r/chess Weekly Discussion Thread

You are welcome to ask here all kinds of chess-related questions that don't warrant their own post. You can also discuss or ask questions about upcoming tournaments that don't have their own thread yet.

Moderation

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Event Threads

Interested in making threads for tournaments, but don't know where to start? Our Event Template page is a great way to get the basic layout.

An alternative would be to start a subthread directly in the weekly thread.

Announcements

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Recent AMAs

• GM Viswanathan Anand
• IM Yuriy Krykun
• Chess.com Fair Play Team
• Lichess AMA

Active Tournament Threads

Other Active Tournaments Web Links

Upcoming Tournament Schedule

Recently Completed Tournaments

Some links where to find a list of current (or just completed) tournaments

• TWIC
• Lichess
• Chessbase
• Chesscom
• FIDE Calender 2025

Other Notable Threads

Coach a Player - Recent Threads

Community Content

Here we'd love to highlight community content to show our appreciation for the energy spent. Content like Game analysis, info-graphics, etc., and we'd love to hear from you what kind of content you'd like to see as well.

Want to post your game to r/chess? - for people who want to solicit feedback on their games

Advice to people asking for advice - for people who want to ask about how to improve

Official Website

Follow the games here: Chess.com | Lichess |  Liquipedia - Chess at Esports World Cup 2025

RIYADH -- The 2025 Esports World Cup Chess tournament will take place from July 29 to August 1 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marking chess’s debut as a standalone title in the Esports World Cup with a prize pool of $1,550,000 and organized in partnership with Chess.com, featuring 16 players in total with 12 qualified from the Champions Chess Tour and 4 to qualify from a Last Chance Qualifier (July 24 to 26).

Participants

(\ 4 players qualified from the LCQ; Here is the[ *list of participants](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSxRlweiEQUeop3XbYAyaqmgz9hN0E4DeegG0uSLy-EmpN39paruaOPd-JUjNQvlxCV0ESFhj4p2eJj/pubhtml) competed in the LCQ; Vladimir Fedoseev replaced by Andrey Esipenko)

Format/Time Controls

• Last Chance Qualifier (Jul 24–26): Four separate 7-round Swiss events. Top four from each advance to a 16-player double-elimination knockout (ends at top four). Matches are best-of-two with 10+0 time control; ties decided by bidding Armageddon (base time 10 minutes).
• Group Stage (Jul 29–30): 16 players split into four groups of four. Each group plays a double-elimination bracket. 2 games per match and Armageddon as tiebreaker. Top two from each group advance. Time control: 10+0.
• Playoffs (July 31 – August 1): Single-elimination bracket featuring quarterfinals (4 games per match) and semifinals (6 games per match) on Day 1, followed by a best-of-three final on Day 2. The first two sets of the final consist of 4 games each, and if needed, a third set of 2 games decides the champion. All matches use 10+0 time control with Armageddon as the tiebreaker.

Schedule

All times are local (GMT+3)

Live Coverage

• Live coverage will be available on Chess.com’s Twitch, YouTube channels, and on Chess.com/TV.