A hero's welcome for Ediz Gurel after beating Gukesh 🇹🇷👏

The kind of odds our granddads gave us when we were 6 (we still lost)

Happy Birthday to the 15th Women's World Chess Champion, Mariya Muzychuk! 🎉

If GothamChess has one fan then that is me.  If GothamChess has ten fans, I am one of them. If GothamChess has 117,000 people playing against him then I am one of them and we will beat him. https://go.chess.com/PlayGothamChess

if i lost my last game, i have to end on a win.  if i won my last game, i have to play again. i don't make the rules.

today's puzzle is a piece of cake... or is it?! https://www.chess.com/daily/2025-09-20

INSANE daily puzzle today - if you do one chess puzzle this week, make it this one! 🥶 White's move!

Celebrate GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov's birthday with today's daily puzzle - checkmate in 3 moves for White! 🥳

Happy 21st birthday to Olympiad gold medalist and the youngest-ever world rapid champion, Nodirbek Abdusattorov 🥳🙌

WHO DID THEIR DAILY PUZZLE TODAY?! ✋😤

visualizing in the mirror who I want to become

From a cult upbringing, to an IM title, to CCO of Chess.com, Dark Squares is the story of Danny Rensch. Hardcover, ebook, and audiobooks available for purchase now! Link below!

The daily chess puzzle gets harder throughout the week, with Monday's being the easiest. 📈 Do you see mate in 2 for White? 👀

Anish Giri qualifies for the Candidates!!

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describe your favorite chess opening without saying its name 👇

learning chess:

What's one thing that made you improve at chess? Need help...

showing up late to the "showing up late competition" and finding out my opponent isn't there yet

Who's on your chess Mount Rushmore?

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it hurts to know that this will still kick my ass at chess

The GMHikaru After Party Kick Off, starting in 30! 😎 kick.com/gmhikaru

Don't forget! The After Party and The Untitled After Party are today at 3PM ET! Hikaru Nakamura's special first edition, the GMHikaru After Party Kick Off, will feature a massive $10,000 prize fund! 🎉 LINK: kick.com/gmhikaru

Queens off the board, would you prefer the five pawns or the rook in this position against Magnus?

Celebrating the beauty of chess ♟️💚 Judit Polgar’s Global Chess Festival is back on September 30 including a simul & more! https://www.chess.com/news/view/judit-polgar-global-chess-festival-2025

POV: You're one of the 100,000+ people signed up to play against GothamChess 😬 https://go.chess.com/PlayGothamChess

if only we could get that pawn out of the way... 👀

Mishra continues to break records! 👏🔥

Happy En Passant Awareness Day!

Happy Birthday to Peter Leko 🎉 A former prodigy, Peter broke records by becoming a GM at 14. He climbed to #4 in the world, and challenged for the 2004  Classical World Chess Championship before becoming your favorite commentator! 🙌

ANOTHER ONE FOR CARLITOS 🏆

Tuning in to the #USOpen later to watch some chess players play tennis 🤓

Solve this endgame masterpiece 😚👌 https://www.chess.com/daily/2025-09-07

A chess prodigy trapped in a religious cult. Read our Co-founder and Chief Chess Officer @danielrensch.chess.com's story with @theguardian.com , and learn more in his book, 'Dark Squares'. ♟️  https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/sep/07/chess-prodigy-trapped-religious-cult-danny-rensch

En Passant Awareness Day is on Monday. How are you celebrating?

just got off the phone with Ruy Lopez, his new opening drops soon 🤯

GothamChess vs. The World starts September 30, and you're ALL INVITED 🥳👀 https://go.chess.com/PlayGothamChess

"We are changing the name of the Bishop to Diagonal Thingy" 🗣️

Gukesh 🇮🇳 vs. Erdogmus 🇹🇷 tomorrow in the FIDE Grand Swiss! Youngest World Champion vs. Future World Champion?

Happy birthday to world #5 and the fifteenth-highest rated chess player ever, Arjun Erigaisi 🎉🇮🇳

Red Light, Green Light 🚦 Wait for the perfect moment in today's puzzle...

What's your favorite chess meme?

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