Recent game I played as white online. Obviously my opponent made at least one super obvious blunder they should have caught, which cost them the game. But what do you think for each of our Elos?
>!Elo is 387!<
The second they put their queen in front of their king my Gotham chess slowrun senses started tingling. Was about 3 moves in the making
Not a paid promo. I substituted Chessly for Blitz over Lent and I have been killing it with the Caro and other lines. 2300 performance in rapid since starting Chessly.
Just wanted to send a note of gratitude to Levy and others working on Chessly.
One of my games, I’m kind of proud of it
Hey everyone, I'm currently at around 1k ELO and I've decided to set myself a pretty ambitious goal hitting 2k in 6 months. I know that's a massive jump and honestly I'm not even sure it's possible but I've committed to it and there's no backing out now.
My plan is pretty simple. Daily tactics every single day without exception, analyzing every game I play win or lose instead of just forgetting about it and queuing the next one, and rapid only from now on. I've been playing a lot of blitz and I think it's been genuinely hurting me because I just move on instinct instead of actually thinking. So that's done.
I'm also focusing heavily on my endgame because it is genuinely awful. I can't count how many times I've had a completely winning position and then slowly let it slip away because I had no idea what I was doing with just kings and pawns left. That stops now. Openings I'm keeping simple I don't want to spend hours memorizing theory, I just want to understand why the moves are being played.
I just want to see how far I can actually push myself if I'm being real about it. 2k in 6 months is the target and I'm locking in.
Now for the stakes if I don't hit 2k in 6 months I'm getting a chess piece tattooed on me. Not a threat, not a joke. It's happening if I fail. So yeah I'm pretty motivated 😭
I'll be posting honest weekly updates regardless of how it's going, good or bad.
Wish me luck, I'm going to need every bit of it 🙏
Chess.com username: subittimalsina01
(Also posted this yesterday but it got removed, if a mod is seeing this, please dont remove it)
Using chessly’s vienna gambit theory imperfectly to get this game. 10-0 Rapid on Lichess. Also wouldn’t mind feedback. If you wanna guess in Chesscom elo I’ll let you know if you’re close to my current rating as well there too.
I’ve always felt chess analysis tools tell you what the best move is, but not how humans think about the move.
