There aren’t enough chess clubs here to make interclub challenges interesting. A while back I set up these regional clubs

The Chess - European Friendly Club
The Chess - UK and Ireland Friendly Club
The Chess - USA Central Friendly Club
The Chess - USA East Coast Friendly Club
The Chess - USA West Coast Friendly Club
The Chess - World Friendly Club

If you are a chess player please join your appropriate club of choice so we can have a nice chess competition here.
Going to put the clubs on the interclub ladders once the teams are ready. That way the challenges will be automatic at least for a while.

Let's play chess!

Any questions post here or message me.

thank you so much,, i have a friend that is seeking this game type

Be aware though that Janggi does not seem support passing on here, unless you have no legal move.

Yes, It's called Xiangqi. There is also Janggi, and Shogi.

Xiangqi (/ˈʃɑːŋtʃi/; Chinese: 象棋; pinyin: xiàngqí), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China. Xiangqi is in the same family of games as shogi, janggi, Western chess, chaturanga, and Indian chess. Besides China and areas with significant ethnic Chinese communities, this game is also a popular pastime in Vietnam, where it is known as cờ tướng, literally 'General's chess', in contrast with Western chess or cờ vua, literally 'King's chess'.

We have a club tournament in The Power of Chess Club
The Power of Chess 2025 Club Championship Tournament
Profile tokens (unknown photo) for participants

                       (unknown photo) for winners 

if anyone wants to participate join the club

Never thought of that. Might give that a try.

Just a thought (from a person who doesn't play Alice Chess) but if you ask the site tournament directors to place it in a 3 day tourney instead of just 1 day tourneys you MIGHT get more responses from slower players.

Come on! I can't be the only one that wants to play this in a tournament (although it looks that way at the moment ).

It's 204 if you count every possible square...

You are correct Bluefin! When I play a game of Chess, I count the center 4 Emeralds and the 12 surrounding Diamonds! In Camelot or Chivalry the number of squares I count? Well, that is my secret! Good skill to ALL of us and Merry Christmas!

If you count the small squares, which I believe the question is referring to. There are 64 Correct answer is 64. When you glance at the board, or play a game the first thing you see are the small squares. In a game you are focused on the pieces which are directly connected to the small squares. Can't make it any plainer than that.

I thought they meant playable squares. Isn't the total number of possible squares 204? sooooo, since that answer was not one of the choices...

u.have,squares,of,squres,etc..so.64..is.not..right

This championship has an odd feel to it as it seems there's only a new champion because Magnus has stepped aside. Kind of similar to Fischer although Magnus had many more defenses of his crown. But he's still the best player on the planet until someone can prove otherwise.

Seems appropriate as India is the home of chess and the youngest ever world champion.....also,a sign of the times perhaps.. too much interference from engines for my liking....chess is a human game not an abstract mathematical problem for machines..

If It was me I would play. As long as I am paid. If I lose oh well. I lose either way so I might as well lose going down trying.

New World Champion GUKESH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i predict gukesh 8-5

1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 + 4^2 + ... + 8^2

:TY1: