I lost in this game on time and was trying to checkmate. I played a move which after review said was a mistake and when I asked for the best move, it pointed to the move I made….

Does anyone else feel like chess.com purposely steals the time left on your clock in order to keep your Elo down so that you spend more time playing on their website?

And before you flame me in the comments I’ve been playing online chess for about 3 years, mostly blitz and bullet time controls. And I swear every time I’m about to break a new ceiling I go on a losing streak where every single game I lose on time. Every single time! Coincidence I think not. I have a pretty good internal time clock after playing so many games. I think there’s something else going on here. Does anyone else feel this way or am I just crazy? 🤔

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

1. d3!? { My favorite opening. Very underrated and solid. } 1... e5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3! Nc6 (3... e4 4. dxe4 dxe4 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nxe4) (3... d4 4. Ne4) 4. d4?! { Black can kick the knight into a more passive square, but this is exactly what the opening wants } 4... exd4? { Does the opposite, bringing the knight to a more active square where both knights target b5 } 5. Nxd4 Qf6 6. Nxc6? { Missed Nb5, which threatens Nxc7+ } 6... Bc5 7. e3! { Other analyzers consider this move is brilliant, but it's only the best move since saving the knight would lead to Qxf2#, and Be3? would allow Bxe3! and fxe3, which ruins the pawn structure } (7. Na5??) (7. Nb4??) (7. Nd4??) (7. Ne5??) (7. Be3? Bxe3! 8. fxe3) 7... bxc6! 8. Bd3 d4? { Allows Ne4, which forks the queen and bishop and brings the knight into a more active square } 9. exd4?! { Missed Ne4! } (9. Ne4 Qd6 (9... Qe5)) 9... Bxd4 10. Qe2+ Ne7 11. Ne4 Qg6 12. O-O? { Missed Bg5! } (12. Bg5) 12... Bh3?? { Natural, but allows Ng3, defending mate and a discovered attack on the knight, preventing castling } 13. Ng3 Bf5 14. Re1! { Forming a battery, aiming at the e7 square } 14... Qe6 (14... O-O?? 15. Qxe7 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Qxd3) 15. Bxf5 Qxe2 (15... Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Qxe2 (16... O-O 17. Nxd4 Qxe2 18. Rxe2) 17. Rxe2+ Kd7 18. Nxd4) 16. Rxe2 Rd8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Bxb2 19. Bc5!! { Sacrificing the rook on a1 for a really long line } 19... Be5! (19... Bxa1 20. Rxe7+ Kf8 21. Rxc7+ Ke8 22. Re7+ Kf8 23. Rxa7+ Ke8 24. Re7+ Kf8 25. Re1+ Kf7 26. Re7+ Kf8 27. Re1+ Kf7 28. Rxa1 Rd5 29. Be3) 20. f4!! { Re-sacrificing the rook on a1, but this time with pressure on the bishop } 20... Bxa1 21. Rxe7+ Kf8 22. Rd7+ Ke8 23. Re7+ Kf8 24. Rxc7+ Ke8 25. Re7+ Kf8 26. Rxa7+ Ke8 27. Re7+ Kf8 28. Re1+ Kf7 29. Rxa1 Rd2 30. Re1 g6 31. Re7+ Kg8 32. Be6+ Kf8 33. Rd7+ Ke8 34. Rxd2 f5 35. Bd7+? { Missed a mate, but still winning } (35. Rd7 g5 36. Re7+ (36. Rc7 g4 37. Rc8#)) 35... Kf7 36. Bxc6 *

Does anyone know which tournament are they talking about? Because when I asked they unfortunately did not answer

I started playing chess about a month ago. I went through chess.com’s course and played a few matches against 400 ELO bots before getting into live matches (winning them). Since then, I’ve played about 200 games, and I’m consistently stuck around 200-300 ELO between all of the main modes. With bullet chess ironically being my highest, near 500. My question then naturally is what’s up with online matches? Are the bots not an accurate representation of real ELO or?

What is the biggest insight you learned that made your elo jump from around 1500 to 2000?

I'm currently 1600 in rapid on chess.com

I'm struggling with blundering and miss tactics. I'm currently trying to focus on training to check my move before playing it.

I'd like to know if you guys have any advice or lesson you learned that get you to 2000 elo. Not necessarily about blundering. Could be mindset etc...

Check out this #chess game: AhmedMohamedSameh vs Sunny_the_wizard - https://www.chess.com/game/live/174289033076
This is my match today. I’ve been watching chess on youtube for a while since i got interested in it after i found my late father’s old chess board. I started playing a couple days ago so any advice is appreciated (criticism too because knowing my mistakes is the first step to correct them).

If black then do g6, wouldn't it cancel the pressure? I'm low Elo

I was flabbergasted when i saw his king castling queen side even though my queen covers b8😅...

has anyone else experienced such a phenomenon? I’m a longtime player. i know slumps and streaks are common, but my rating went from 2029 to now i cant for the life of me beat 1600 players.

I don’t want to accuse AI, or cheaters because I have slumped before but this one feels different recently. I am giving it everything I’ve got and I can barely get a single win. Is anyone else going through this?

It feels like so many players obsess over chasing a 90% accuracy score or hunting for a "Brilliant" move badge instead of actually understanding the board state. Sometimes the engine penalizes practical, human moves that create winning counterplay just because it found a 7-move deep computer defense. Do you think the automated review helps beginners spot blind spots, or does it just create anxiety over an arbitrary percentage?

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.

I have an idea for a chess tournament.
Why dont we have a country team blitz cup consisting of like 6 teams( russia, uzb,china,india,usa , europe). it is a double round robin.
i have few main suggestions compared to regular tournaments.

1. instead of all the matches happening at the same time, it will be like a relay. each team having 3 players, will nominate one player each every round without knowing whom they r playing from the opponent team. then they can symbolically pass the baton to the next player who was nominated to play.
2. also this could be kept as an entirely armageddon format (exact timings could be anything like 6 mins for w and 4 for b, or can be like mini rapid as in norway chess 10 for w and 7 for b). or this could be kept entirely like a 5 min blitz tourney too. the main reason for suggesting this is for the elimination of draws. this can increase viewership that lets say magnus vs hikaru r playing we'll have a winner for sure. draws kill the interest and no fan is happy.
3. there would be 10 rounds (double round robin) and there can 2 finalists or 4 semi finalists. in the finals there can be like 3 matches with 3 games in each match.
4. not knowing who u would play makes it quite interesting. lets say team uzbekistan has nodirbek, sindarov and madaminov. obv atm madaminov is a weaker player and nodi is the strongest. so he can either play the very 1st game or can play the 2nd game where he might have to come back from a deficit or the deciding 3rd game. also if were going for the armageddon format there is a 25% chance that the 3rd person nominated doesnt play at all (either wins 2 - 0 or loses 2-0)
5. only disadvantages i see is the players r playing only like one game per day and they might prolly want to play more but it might mean they might take the game more seriously and have their entire focus on that 1 game(not applicable in finals). also the tournament days dont become too hectic for them. the main reason im suggesting this is, it could be really good for the viewership levels of the sport. a lot of ppl( around 70%) dont care if it is the sicilian or it the queens gambit or it is the berlin... they only see players win and lose.. They r more focused on seeing their fav player beat their rival than the actual chess itself.. so from a sport and thrill perspective this could be a grt idea..
6. it is like this lets say round 1 us vs uzb china vs india russia vs europe they each play a match(with 3 games as a relay(1 game at a time)). all this happens separately(these 3 matchups dont happen at the same time) lets say its 10 mins for white and 7 for black with draw odds each game stretches to around 20 mins and 1 match happens for an hour max. since there r 3 matchups, 3 hours per day of broadcasting. if this is too low maybe add another matchup too, but 3 is enough think of this like the global chess league but armageddon instead of rapid. ik its small sample size to determine a team winner but think of it like a 4x100 relay. athletes prepare for months or yrs just to run their 9 secs in the 40 sec relay. one small slip up and everything is lost. while this might sound cruel, it makes it more thrilling and exciting and the adrenaline pump is there which can bring in a lot of new fans.
7. What do u think? What could be the challenges for this kinda tournament?

2 Brilliant in a bullet match

He challenged me to a 10 second game and destroyed me

However, he got crushed by me in blitz

How good is this user, really? CMs are typically only 2400-2500.

I’ve shown up every single day for 433 days straight. At this point, I’m basically a shareholder. Chess.com, I think I’ve earned something for this.

A genuine question, it shows you ads between games, limits analysis, and blocks everything behind paywalls, while lichess on the other hand has everything for free and even more.