So I built a platform where players can annotate moves with explanations like:
“This move fixes the weak dark squares”
“I traded because my knight was worse than the bishop”
“I missed the back-rank issue here”
Other users can upvote/downvote annotations so the best explanations rise to the top.
The idea is to build a community knowledge base of human chess reasoning instead of just engine evals.
Would love feedback from serious players.
check it out at:
well i created one of the most aggressive chess engines ive ever seen called pral333
it tries to create really uncomfortable tactical positions and somehow it keeps working against engines like Leela Chess Zero and Berserk
what surprised me most was how much the accuracy dropped once the positions became chaotic especially against lc0
the engine mainly focuses on
here are the full games
[Event "LeelaVsPral"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2026.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pral333 v1.0"]
[Black "Lc0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[GameDuration "00:19:56"]
[GameEndTime "2026-05-15T19:41:14.302 AUS Eastern Standard Time"]
[GameStartTime "2026-05-15T19:21:18.038 AUS Eastern Standard Time"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[TimeControl "40/300"]
[Variation "Classical attack, Marshall variation"]
1. e4 {book} e5 {-0.22/9 17s} 2. Nf3 {+0.31/31 11s} Nf6 {-0.24/13 5.4s}
3. Nxe5 {+0.42/26 4.4s} d6 {-0.16/10 7.5s} 4. Nf3 {+0.38/29 0.001s}
Nxe4 {-0.20/10 4.7s} 5. d4 {+0.35/27 0.001s} d5 {-0.22/11 7.1s}
6. Bd3 {+0.37/29 4.6s} Bd6 {-0.24/12 6.0s} 7. O-O {+0.36/28 6.1s}
O-O {-0.25/12 3.1s} 8. c4 {+0.45/32 14s} c6 {-0.24/11 6.2s}
9. Re1 {+0.42/27 2.1s} Bf5 {-0.22/11 6.2s} 10. Qb3 {+0.35/26 0s}
Na6 {-0.29/12 10s} 11. cxd5 {+0.34/29 0.001s} cxd5 {-0.25/11 7.6s}
12. Nc3 {+0.39/28 0.001s} Nb4 {-0.24/10 5.7s} 13. Bxe4 {+0.41/28 6.7s}
dxe4 {-0.16/10 6.5s} 14. Bg5 {+0.45/30 2.3s} Qb6 {-0.08/9 8.6s}
15. Nxe4 {+0.37/33 0.001s} Be6 {-0.07/8 5.5s} 16. Qa3 {+0.36/29 1.4s}
f6 {-0.41/8 22s} 17. Nxd6 {+0.46/27 8.7s} Qxd6 {-0.39/9 2.8s}
18. Bf4 {+0.46/27 3.6s} Qxf4 {-0.44/8 3.5s} 19. Qxb4 {+0.50/27 3.8s}
Bd5 {-0.44/7 3.3s} 20. Re3 {+0.48/29 4.6s} Rae8 {-0.43/7 13s}
21. Qb5 {+0.47/28 6.6s} Rd8 {-0.41/7 5.2s} 22. Rd1 {+0.50/27 3.0s}
Qf5 {-0.47/5 16s} 23. Ne1 {+0.47/34 50s} Qg4 {-0.46/5 6.8s}
24. Qa4 {+0.64/33 27s} Bc6 {-0.37/6 4.8s} 25. Qc4+ {+0.65/26 0.002s}
Bd5 {-0.42/6 5.5s} 26. Qc1 {+0.54/32 30s} Rc8 {-0.33/9 8.1s}
27. Qd2 {+0.59/28 5.9s} Rfe8 {-0.39/8 2.2s} 28. Rxe8+ {+0.55/32 13s}
