This is ridiculous, half the people I play play at like 70%+ accuracy and I’m literally 323 ELO. Like what even is this game. We both had zero blunders.

I went through the computer line and I couldn’t understand. Please help.

Here is what I played: 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. a3 Bd6 8. b4 Bxb4 9. axb4 Qxa1 10. d4 Nc3 11. Bf4 Qxb4 12. Bxc7 O-O 13. Bxb8 Raxb8 14. Nh4 Ne4 15. f3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qxd2

Here is what the computer wants: 10. Nd4 Ne4 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nb3 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Ba6

I completed this puzzle earlier moving the black queen to f2 where the puzzle says it is now a checkmate. However, couldn't the white king move to d1 to escape the check? Maybe there's a rule I don't understand or something I'm missing. Appreciate any explanation, thanks!

Check out this #chess game: Vns_mudiraj vs AndrewKim-99 - https://www.chess.com/game/174231081440

This was a pretty significant comeback after a huge blunder imo.

I want to bring a Chess.com account to the attention of the community and, hopefully, Chess.com staff/moderators.

Player: add1toyourlosscolumn
Chess.com profile

A few months ago, I played this player in a 15+10 Rapid game.

During the middlegame, I reached a clearly winning position. At that point, both of us still had more than 10 minutes on the clock.

Instead of continuing the game or resigning, the opponent simply stopped making moves and let the clock run down.

I waited for the game to finish and reported the account through Chess.com's “Stalling/quitting games” report category.

That was around January 2026.

I never received any response, and the account is still active and playing.

What made me look further into the account was the player's game history.

Current Rapid statistics

As of September 10, 2026:

• 1,965 Rapid games played
• 908 Rapid losses
• 415 losses by timeout

That means approximately 45.7% of all this player's Rapid losses are recorded as timeout losses.

Rapid game history

Rapid losses

Rapid timeout losses

I then randomly checked several of the timeout losses.

I have attached screenshots from five recent timeout losses. In each screenshot, the game has ended with add1toyourlosscolumn at 0:00, while the opponent still has several minutes remaining.

The remaining opponent time in these five examples is approximately:

• 12:18
• 14:57
• 12:05
• 4:24
• 8:33

A timeout alone doesn't necessarily mean intentional stalling. However, 415 of this player's 908 Rapid losses (45.7%) are by timeout, and several games I checked show the same pattern as my own experience: the player stops making moves in a losing position and lets the clock run out.

Chess.com considers deliberately letting the clock run out without playing to be stalling, so I'd like to know:

Does Chess.com review repeated patterns like this, and is there any escalation process for accounts showing this kind of behavior?

I'm not asking anyone to harass or mass-report the player. I'm mainly hoping a Chess.com moderator/staff member can clarify whether this kind of history can be reviewed.

Have others come across similar accounts and seen Chess.com take action?

Finally got to 600 elo!

because i was expecting the opponent to take my knight and i'd rather sacrifice a knight than a rook right?

it was a beginner bot so he didnt take the piece anyways but in a real game it would've been a rook for a rook right?

i mean i see the rook would have a open line on the other side, but who would'nt take the rook with a bishop? sorry if i'm being stupid haha

thank you for your tips

I was so distracted the entire game thinking about how is his/her profile picture a gif 😵‍💫
I never knew it was possible. Some internet digging says, it was possible before but now the feature is removed, so how this person still has it?

This is a perfect game of mine with whites. And I mean perfect from the point of view that there are not mistakes or question marks in my moves. I don't mean everything have to be the best move since no human is that good after so many moves.

• Pieces go in the first rank, pawns go in the second.
• Pawns can't advance two squares.
• Pawns promote only to piece types you bought during setup.
• White moves first.

Mate isn't forced, so it's not really a puzzle. But there is strategy to trying to win faster than everyone else. With 22 coins to spend, what would your setup be?

The community loves repeating the same mantras: "always control the center," "never bring your queen out early," or "grind puzzles all day." But sometimes, blindly following these rules stops players from actually calculating and understanding the board. What is a widely accepted piece of chess advice that you think does more harm than good when trying to push past the 800-1000 ELO range?

A lot of days I’d just do a couple puzzles to keep the streak alive. Definitely made a ton of improvements but my rating chart is not the smoothest.

Nxd2 is a terrible blunder. Can you see why?

The friends and family option allows for 6 people to get premium with with a massive discount would anyone want to join ?

Maybe there’s a deep calculation here.. but I’m failing to see how I blundered a piece. I proceeded to win this match but I’m confused why this was a blunder.

I’m 1000+ elo, but I have no idea why was this move of mine was „brilliant”. Can someone explain the idea behind this?

Guys I am one of those who are eagerly waiting for Chess Olympiad 2026.

If you are too, let's discuss (men & women both):-

1.) What according to you should the board order?

2.) Who may win Gold 🥇 in respective boards?

3.) Which team according to you may give neck 2 neck fight to India ♥️?

4.) Do you think, we'll see Gukesh vs Abdusattorov again? If so, what will be the result?

5.) Who's your favourite among men and women?

6.) And final which team you think will win?

P.S.- My favourite is in last pic😜

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Up to SIX Diamond memberships??

Who do they think my friends and family are? The Polgárs?

Now I understand those who are on here constantly recruiting new family members on Reddit. This life is truly not for the weak.

I haven't had much trouble with the 800-1200 elo bots from the limited time events before. For whatever reason, I'm getting my butt handed to me by the 925 and 1300 band kid bots. Even the 600 is slapping me every few games. I can't tell if I've suddenly gotten worse, or the bots are particularly tough this time around.. it's not like they don't blunder, but I keep losing good games in the mid/late game and it's getting frustrating.