White goes first! 🏆

This is an undisputed rule of chess, but how many people actually enjoy playing as White?

Certainly, among you there are many who have mastered the Sicilian Defense, as well as those who have been inspired by "The Queen's Gambit" and are currently busy learning the Queen's Gambit 👑

However, we would be curious to hear all opinions - and we propose a mini-activity!

Write your philosophy in the comments: why do you prefer one color of pieces over the other. And the EdChess team will study everything with curiosity and interest 🔍

Perhaps this is related to your favorite openings and tactics? Or is there something irrational in it?

The author of the most interesting comment will receive a small gift from the project founders 🎁

❗️Deadline - until Friday evening, July 26, 8 PM UTC+3

Let the discussion begin!

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How to solve the issue with 0.1 TON? 🤔

Friends, in recent days, it has become common for players to top up their wallets with 0.1 TON, only to find themselves unable to play due to insufficient balance.

The thing is, you need to have at least 0.12 TON in your balance to play ❗️

Of these, 0.1 TON goes to the game itself, while the unfortunate 0.02 TON is needed to cover the blockchain fee.

Our specialists are already making changes that will allow users to see the total amount including the fee. Soon everything will be clear ❤️

Stay attentive, calm, and most importantly—love chess!

Your EdChess team.

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Results of Activity 🎉

Friends! We want to summarize the results of our mini-answers contest 👇🏻

We enjoyed learning about your chess philosophy, and it was difficult to choose the best answer from the abundance of responses.

However, the answers from @emil_gashimov and @a_emjay stood out and resonated with us more than all the others. The prize is yours! Please write to our support account @edchess_support to claim it.

For the other subscribers—don’t be disheartened: there will be many more opportunities for you to win prizes with EdChess.

To future victories! 🔥

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HOW TO PLAY FAIRLY? 📖

A guide to fair play from EdChess

Friends! At EdChess, we strive to provide a fair and enjoyable gaming atmosphere for all participants.

That’s why we have formulated a brief set of rules to help you with this:

🤚 Fair Play. By playing on our platform, you agree to do so fairly and without outside assistance. The use of programs or help from other players during games is strictly prohibited!

❗️ Reporting Issues. Be conscientious! If you encounter any bugs in the game, please report them immediately in our support chat. Intentional use of bugs to win may result in you being blacklisted.

👁 Right to Verify and Sanctions. We reserve the right to conduct fair play checks. If we detect violations, you will be added to the blacklist. The final decision in such situations always rests with the EdChess administration.

🎭 Blocking New Accounts. We can block new accounts of players who have previously violated the platform's rules if necessary to ensure fair gameplay.

🙂 Ensuring Respectful Interactions. When communicating with other players and the EdChess administration, users are obliged to behave respectfully and politely. Persistent violations of this rule may result in sanctions, including the possibility of being blacklisted.

Your understanding and adherence to these principles will help make the gaming experience at EdChess comfortable and safe for all users.

Thank you for playing with us! ♟️

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Challenge from EdChess! 🧠

Dear players, our team has come up with an activity for you to enjoy over a couple of evenings👇🏻

What you need to do: send your own chess puzzle in the comments… as a screenshot from our game 🤔

Conditions: you must take a screenshot of your position in CryptoGame mode and along with the screenshot, write the correct answer to your problem — under a spoiler.

Prize: we will award 1 TON to the author of the best puzzle to their gaming wallet 🔥

❗️Deadline for participation: Friday, August 2nd at 8 PM GMT+3

So, shall we exercise our brains? ♟️

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Results: best puzzle 🧠

Friends! We are happy to announce the winner of our recent activity 👇🏻

It is the player @rrrrrRidlerrr. Congratulations on your well-deserved reward! To claim it, please write to our support account @edchess_support.

And you can enjoy his puzzle yourself:

Black to move.

Correct answer:

1… Rd1
2. Kd1 Qf1+
3. Kd2 Qc1+

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How to Play EdChess with a Friend? 📖

Dear players! A new mode is on the way, and we are here to tell you in detail how to play it.

👥 To create a game with a friend, open EdChess and click on the Game With Friend button;

🔢 Next, you need to choose the game mode — for example, blitz, if your friend is up for the challenge;

⛓ The last step is to invite your friend by clicking the Share button. This will generate a unique link that you can send to your friend to play together;

👏 Click on the link, and... Play!

In the future, we want to add different options for playing with friends, including... 🤫

But more on that in due time. Enjoy the game and fewer blunders, friends!

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Zelwin Ventures x EdChess

Dear subscribers! We are proud to announce that EdChess has gained new strong partners.

As a result of the active development of our platform, we attracted the attention of the large investment project Zelwin Ventures.

They thoroughly examined our project from the inside, and now we are moving forward together 💪🏻

What is the mission of Zelwin Ventures?

The mission of the investment platform is to provide an opportunity for everyone to acquire crypto tokens of top projects at early stages — well below market value.

