I've been telling myself I want to break 2000 for like two years now. Here's how that actually goes: I sit down with coffee, open chess.com to do tactics, my phone buzzes, I check Instagram "real quick," and 40 minutes later I haven't done a single puzzle.

I'm not lazy, I have a full-time job and a master's in progress, and chess time is the first thing that gets eaten when anything else competes for it. But somehow there's always time for the feed.

Tried app timers, tried leaving the phone in the other room, tried just willpower. Nothing really stuck past a week or two.

So I built Chess Shield (iOS). You set it up once with the apps you can't stop opening, and after that every time you reach for one your phone gives you a chess puzzle at your level instead. Solve it and the app opens for a bit. When that's up, the next puzzle is waiting.

I'm spending real time on chess every day now, not because I'm forcing it but because the path to scroll now goes through a puzzle. Puzzle rating has gone up, and for the first time in years I'm sticking with it instead of giving up after a week.

It's on the App Store if anyone wants to try it. I made it solo, so feedback is welcome.

https://apps.apple.com/app/chess-shield/id6772290132

Here is a really fun new variant of Chess called «Crazychess» you can find a Reddit tread here

https://www.reddit.com/r/Chesscom/s/ggtAuDIVQs

I would love to hear your thoughts on the game 😊

The roooooooook snagged a ‘free’ bish

5 minute blitz

orginal game from me

Played this last night 🤩🤩

This should have been my first game with two brilliants 😭

gotham chess please hire me

This game was pure dopamine for me

Is it normal? I was playing someone who was 193, I checked their account and on ly one game and they just began this day. I lost but then he got +114 elo, making his rating go up to 310, is that jump normal? For me, it's unfair, but that's just me.

Check out this #chess game: Kontholodon67 vs ali10398384 - https://www.chess.com/live/game/169581850404

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "+58387-09-10"]

[White "Kontholodon67"]

[Black "ali10398384"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "449"]

[BlackElo "482"]

[TimeControl "600"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bd6 5. e5 Bxe5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bf4 Bxd4 8.

Qxd4 Qe7+ 9. Be2 c5 10. Qc4 Qe4 11. Qc3 Qxh1+ 12. Bf1 Re8+ 13. Kd1 Qd5+ 14. Bd3

Ne4 15. Qa5 Nxf2+ 16. Kc1 Qh1+ 17. Kd2 b6 18. Qa4 Qd1+ 19. Kc3 Qe1+ 20. Nd2 Nxd3

1. Qa5 Nxf4 22. Qa4 Qe3+ 23. Kc4 d5+ 24. Kb5 Bd7# 0-1

I played ts game after weeks of not touching rated games and I'm like, really proud

Any criticism of my play is appreciated tho

[Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2026.06.01"]

[Round "?"]

[White "Kaiou_wav"]

[Black "Mr_Prateek2622"]

[Result "1-0"]

[TimeControl "600"]

[WhiteElo "800"]

[BlackElo "757"]

[Termination "Kaiou_wav a gagné par échec et mat"]

[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/169565549054"\]

1. d3 c6 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be3 h5 5. Bg5 d5 6. e5 Qb6 7. exf6 gxf6 8. Bxf6

Rh6 9. Bg5 Rg6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 12. b3 Rf6 13. Qe2 e5 14. Nxe5 Re6 15.

Qxh5 f6 16. Qf7+ Kd6 17. f4 Qe3+ 18. Ne2 fxe5 19. fxe5+ Rxe5 20. Qf8+ Kc7 21.

Qg7+ Nd7 22. d4 Re4 23. Rd1 Qc3+ 24. Kf2 Qxc2 25. Re1 Rf4+ 26. Kg1 Re4 27. Qg3+

Kb6 28. Rc1 Qxa2 29. Nc3 Qb2 30. Na4+ Ka5 31. Nxb2 Nf6 32. Re1 Rg4 33. Qc3+ Kb6

34. Na4+ Kc7 35. Qa5+ b6 36. Nxb6 Kd6 37. Nxa8 Ne4 38. Qc7+ Ke6 39. Qxc8+ Kf6

40. Qxg4 c5 41. dxc5 Nc3 42. Qe6+ Kg5 43. Qe5+ Kg4 44. Qg3+ Kf5 45. Re5+ Kf6 46.

Qg5+ Kf7 47. Qg7+ Kxg7 48. Nc7 d4 49. Bd3 a5 50. Kf2 Kf6 51. Re6+ Kg5 52. Rd1

Nxd1+ 53. Ke2 Nc3+ 54. Kf3 Kh4 55. g3+ Kh3 56. Rh6# 1-0

Check out this #chess game: jaredp1212 vs ArgusChessYT - https://www.chess.com/live/game/169550995844