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r/chess

› All about the game of chess, including discussions on professional tournaments, game analysis and theory. If you are new to the game, check out /r/chessbeginners and before posting here please read our rules: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/wiki/index.

// MEMBERS
1,858,077
› subscribers
// POSTS_INDEXED
4,331
› analyzed records
// COMMUNITY_AGE
18y
› since 2008-04-05
// STATUS
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// Recent posts in r/chess

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  1. 01 Today marks a year since Daniel Naroditsky passed 🕊️ ↑ 5,185 · 2026-10-19
  2. 02 Hilarious post about Chesscom vs Lichess by a GM on LinkedIn ↑ 2,139 · 2026-10-13
  3. 03 Hikaru is helping Sindarov for his WC match /s ↑ 1,089 · 2026-10-17
  4. 04 “We’re going to have different championships, which are not Classical. And if Magnus wins, we’re going to say: “This proves that the Classical WC is obsolete”. And if Magnus doesn’t win, then the winner of this new Championship is just an accident…. You know, “They had a good run somehow…” -Caruana ↑ 1,036 · 2026-11-03
  5. 05 Who’s the SECOND best female player of all time ↑ 8 · 2026-11-07
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// FAQ [ 3 entries ]
01 › What is r/chess about? [ expand ↓ ]
r/chess is a Reddit community with 1,858,077 members. All about the game of chess, including discussions on professional tournaments, game analysis and theory. If you are new to the game, check out /r/chessbeginners and before posting here please read our rules: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/wiki/index.
02 › How active is r/chess? [ expand ↓ ]
r/chess has 1,858,077 subscribers and 4,331 posts in our index. It was created on 2008-04-05, 18 years ago.
03 › Which subreddits are similar to r/chess? [ expand ↓ ]
Other Gaming communities of a similar size include r/fallout (2,047,545 members), r/halo (2,025,264 members), r/playstation (1,994,035 members), r/sims4 (1,961,354 members). Each is listed with its own subscriber and post counts in the related communities section above.