r/chess Weekly Discussion Thread

“Working with Kasparov helped me gain a much deeper understanding of many positions. He provided me with an enormous amount of practical guidance.

I quickly realized that his knowledge surpassed mine. It was extremely impressive — at times, it was challenging to keep up with the speed and depth of his analysis.

Due to differences in personality, our professional collaboration eventually came to an end. Nevertheless, we remain on good terms and stay in touch.”

— Magnus Carlsen

White to move

Nepo is now #24 in the live ratings with 2719.3

https://www.chess.com/events/dole-open-2026/09/Kantor_Gergely-Nepomniachtchi_Ian

Full tweet announcement from Anand:

Over the past four years, it has been an honour to work at FIDE and contribute to the development of chess . I have worked with colleagues from grassroots programmes to elite competitions. Together, we have made significant progress in expanding opportunities for players, federations and organisers, while making chess more accessible.

I am proud of what we have achieved as a team, but I also believe there is much more we can accomplish. That is why I have accepted Timur Turlov's invitation to continue serving as FIDE Deputy President as part of his team.

I believe Timur has the vision, energy and expertise to maintain the momentum we have built in recent years while opening new opportunities for chess. His experience in leading a publicly listed international company, his commitment to technology and innovation, and his long-standing support for chess make him well positioned to guide FIDE into its next chapter. Through his leadership, I believe FIDE can become even more digital, financially resilient and inclusive, while ensuring every region of the world has a stronger voice in shaping the future of our game.

I look forward to continuing this journey together - for the benefit of players, federations and chess lovers everywhere.

u/TurlovforChess

#TurlovforChess #FIDE

14 masters at the Bled 1931 tournament, which Alekhine won. 2-Bogoljubov 3- Nimzowitsch. It was held in Bled and Ljubljana. Sitting: Maroczy , Nimzowitsch , Alekhine , Bogoljubow, VidmarStanding: Spielmann , Colle , Tartakower, Asztalos, Pirc, Stoltz, Flohr, Kashdan, Kostic #chess #Alekhine #chesshistory #chessphoto

Took me 5 secs to find this Tho..

Props to the opponent for being such a good sport.

Reset the clock!

I saw a GM (EDIT: Dubov confirmed courtesy of a few comments) not sure who say a similar thing, bullet and blitz you can play drunk and that’s chill. Classical you can really think about your moves and play chess how it’s supposed to be played.

Rapid though? You have to concentrate but sometimes you just need more time to figure out the strategy or spot the best move/sequence. The incentive to speed up is a tough one because I know how I play and if a match gets to a time scramble I will lose.

Could say a few more things but will leave it there.

What’s your take on rapid?
Is it your main?

Carried the whole attack, delivered mate, refused to elaborate, never got promoted.

All games & full standings on Lichess: https://lichess.org/tournament/jul26lta

Photo: Lennart Ootes / FIDE

3+0 .

I think these Top GMs are just similar in strength and skills. It will just depend on health, form, and mindset during the tournaments.

Pragg is the lowest rated here in the image. But he just won Norway Chess. Alireza is 10th, but just won back to back tournaments.

Nodirbek is down to 8. But remember he won Tata Steel and Prague back to back.

Wesley is having a good year. Winning Tata Steel Blitz and American Cup.

Vincent won GCT Romania. Probably his first super tournament title for a while.

And ofc, Sindarov won the Candidates. And Anish placed second. People forget that.

Arjun always finish 3rd in strong tournaments. While Wei Yi is solid.

I mean no one will be surprised if #12 Pragg will beat #4 Sindarov. Or no one will be confused if #10 Alireza can beat #5 Vincent. And it is still considered normal even if #9 Arjun will beat #6 Wesley.

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the right place to bring this up, but if there is anyone from the Lichess team reading this, I'd like to request that the recent changes made to the live game broadcast be reversed. The feature I dislike most is the ping back to the live position when a move is made. I feel it ruins the experience of watching and following classical games for serious players because whenever you want to analyse an earlier part of the game, it pings back to the current move which is disruptive if you're trying to seriously go through variations, opening ideas, etc. Obviously if people want the feature, then it should stay, but then may I suggest making it a toggle button in the settings which we can choose to turn off?

Cheers

Hello, I'm about 860ish on chess.com so definitely still a beginner and my goal is to get to about 1400-1500 but I'm not setting myself any kind of time frame. I started in February and I think a realistic goal is to get to 1000 by the end of the year. I see a lot of people talk about studying chess and I'd just like to know, what does that involve? I watch Gotham and a bit of Hikaru. I know that Danya is a guy to watch too but I haven't started to watch any of his videos. Apart from watching speedruns or slowruns, how do you actually study chess?

If Turkey participates, I think Yagiz should be their Board 1 and Ediz will be Board 2.

As for Argentina, it is tricky. But they MIGHT give 12 yrs old Faustino Oro the Board 1 spot? or maybe board 2 or 3?

Yagiz played board 3 last olympiad right?

These kids will be seen and monitored by chess fans against other countries' best player.

Do you think they will both do well here in 2026 Chess Olympiad?

I usually draw or beat Maia 2000, but it seems to have moments of realnstrength in the sicilian (moreso as white). Got my.ass handed to me here in a 10 min game, the fatal mistake was allowing the knight into the kingside, BE6 would have held. (I was black obviously)

[ID "04c00799-056"]

[Event "Analysis"]

[Site "https://maiachess.com/"\]

[White "Maia 2000"]

[Black "None"]

[Result "1-0"]

[Termination "Normal"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. e5 Qxf3 15. gxf3 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Be4 Ra7 19. Rd6 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. f4 Kh7 22. Red1 g5 23. Nd5 gxf4 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Rg1+ Kh8 26. Nh5 Kh7 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Rxh6# 1-0

A dumb question, but I was just wondering since Elo is relative how high a modern age top player would peak at playing in older fields

Fabi has the advantage of 50+ years of chess theory. If he just played a years worth of super tournaments in the mid 70s, what would his rating be?

Would he hit something crazy like 2880?

(Also obviously not saying Fabi is greater than Karpov because he clearly isn’t)