In less than 2 days, Chess Master XLR8 is running our first tournament with a total prize pool of $50. DATE: Saturday 13 July TIME: 1pm EST/10am PST (check the Calendar here for your time zone) WHERE: Chess.com 5 Rounds of 10|0 Rapid. XLR8 members get free entry. If you're not ready to join XLR8 yet, you can also get your entry ticket separately here. If you don't wanna do that either, wait a couple weeks for our usual CMS monthly tournament. Should be fun! P.S. If you win a prize you can pretty much call yourself a professional chess player 😎

So you may have noticed I haven't announced the usual monthly leaderboard contest.. As I mentioned in a previous post, I think interacting with the community is rewarding enough on its own. So there will be no June contest. BUT... I also said there would be a giveaway for those who survived the purge... Over 1300 members removed, but you're still here 💪 Congrats on surviving. I want to reward you for being an active member with a giveaway. Here's how it works: Drop a comment on this post to go into the draw to win a free 1 hour 1 on 1 call with me. And to make things interesting... ***The comment with the LOWEST number of likes wins*** The person with the least liked comment at 6:30pm AEST on the 8th of June will win the prize. You can comment multiple times, but DO NOT SPAM (or you might get kicked) Good luck

Some random guy decided to make a logo for our community... Vote below if you like it 👇

We got a pretty positive response when I announced this change, which I was glad to see. It took me over 2 hours, but I got it done. And we are now down from 2000+ to 860 members. So if you're still here, congratulations - you've made it past the first culling phase. But there are still a bunch more inactive members that I still have to remove. Going forward I will also: - be more selective with who I let into the group - continue to kick inactive members regularly This is all part of my effort to raise the standard of this group and make it higher quality. I want to build a community that you'd like to live in. Kicking out 1000+ members wasn't fun, but the goal is to make this group a better place, especially for the committed players that are here. Thanks for your support! P.S. If you still haven't interacted in the group at all in the past month, there's a high chance you will get removed soon. So if you want to keep your spot here, go comment/post something if you haven't already.

This is a community to help chess players improve their skills, win more games and skyrocket their rating. Before you do anything else, please comment below introducing yourself. Let us know: 1. Your name 2. Where you're from 3. What your current chess goal is Once those two things are done, check out these resources: - Start Here: learn how to use this community It's great to have you here! P.S. Want results faster? Check out our paid program here https://www.skool.com/chess/about