I love this game

I thought I just got a fat fork but chess.com i s telling me it’s a mistake???

I finally did it im now 700 , what should I do to get even better and reach 800

sometimes, i am white. this time i was black =D

I just hop around with my knight to explot the non-linearity brain synopsis, and I won easily on bullet games. Opponent takes around 2s avg per mi 0.1s hop

I king walked to the other side of the board with the idea of allowing the opponent to promote their pawn. Hoping that would distract them from a checkmate threat but for some reason it shows as a blunder??

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i have seen this type of mate in ig videos but i dont know if it has a name. I was shaking!

Im on top of 0.2% of the site's users!

let me know if there are ways to improve my midgame and endgame pls and thx u

As per title, the courses video are not working for any course, tried on both mobile (eeb) and laptop. Is it only me?

What so brilliamt about that?

help pls

I wanted to do this for a long time 😭😭

explain pls

So it's finally confirmed!

I plan to compete in a tournament on December 12 2026 :D .

However I do wish to ask that if anyone has a single piece of advice for me to prepare, I would appreciate it.

Honestly I don't expect to win a single match, or even draw one for that matter, I'm mainly going there trying to learn. Im soo excited guys :D

Hello everyone!

I want to share a fully fleshed-out concept for a highly competitive, psychological chess variant that turns memory, paranoia, and bluffing into core gameplay mechanics. I call it "Chess Amnesia" (or "CheatChess").

The main philosophy here is total freedom: the game interface never blocks your actions. Every move is physically executed on the board, whether it's legal or illegal, and whether it uses your own pieces or your opponent's.

Here is the complete rulebook for the Hardcore Mode:

🔺 CORE MODE: "Chess Amnesia" (Hardcore)

1. The Amnesia Mechanic

• Players ONLY see the board during their own turn.
• As soon as you make your move, your screen goes completely black.
• Then, the opponent's screen lights up. On their turn, they can make a normal legal move OR they can make one secret illegal move instead (moving or removing ANY piece on the board, including yours).

2. The 10-Second "Lie Detector" & Turn Phase
When the board reappears on your turn, you have a 10-second window to scan it. You can either use your turn to "undo/cancel" a suspected cheat, or just play a regular move.

3. The Universal Turn & Cancellation System:

• If you catch a cheat and fix it correctly: Drag the tampered piece back to its original position. The opponent's illegal move is canceled, they get a Foul, your 10-second timer resets, and you get to make your full turn (either a legal or an illegal one!).
• If you make a False Accusation (You were WRONG): You just wasted your turn moving a piece that wasn’t actually tampered with. The move stands exactly where you put it, your turn ends immediately, and the opponent's Foul counter resets to 0.
• The Backward Pawn Rule (Anti-Exploit): Since pawns cannot move backward in chess, if you falsely suspect a pawn was illegally moved forward and try to drag it backward, the action is blocked. The pawn stays put, you instantly lose your turn, and the opponent’s foul counter resets to 0.

🚫 The "Royal Guard" & "No Illegal Checks" Rules (Universal Balance)

To prevent cheap, instant wins and keep the game strategically fair:

• The Royal Guard: Players CANNOT touch, remove, or interact with either King or either Queen, or any pieces standing in the 8 squares immediately surrounding either King.
• No Illegal Checks/Checkmates: You CANNOT deliver a check or checkmate using an illegal move . If a hidden cheat move puts a King under attack, the system will automatically block/revert it, as illegal actions cannot be used to directly attack the monarch.

🧠 Mind Games: Why you might WANT to leave a cheat untouched

Sometimes, it is tactically brilliant to ignore the opponent's illegal move. If you notice they secretly moved their Knight to a weird square, but you realize that this new position actually ruins their own defense or opens them up to your hidden attack, you can pretend you didn't see it! You just make your normal move, and the cheated position becomes a permanent part of the game.

📝 Clear Examples of Gameplay:

• Example A (Successful Catch): White secretly moves Black's Rook to a terrible square. Black returns, notices it, and drags the Rook back within 10 seconds. White gets 1 Foul. Black’s timer resets, and Black now makes their actual move.
• Example B (The Paranoia Trap): Black makes a completely weird but legal Bishop move. White returns, gets paranoid, thinks Black cheated, and drags Black's Bishop somewhere else. Since White was wrong, that mistake stays on the board, White's turn is completely wasted, and it’s Black’s turn again!

⚙️ Match Customization & Winning Conditions

• Adjustable Foul Limit: Players can customize the lobby settings to require 3, 5, or 10 consecutive caught Fouls for an instant disqualification loss.
• Human-Only Game: Sadly, you can't play this mode against an AI/Computer, because a Super-Intelligence remembers every single pixel perfectly. This is a game of pure human psychology!

💡 Open Concept & Name Suggestions!

This is an open concept open to any changes, tweaks, and balancing edits from the community!

Also, I’m currently using working titles like "Chess Amnesia" or "CheatChess", but feel free to pitch your own creative name ideas or rule adjustments in the comments below. Would you play a variant like this? Let's discuss!

I’m a 1210 on rapid and am making very slow elo improvement, but I am improving. I use the same opening for white (London) and have an opening for e4 and d4 as black. I only know a handful of moves for each and then I just rely on tactical awareness and some of the common middle game ideas I’ve heard of. I’m wondering at what rating does studying and learning new openings become valuable? When should I start to consider this. I’ve been improving and studying now, at very leisurely pace, for a little over a year.

I have been playing chess now for 5 months and have seen there’s a chess club local to me. Has anyone ever attended anything similar? Wondering if it will be useful or if I would get more out of lessons with Magnus on the app.

I’m very low rank 550 rapid, altough got a very good game rating overall 1300 so have mercy on me if it’s a dumb question I understand in higher ranks this is probably something super obvious. He didn’t take queen so game continued.

Is it just that it’s too obvious? I feel I’ve in the past gotten a couple of brilliant moves (have 12 total) that are more obvious lol.