Rxe8 {-0.49/9 7.1s} 29. f3 {+0.49/33 1.4s} Qg5 {-0.54/8 12s}
30. Qxg5 {+0.38/36 4.1s} fxg5 {-0.50/10 2.5s} 31. Nd3 {+0.38/34 5.0s}
Re2 {-0.55/9 7.1s} 32. h4 {+0.37/37 2.5s} h6 {-0.59/9 5.9s}
33. hxg5 {+0.33/35 1.8s} hxg5 {-0.48/9 5.6s} 34. Nb4 {+0.21/38 27s}
Bf7 {-0.53/9 6.4s} 35. b3 {+0.20/33 1.6s} a5 {-0.75/11 14s}
36. Kf1 {+1.21/38 6.1s} Rb2 {-0.80/14 1.4s} 37. d5 {+0.28/52 24s}
axb4 {-0.89/14 11s} 38. d6 {+0.09/52 3.8s} Be8 {-0.91/13 13s}
39. d7 {+0.03/59 0.001s} Bxd7 {-0.90/11 0.40s} 40. Rxd7 {0.00/70 6.1s}
b5 {-0.89/10 5.3s} 41. Ra7 {0.00/58 10.0s} Kh7 {-0.88/8 19s}
42. g4 {+1.92/45 7.4s} Kg6 {-0.96/10 19s} 43. Ra5 {+2.82/38 0.001s}
Kf6 {-1.01/11 22s} 44. Rxb5 {+2.98/30 0.45s} Rxa2 {-1.02/12 8.9s}
45. Rxb4 {+3.47/25 0s} Rb2 {-1.04/12 27s} 46. Rb5 {+4.13/26 8.3s}
g6 {-1.08/12 18s} 47. b4 {+4.78/24 6.5s} Kf7 {-1.13/12 38s}
48. Rb6 {+5.18/23 7.4s} Kg7 {-1.19/12 5.2s} 49. Ke1 {+5.31/28 4.8s}
Kf7 {-1.20/11 22s} 50. b5 {+5.45/31 0s} Kg7 {-1.22/12 7.7s}
51. Kd1 {+5.41/24 8.2s} Kf7 {-1.38/12 17s} 52. Kc1 {+5.81/27 0.001s}
Rb3 {-1.45/13 5.3s} 53. Kc2 {+5.85/27 9.4s} Rxf3 {-1.62/14 1.8s}
54. Rc6 {+6.02/30 6.9s} Rf4 {-1.72/12 3.6s} 55. b6 {+6.18/34 8.9s}
Ke7 {-2.10/12 32s} 56. Rxg6 {+6.65/33 37s} Kf7 {-1.73/8 6.6s}
57. Rh6 {+6.77/24 12s} Kg7 {-2.53/9 2.4s} 58. Rc6 {+6.83/16 10s}
Rxg4 {-1.67/10 6.9s} 59. Kc3 {+9.43/24 11s} Rg1 {-2.34/10 9.0s}
60. Kb2 {+9.73/19 0s} Rg2+ {-2.97/10 3.8s} 61. Rc2 {+11.89/20 7.5s}
Rg4 {-4.15/9 0.66s} 62. Rc3 {+19.12/21 23s} Rb4+ {-6.12/9 7.8s}
63. Rb3 {+53.88/22 19s} Rh4 {-10.39/8 4.6s} 64. b7 {+80.48/24 40s}
Rh8 {-20.89/8 0.51s} 65. b8=Q {+80.63/23 26s} Rxb8 {-39.52/7 0.29s}
66. Rxb8 {+81.15/24 17s} Kf6 {-44.44/6 4.1s} 67. Kc3 {+81.15/23 11s}
Ke5 {-71.70/5 5.0s} 68. Kd3 {+81.15/24 0.001s} Kf4 {-119.30/3 1.7s}
69. Rb1 {+81.15/23 7.0s} Kf3 {-86.74/4 1.2s} 70. Rb8 {+81.15/23 4.1s}
Kf4 {-116.74/4 1.1s} 71. Rg8 {+81.15/23 1.2s} Ke5 {-8.85/4 0.95s}
72. Rxg5+ {+81.15/16 0.50s} Kf4 {-85.37/3 0.84s} 73. Rb5 {+M17/66 0.37s}
Kf3 {-94.96/4 0.71s} 74. Rb4 {+M15/69 0s} Kf2 {-108.71/4 0.72s}
75. Rf4+ {+M13/88 0s} Kg3 {-109.75/3 0.71s} 76. Ke3 {+M11/133 0s}
Kg2 {-109.19/4 0.74s} 77. Rg4+ Kh3 {-21.23/4 0.64s} 78. Kf3
Kh2 {-114.49/1 0.021s} 79. Kf2 Kh3 {-M4/2 0.023s} 80. Rf4 Kh2 {-M2/1 0.006s}
81. Rh4# {White mates} 1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2026.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pral333 v1.0"]
[Black "Beserk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "rnbqk2r/1p2bppp/p2p2n1/2pP4/P3P3/2NB4/1P3PPP/R1BQK1NR w KQkq - 3 9"]
[GameDuration "00:08:59"]
[GameEndTime "2026-05-15T20:25:43.595 AUS Eastern Standard Time"]
[GameStartTime "2026-05-15T20:16:44.593 AUS Eastern Standard Time"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "300"]
1. Nge2 {+1.48/31 16s} O-O {-1.22/28 11s} 2. O-O {+1.42/29 0.41s}
Bh4 {-1.27/27 4.7s} 3. Kh1 {+1.57/27 8.4s} Ne5 {-1.34/31 36s}
4. Bc2 {+1.77/28 6.0s} Ng6 5. f4 {+1.88/26 5.1s} Nd7 6. e5 {+2.04/27 6.9s}
dxe5 {-1.37/27 6.2s} 7. f5 {+2.18/26 9.8s} Nf4 {-1.60/30 3.9s}
8. Ng1 {+2.11/28 3.3s} b5 {-1.72/29 1.8s} 9. g3 {+2.21/28 4.5s}
Bb7 {-1.55/31 10s} 10. gxf4 {+2.16/28 0.002s} exf4 {-1.58/30 4.6s}
11. Nf3 {+2.26/26 2.6s} Bf6 {-1.71/30 5.8s} 12. Bxf4 {+2.37/25 0.67s}
Nb6 {-1.75/27 3.9s} 13. d6 {+2.31/24 8.4s} Re8 {-2.17/30 18s}
14. a5 {+2.35/29 4.2s} Nd7 {-1.75/32 12s} 15. Kg1 {+2.40/27 0.003s}
c4 {-2.07/29 11s} 16. Qd2 {+2.54/28 0.001s} Qc8 {-2.17/31 22s}
17. Rad1 {+2.59/31 0.001s} Qc5+ {-1.91/26 4.9s} 18. Qf2 {+2.64/26 2.6s}
Qb4 {-2.10/28 4.8s} 19. Bc1 {+2.72/25 3.4s} Bxc3 {-2.08/30 11s}
20. bxc3 {+2.92/23 6.1s} Qxc3 {-2.07/31 1.1s} 21. Nd4 {+3.03/24 4.7s}
Rad8 {-2.46/27 9.5s} 22. f6 {+3.56/25 8.8s} Nxf6 {-3.04/31 4.4s}
23. Nf5 {+3.70/22 2.7s} Re6 {-2.81/24 4.5s} 24. Ne7+ {+4.18/21 2.2s}
Kf8 {-3.05/24 3.7s} 25. Bf5 {+4.66/23 11s} Rexd6 {-4.23/32 15s}
26. Qc5 {+5.65/21 0s} Ne8 {-4.36/31 4.1s} 27. Bf4 {+5.80/19 1.6s}
Qf6 {-4.44/32 2.0s} 28. Nd5 {+5.79/20 4.6s} Bxd5 29. Rxd5 {+5.76/22 8.0s}
Qe7 {-4.60/33 0.18s} 30. Bxd6 {+5.75/21 4.2s} Nxd6 {-5.77/27 12s}
31. Rfd1 {+5.73/24 0s} g6 {-6.24/27 15s} 32. Bh3 {+5.99/22 5.0s}
Kg7 {-5.94/24 4.5s} 33. Rxd6 {+6.08/20 5.1s} Kh6 {-6.19/26 0.96s}
34. Rxg6+ {+6.46/22 11s} hxg6 {-6.63/23 5.3s} 35. Qxe7 {+6.58/19 3.3s}
Rxd1+ {-6.95/24 0.060s} 36. Kf2 {+6.71/22 4.7s} Rd2+ {-7.12/25 0.90s}
37. Kf1 {+6.86/24 5.3s} Rxh2 {-7.28/24 10s} 38. Bg2 {+6.97/20 7.0s}
c3 {-8.22/24 0.32s} 39. Qf8+ {+7.28/20 8.2s} Kg5 40. Qc5+ {+7.71/21 3.8s} Kh6
41. Qxc3 {+7.85/18 9.3s} Rh5 {/30 2.0s} 42. Qh8+ {+7.84/16 2.9s} Kg5
43. Qd8+ {+7.84/19 4.9s} Kg4 {/27 5.7s} 44. Qc8+ {+7.97/19 5.6s}
Rf5+ {-8.22/19 1.1s} 45. Kg1 {+8.28/19 3.0s} Kh5 {-9.37/22 7.7s}
46. Qxa6 {+7.91/20 6.2s} Rg5 47. Qb7 {+8.97/18 4.1s} Rg3 48. a6 {+9.94/18 3.9s}
Ra3 {-10.30/22 0.83s} 49. Qxb5+ {+9.82/18 3.2s} Kh6 {-10.57/24 1.8s}
50. Qb7 {+10.81/18 1.0s} f6 {-10.76/22 4.8s} 51. a7 {+M29/22 4.5s}
g5 {-M48/24 2.4s} 52. a8=Q {+M19/65 2.6s} Rxa8 {-M20/24 0.10s}
53. Qxa8 {+M17/67 2.4s} Kg7 54. Qc8 {+M11/103 2.4s} f5 55. Qxf5 {+M9/245 2.1s}
g4 56. Bd5 {+M7/245 0.43s} g3 57. Qg5+ {+M5/245 0.062s} Kf8
58. Qf6+ {+M3/245 0.014s} Ke8 {-M2/200 0.024s} 59. Bc6# {White mates} 1-0