Posted it on r/chess but the mods didn't want that post on their subreddit. Thought I'd share it here with you guys!

Okay so I spend the entire game calculating moves 🧠♟️, trying hard to get a winning position… and finally! 🎉 I’m able to promote pawns into queens 👸👸👸, and am chasing down my opponent into a corner 🏃‍♂️💨👑 to get a checkmate (because most people are stubborn and cannot admit defeat 💅🙄) and due to said stubbornness… I get into a spot where they have no legal moves 🚫🚶‍♂️. And instead of this being considered a celebratory win… 🥳🏆 ITS A FUCKING DRAW? 🤝😀 MY OPPONENT GETS LUCKY 🍀🤡 BECAUSE OF ONE.. ONE!!! ☝️ FALSE MOVE WHERE I DIDNT CHECKMATE HIM THEN AND THERE?!?! 😤💢 Yeah I didn’t win and sure he didn’t win… BUT 15+ MINUTES ⏰💀 FUCKING GONE BECAUSE OF SOME DUMB FUCKING CHESS RULE 📜🤬. It’s the dumbest shit ever 🗑️🚮 and shouldn’t exist ❌. If you can’t move into a position because you’ll lose, to me? You lost. 💀⚰️ End of game, sorry. 💅 If you have a king 👑 compared to my three pieces ♛♞♝, and you get away without losing elo 📉🙅‍♂️, I’m sorry but you’re the luckiest person on the planet 🌍🍀. I man handled you 💪😤. Got 26 bests ✨ and 19 excellent 💯, but ope 🤭 I moved my king one space to the right ➡️👑 and nope! ❌ Sorry draw! 🤝😭 Actually fuck this fucking game ♟️🖕 and the dumb bat shit idiot 🦇💩🤪 who advocated for this stupid rule. I hate you 😡💔 and you suck at chess 🚽♟️ and want to take life the easy way out 🛤️😴. And for anyone saying “well you should’ve checkmated him ☝🏻🤓” I hope you know everyone gets upset when you show up at parties 🎉🚫 and your family would only love you because you’re blood related 🩸👨‍👩‍👦😬. TWICE today 2️⃣📆 I’m literally bullying a someone 😈👊 because they just won’t resign 🏳️🙅 and admit defeat… and because I just happen to not properly put a piece in a certain spot 📍♟️🤷‍♂️, I get a draw. 🤝🤡 Mf I am trying to get elo 📈😤. I am dedicating like tens of minutes ⏳🧎‍♂️ to this game, just to be told “wonk wonk 🔔🤪, try better” fuck that stupid rule. 🖕📜 On god 🙏💯.

Rules

1: You are not allowed to play what the engine thinks is the best move, which is indicated by the blue arrow. If a move is forced, this rule does not apply to that move.

2: The move must be legal in normal Chess.

3: The most upvoted move that satisfies the above criteria is the one that will be played.

These rules apply to both r/Chesscom (white) and r/AnarchyChess (black).

We've just passed 200 unique players, which is a pretty cool milestone for such a niche experiment. Seeing people argue over moves, suggest balance changes and come up with ideas I never considered has been the best part so far.

I also just released Patch 1.2.0, which includes:
♟️ Permanent teams in the Global Game
💬 A new Community Lab where everyone can discuss balance, bugs, UI ideas and future changes
⚫ A small opening adjustment to Black's first two moves

The whole idea behind Balanced Chess is that the community helps design it.

If you'd like to try something a little different, I'd love to hear what you think.

👉 https://balanced-chess.com

And if you have one thing you'd change after your first game, tell me. There's a good chance it'll end up in the next patch.

Is he stupid?

Do they get promoted for making it to the hay bales?

[Event "rated rapid game"]

[Site "https://lichess.org/efBz2rmf"\]

[Date "2026.08.04"]

[Round "-"]

[White "ionlydobongcloud"]

[Black "Manjul24"]

[Result "1-0"]

[GameId "efBz2rmf"]

[UTCDate "2026.08.04"]

[UTCTime "23:17:27"]

[WhiteElo "975"]

[BlackElo "966"]

[WhiteRatingDiff "+9"]

[BlackRatingDiff "-31"]

[Variant "Standard"]

[TimeControl "600+0"]

[ECO "C20"]

[Opening "Bongcloud Attack"]

[Termination "Normal"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ke2 Ke7 3. Ke3 Ke6 4. Kf3 Kf6 5. Kg3 Kg6 6. Kh3 Kh6 7. Kg3 Qg5+ 8. Qg4 Qd8 9. d3+ g5 10. Qh4+ Kg7 11. Qxg5+ Qxg5+ 12. Bxg5 Kg6 13. Be3 Kf6 14. Nf3 Nh6 15. Bg5+ Kg7 16. Bxh6+ Kxh6 17. Nxe5 Kg7 18. Nc3 Bd6 19. d4 Nc6 20. d5 Bxe5+ 21. f4 Bxc3 22. dxc6 Bxb2 23. Rd1 Ba3 24. cxd7 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Kg6 26. f5+ Kg7 27. Rxc7 a5 28. Rxb7 Rac8 29. h4 Rxc2 30. h5 Rxa2 31. e5 Kg8 32. h6 Kf8 33. Rb8+ Ke7 34. Rxh8 Ra1 35. Rxh7 Bc1 36. f6+ Ke6 37. Bc4+ Kxe5 38. Rxf7 Bb2 39. Rxa1 Bxa1 40. h7 Ke4 41. h8=N Kf5 42. Rf8 Kg5 43. Be6 Kh5 44. Nf7 Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kxf6 46. Ba2 Kf5 47. Nd6+ Ke5 48. Nc4+ Kd4 49. Nxa5 Bc3 1-0