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Sam Copeland

@sam-copeland.bsky.social

Head of Community at Chess.com

Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

chess training exercise: 1. Don't watch Hikaru's game at the Candidates. 2. Analyze it yourself without an engine. 3. Compare your analysis to Hikaru's recap. 4. Become a GM. 💪

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

😁

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

love this smothered mate pattern :D

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

me trying to find the setting to disable auto-promotion on mobile with 10 seconds on the clock 🫨🫨🫨

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

What's funny is I think I might have seen it if there was a pawn on e6 to capture. Harder to imagine an empty square sacrifice.

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

not on my radar at all

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

My opponent attacked my bishop, and I ... missed a chance to play a glorious tactic! Can you find it? 🤔

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

At least a more complete game 😅

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

i think i just played the best chess game of my life 😳 www.chess.com/game/daily/7...

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I think I may have a problem with being streaky.

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

not quite

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

My opponent missed a crusher here. What? 🤔

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

👑

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I played mate in five. Where was the mate in 4? 🤔

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

me looking at a chess.com/player bio: huh, must be a bug here. this player was born in 85, same as me, but it says they are 40. ...oh ... fuck.

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

👑

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

a few moves later my opponent resigned. what did we both miss?

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Thanks for pointing this out, and we'll change it! We totally agree and don't think it's silly at all. Our policy is to use White and Black unless it's a specific player. Some older content may be out of date, and sometimes we err or the author knows who the player is but the reader doesn't.

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Sam Copeland @sam-copeland.bsky.social · 31/12/2024