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Best Chess Subreddits (November 2026)

Most chess talk on Reddit happens in a few big places, but the smaller communities are where the specialists are. We checked the communities Reddit returns for “chess” and “chess openings”, kept the public, safe-for-work ones with at least 25,000 members that are still posting, and ranked the 6 that remain by size. Together they have 2.9M members.

How the chess communities compare

Membership is concentrated: the three largest communities hold 92% of all members on this list, so most of the chess conversation happens in a handful of places. The oldest is r/chess, founded in 2008, and every community here is more than five years old — this is a long-established corner of Reddit.

The 6 biggest chess subreddits

  1. r/chess 1,858,077 members · +1.9K since Oct 26 · since 2008

    All about the game of chess, including discussions on professional tournaments, game analysis and theory. If you are new to the game, check out /r/chessbeginners and before posting here please read our rules: https://www.reddit.c…

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    r/AnarchyChess ↗ 546,995 members · since 2013

    Chess shitposting at its finest

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    r/chessbeginners ↗ 316,900 members · since 2014

    A place for new chess players to hang out, ask questions, discover tactics, get advice from others and learn more about the game: This is the r/chessbeginners subreddit.

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    r/chessindia ↗ 123,167 members · since 2020

    Enter r/ChessIndia, the no. 1 online chess community for young Indian chess enthusiasts. Master the game with news on grandmasters, download free resources, and engage discussion about the strategy-rich game. Whether you're learn…

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    r/chessmemes ↗ 64,822 members · since 2017

    r/chessmemes is a lighthearted community for chess enthusiasts who love to share and enjoy humorous content related to the game of chess. Whether you're a grandmaster or a beginner, you'll find memes that poke fun at everything f…

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    r/ChessPuzzles ↗ 36,629 members · since 2014

    An image only subreddit to share and solve chess puzzles.

Choosing where to post

Jokes and memes have their own home in r/chessmemes; the serious communities tend to remove them, so keep the two apart.

A simple rule of thumb: ask questions in the specialised communities and share your best finds in the big ones, where they can reach the most people. Always read the rules in the sidebar first — each community is run by its own volunteer moderators. Our guide to searching Reddit explains how to dig through any of these communities, and the subreddit info tool gives you the stats of one we don't list.

Frequently asked questions

What is the biggest chess subreddit?

r/chess is the largest, with 1,858,077 members, followed by r/AnarchyChess (547K) and r/chessbeginners (316.9K).

How many chess subreddits are there?

We list 6 active, safe-for-work chess communities with at least 25,000 members each, 2.9M members in total (people can be in several). Reddit has many smaller ones too; our guide on searching Reddit shows how to find them.

What is the oldest chess subreddit?

r/chess, created on Apr 5, 2008.

Are these chess subreddits safe for work?

Yes. Every community on this page is public and not marked 18+ by Reddit, and we filter out communities whose name or description points to adult content.

Data: Reddit's public subreddit search and the Arctic Shift archive (Nov 6, 2026), growth from SubMouse's weekly snapshots. Member counts of communities outside our Top 1000 come from the archive and can lag a little. Not affiliated with Reddit.