The Chess Community1,140 subscribersActivity Log • 40 activeA place to post chess riddles, tournament reports, own games and about computer chess.SubscribePostThe Chess CommunityCommunityAll postsTrending CommunitiesWorldmappinHIVE CN 中文社区LeoFinancePhotography LoversSplinterlandsHive FoodActifitHive LearnersBlack And WhiteGEMSOlio di BalenaWednesday WalkExplore Communities...The Chess CommunityTrendingHotNewPayoutsMutedsam.chess (69)21 hours agoSaturday Hivechess Showdown! (S2R2)Hello Chess lovers! Welcome to the reminder post for the second round of the HiveChess weekly tournament, held every Saturday. This second season started strongly with a…iamchessguy (70)yesterdayChess Opening Principle: Protect Your KingGreetings to all chess fans! Protecting the king is one of the basic opening chess principles. There are a number that I can easily remember. Control the center Develop your pieces Don't move the samesammy00 (67)3 days ago14th Chess960 Hivechess TournamentHello everyone. Chess960 Hivechess Tournament is back. After some thought continuing with Chess960 seems like a good idea. We are here with same format and rules as before. Last Sunday of the month orsamostically (77)Checkmate3 days agoHivechess Lecture: A Pawn can change the gameHello everyone, Welcome to a new edition of Hivechess lecture. In today's lecture, we will look at a game from the ongoing Tata Steel Chess Tournament in the Netherlands, also…jaki01 (76)The snailish slow thinker3 days agoChess déjà vu. / Déjà-vu beim Schach.English I recently managed a nice finish in an otherwise not particularly remarkable blitz game. The position shown below arose after the moves: [Site " [Date…sam.chess (69)5 days agoHiveChess S1R21 Summary & WinnersHello Chess players on Hive Yesterday, we officially kicked off Season 2 of the HiveChess Saturday Weekly Tournament with Round 1 . A total of 26 players joined us…sammy00 (67)4 days agoTata Steel Chess Tournament 2026 - 5 Rounds to goHello everyone. Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2026 in Wijk aan Zee continues as today was played 8th round and tomorrow there is a second and last rest day of the tournament. With more 5 rounds to go therestranger27 (67)5 days ago10th place in Saturday HiveChess S2R1 ArenaYesterday I had nice opportunity to take part in Saturday HiveChess S2R1 Arena held by @samostically and I proud that I managed to get on 10th place! My periamchessguy (70)5 days agoSaturday HiveChess is Back!Greetings to all chess fans! Hivechess Season 2 just kicked off last night. It's a weekly chess Arena blitz tournament which run for over an hour. It starts at eleven pm our time and ends at midnight.itsmary18 (65)23 hours agoFrom Campus Boards to Collegiate Arenas:Checkmate Through the Years (part 1)Shaping my own dreams and passion from senior high to college. From the very start, I don't want to learn this kind of skills but due to that one person that I really admire the…southgamer (69)6 days agoSaturday Hivechess is BackNot a great for me. cositav (70)7 days agoAn afternoon of chess with my students[Eng-Spn]Greetings, chess community! Today I want to share a very special experience I had during my workday. I recently learned that a morning shift teacher had donated three chess…justola1 (64)6 days agoBack to Hive, Back to Chess: I Finished Second Place ♟ ⚔Life got pretty serious, so sadly I have been out of hive for weeks now. Chess decided to bring me back from my long absence. A friend sent me the link to @stayoutoftherz post where he organized a tournamentfernandoylet (64)3 days agoMate in 5 Exercise 26White plays and wins in 4 moves Re7 Rg5 2. Kxg5 Kg8 3. Kf6 Kh8 4. Re8# The analysis board does checkmate in 5 moves Re4 Rg4 2. Bxg4 Kg8 3. Re8+ Kh7 4. Bf5+ Kh6 5. Rh8# Source:iamchessguy (70)6 days agoTata Steel Chess 2026: Abdusattorov in Solo Leadsource: lichess.org Greetings to all chess fans! The Tata Steel Chess tournament is ongoing and can be watched live in lichess.com. It's known as the Wimbledon of chess and attracts the strongest playersfernandoylet (64)4 hours agoMate in 5 Exercise 29Black plays and wins in 3 moves 1... Qf4+ 2. Rg3 Qxg3+ 3. Kh1 Qg2# The analysis board does checkmate in 5 moves 1... Qe4 2. Rf1+ Kxf1 3. Kg3 h2 4. Kh3 Qg2+ 5. Kh4 h1=Q# Source:fernandoylet (64)yesterdayMate in 5 Exercise 28Black plays and wins in 4 moves 1... Ra2+ 2. Kb1 Bd3+ 3. Kc1 Ra1+ 4. Rb1 Rxb1# The analysis board does checkmate in 5 moves 1... Rf5 2. Rb7 Ra5+ 3. Kb1 Bd3+ 4. Kc1…fernandoylet (64)6 days agoMate in 5 Exercise 23White plays and wins in 3 moves Be6 Rd1 2. Rg2 Rb1 3. Rg8# The analysis board does checkmate in 5 moves Be2 Kg8 2. Rd8+ Kh7 3. Bd3+ Re4 4. Bxe4+ Kh6 5.…fernandoylet (64)5 days agoMate in 5 Exercise 24White plays and wins in 3 moves Qg3+ Kd2 2. Rf2+ Ke1 3. Qg1# The analysis board does checkmate in 5 moves Rf3+ Kd2 2. Qe3+ Kd1 3. Qg1+ Kd2 4. Qg2+ Ke1 5. Rf1# Source:fernandoylet (64)2 days agoMate in 5 Exercise 27Black plays and wins in 4 moves 1... Rg8 2. Re2 Kxe2 3. Kh2 Kf3 4. Kh1 Rh8# The analysis board does checkmate in 5 moves 1... Rd8 2. Rb2 Rd1+ 3. Kh2 Bf4+ 4. Kh3…
