory. If you are new to the game, check out /r/chessbeginners and before posting here please read our rules: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/wiki/index.
Popular Themes in r/chess
#1
Advice Requests
: "What should I do? Why am I making blunders like 200s?"
6 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Just Made One of my Worst Blunders as a CM..."
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Anish Giri is using my chess tool! (ChessMonitor)"
3 posts
#4
News
: "FIDE announces the list of players at the 2025 Grand Swiss"
2 posts
#5
Opportunities
: "SRCA weekly Chess events in Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/chess
#1
Chess
: "OPINION: When teaching Chess to beginners not telling them about check and mate solves so many common issues with Chess understanding"
132 posts
#2
Hikaru
: "Hikaru and Atousa announce that they are welcoming a baby"
9 posts
#3
Elo
: "Guess the Elo (5 Min Blitz)"
8 posts
#4
Tactics
: "The World's Best share their Happiest Chess Memories ✨"
8 posts
#5
Puzzles
: "Does Magnus Carlsen not do Puzzles???"
6 posts
#6
Mate
: "Do you see the mating sequence?"
6 posts
#7
Improvement
6 posts
#8
Blitz
: "GM Hikaru Nakamura achieves Chess.com record peak Blitz rating of 3416 after beating Jeffery Xiong and Hans Niemann in late Titled Tuesday (8th July 2025)."
5 posts
#9
Magnus
: "Post Malone fist bumps Magnus Carlsen during the EWC opening ceremony"
5 posts
#10
Ratings
: "Zhu Jiner is No. 1! Performance Ratings over past 12 months (women)"
5 posts
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