JuhisWhy is the rook considered so much more valuable in chess than knights and bishops?
I always find rooks way more difficult to manouver and thus less valuable. Can someone help me learn what makes rooks so good?
Strattzr 
PSA to all #chess players:
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) are planning to set a #GuinnessWorldRecord for most amount of chess games played in 24 hours on #WorldChessDay, July 20, 2024 (FIDE's 100th birthday). You can play in person or online. 
#FIDE #Chesstodon #WorldRecord #WorldRecords #GuinnessWorldRecords #GWR
Claudio SaavedraHave been down with the flu this week, and my chess has been awful as a result. Yet yesterday I managed to turn around a lost position after blundering my queen already in the opening, by putting massive pressure on my opponent, coordinating all my pieces, and keeping my king in a fortress. It felt so good to win this one!
10+0 rapid. #chesstodon
Denny VrandečićBishop to A3. A bold opening move.
During their WC match two weeks ago, Vincent Keymer missed a very subtle tactic that would have given him a clear advantage over Magnus Carlsen in their second game, and would have probably left Carlsen out of the tournament (Keymer eventually lost the game, the match, and Carlsen went to win the tournament). Can you spot it? Black to move. #chesstodon
Claudio SaavedraIn my heart, Praggnanandhaa and Salimova are the winners of this FIDE World Cup. #chesstodon
I had never pulled something like this before — this was a blitz game today. #chesstodon
Dewey Ritten 
Unpopular opinion: Normalize watching #chess tournaments in sports bars.
MOVED TO PLUSH.CITYhey chess players of mastodon what are your most favorite chess openings?
mine are queen's gambit, london system and scotch gambit when playing as white; and caro-kann, king's indian and french defense for black.
me and @Anpuankhses just finished a 1v1 chess duel against each other. i won by checkmate. and i have never felt more exhausted lmao this was such a tense game. i had to just scramble my brain to think how to win. this was tough as shit but i loved it
if you wanna check out how it went you can look it up here
