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Popular Topics in r/chess
#1
News/Events
: "Ju Wenjun defeats Alireza Firouzja at Tata Steel Chess 2024"
69 posts
#2
Miscellaneous
: "Did my man Anish really just steal a chess piece at Tata Steel lol"
42 posts
#3
Puzzle/Tactic
: "The rule in that crazy sub might apply here, white to play mate 2"
27 posts
#4
Social Media
: "Chess.com’s new post on X"
22 posts
#5
Video Content
: "Anish on stream: "Fabiano says on average I play two cheaters every titled tuesday, on average Fabiano you lose two games in titled tuesday that's what happens""
13 posts
#6
Game Analysis/Study
: "I've analyzed 36,996,010 games to figure out the food-chain of chess"
11 posts
#7
Chess Question
: "I don't get it can someone explain?"
6 posts
#8
Puzzle - Composition
: "White has a checkmate in 4"
3 posts
#9
Twitch.TV
: "Alireza beats World Champion Ding Liren!!"
3 posts
#10
Misleading Title
: "Carlsen about Lazavik: "He's just mentally very sound. Good understanding. He's not easy to break down. I think with some experience he's gonna become a top-10 player.""
1 posts
#11
Tournament
: "Final standings of Tata Steel Challengers section"
1 posts
#12
META
: "Magnus absolutely REFUSES to lose! @MagnusCarlsen strikes back in the Grand Final reset and takes the win over Alireza Firouzja to become the #ChessableMasters Champion! 🏆"
1 posts
#13
Strategy: Openings
: "There's a book from 2002 on "The Cow" that claims it's basically the solution to chess (called the Defense Game) by "Pafu" . Don't know if it's just a joke, but the book is more than 200 pages long."
1 posts
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