Queen and bishop on a chessboard with a caption about tension and capture.

30 Funny Chess Memes For Grandmasters And People Who Barely Know The Rules

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I tried getting into chess because I thought it might make me seem smarter. Unfortunately, learning chess requires being smart, so that plan fell apart pretty quickly. I understood how the pieces moved, but didn’t look much into what was supposed to happen after that. Every move I made was basically me handing my opponent another piece and saying, “Did you mean to do this?”

Eventually, I gave up. I don’t need a hobby that requires me to predict six moves into the future. I barely know what I’m having for dinner tonight. Still, I respect anyone who understands the game, and I understand chess memes just enough to enjoy them.

These funny chess memes are for the strategic masterminds, casual players, and everyone else who tried chess once before returning to games with fewer consequences.

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New chess update with a line of chess pieces on a checkered floor.
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Classic chess game set with pieces on the box, labeled 'Enjoy a classic game of Chess!'.
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3.

Horses in real life and in chess, with a horse and a knight piece.
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Hope's tweet about being ignored by friends on chess.com, calling himself a 'subaltern'.
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Queen can capture bishop if bishop moves forward, tension moment.
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Place a mirror behind your opponent to cheat and look at their moves.
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7.

Dog brought a chess piece, a bishop, as a spiritual hint for the best chess player.
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Chess meme comparing a chessboard with a bunker entrance.
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Chess.com tweet about expression 'I need to get something off my chest'.
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10.

Gamers crying after being called a bot, chess players giving thumbs up after being called a bot.
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11.

Quote about chess by Olimpiu Di Luppi from the post 'chess memes'.
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12.

Text message from dad asking Napoleon if he's giving up this one.
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Two men in a bathroom line, one is passing by, the other is standing at the urinals.
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Quote by Miles Commodore about chess: 'A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.'.
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15.

When typing 'ch' in your browser autofills to Chess instead of ChatGPT.
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16.

Funny chess meme with a villain from Despicable Me and text about chess strategies.
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17.

Where can you buy most of your chess pieces? The pawn shop.
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18.

Brain activity before and after my move with colorful brain scans.
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19.

Two men in an office, one in a suit and the other in a school uniform, with text about chess and a L.
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20.

Chessboard with pawns labeled 'Me', 'Mom', 'Dad', and 'No' with speech bubbles.
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21.

Twitter post by Moz Perkins about starting a new job making chess pieces.
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22.

When I beat a good player (accidentally) and they ask for a rematch.
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23.

SpongeBob meme about starting a chess game with an opponent from India.
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24.

RunwayDan tweet about playing chess and opponent dropping dead.
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25.

Chess meme showing a chessboard and two buttons: 'Checkmate Respectfully' and 'Promote All Pawns'.
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26.

When you have checkmate in three against your opponent. The opponent: All right, We call it a draw.
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27.

A humorous chess meme about remembering how to move a knight.
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28.

Robert Wilkinson's tweet about defeating a chess champion in five moves.
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29.

Chess meme with two images of Joey from Friends, showing different expressions.
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30.

Sunlight creates a pattern of four rectangles and a circle on the wall.
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