Now you also have the opportunity to support EdChess: become an investor and help your favorite game by clicking this link.

How do they succeed?

The founders of the project shared on their TG channel:

We find, sign agreements, and are ready to provide you with projects even before they go public or get listed on exchanges.

The Zelwin Ventures team selects all cooperation projects very carefully through detailed audits.

Zelwin also has a special bot for investments and partnership programs. And here is the Twitter of the platform: visit, learn, and use it!

Your EdChess team.

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3 Useful Links About the EdChess Wallet 📖

Friends! In this helpful post, we have attached 3 useful links about the in-game wallet so that everyone can enjoy their favorite game without complicating their lives.

It is scientifically proven: after reading these three posts, you will have answers to 80% of the questions regarding transactions and the crypto wallet 🤓

💰 What is the EdChess Wallet?

Be sure to read our post if you do not yet know the answer to this question 🌚

ℹ️ FAQ: MAINNET

Here we have gathered frequently asked questions about your wallet, transactions, withdrawals, and much more;

❗️ About Minimum Fees

A post about how to avoid mistakes when replenishing your wallet and start playing and earning right away.

Read, fill in the gaps in your knowledge, and become more confident in your earnings with EdChess 💪🏻

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How to Earn with EdChess? 💰

Dear players! It’s no secret that you can get rich by playing your favorite game on our platform. But do you know all the ways to earn on EdChess?

🎮 CryptoGame Mode. This special game mode allows you to mine tokens for each your excellent victory;

⛓ Referral System. You can significantly increase your income on our platform with referral links. By inviting friends to EdChess, you start earning from their games. More about referrals — here;

👏 Contests on the Channel. Keep a close eye on what's happening on the channel: for example, our contest with Eddy and Cheddy is still ongoing, and you can compete for prizes!

💬 Activities in the Chat. Quizzes and problem-solving activities are regularly held in our chat. For each correct answer, you win TONs to your in-game wallet.

As you can see, there are many options. Choose the one you like — and earn that ringing e-coin! 🎉

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CLS Global x EdChess

Good news continues: we have recently partnered with the premium service Prime Link from one of the largest market makers, CLS Global 🔥

The company has extensive experience and an impressive history: in just a few weeks (and sometimes even days), projects like Polyhedra, KaliChain, and Gala Music achieved 5x, 24x, and an incredible 85x since their listing date.

Moreover, there will be a very intriguing announcement soon, and you'll love it 🌚

Prime Link didn't just choose to become our market maker for no reason: EdChess is continuously developing, and now we are slowly but surely moving towards a global goal — to launch our own token 🤯

We will keep you updated on all developments, friends. Play EdChess and stay tuned for news! ♟

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It smells like real battles 🥊

And it's not about physical fights, but a battle of minds.

EdChess is closely monitoring the events and reporting 👇🏻

From November 20 to December 15 in Singapore, right on Sentosa Island, a match between two strong chess players — Ding Liren and Gukesh D. will take place.

Are you ready for the battle for the chess crown? Share your predictions in the comments♟️

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Beware of impostors! 🤫

Friends! The EdChess team would like to remind you once again of an important truth: as soon as a noticeable project appears on Telegram (or elsewhere), at least 5-10 fakes are created following it.

Not all fakes are harmless. Therefore, remember this important rule to avoid falling victim to scammers:

❗️The only reliable places where you can find up-to-date news about the project are our channel, chat, and pinned social media accounts.

Any other external sites/channels have nothing to do with us!

Neither our avatar in any other TG channel nor assurances supposedly "on behalf of the administration" about the accuracy of any information are official — unless they are published here or on any other resource from our active links.

Remember this simple rule, and scammers will not be a threat to you. Stay vigilant!

Your EdChess team ❤️

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Announcement: New Design on EdChess 🎨

That's right, friends! Right now, we are seriously refining the interface, and EdChess will never look the same again: the release of our new design will happen very soon 🔥

Over the past few months, our team has been hard at work creating a fresh and more enjoyable design for players.

Thus, at the intersection of your feedback and modern trends, the concept of the new EdChess design was born 👩‍🎨

We understand how important it is for the interface to be intuitive and not cause any difficulties.

Of course, you will soon be able to test our first version with the updated design.

And, naturally, we are listening to your feedback, so the design will be gradually refined and improved ❤️

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And what about the game with a friend for crypto? 🤔

We remember that you asked us to add such a feature in EdChess, and we are diligently preparing to release it for you!

The new mode is currently being refined and improved, but in just a few days you will be able to try it out for the first time in action 🔥

The development team is tasked with integrating new time controls and crypto game modes with friends. The first release will include the 1+0, 3+0, 15+0, 30+0 modes, but more will be added in the future!

We also remind you that CryptoGame in EdChess guarantees payouts and the security of all transactions. With us, it's not only fun but also reliable! 🤝

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What do we think about the matchmaking system? ⚔️

The EdChess team understands how frustrating it can be when a beginner faces a grandmaster and gets defeated in a dozen moves.

And we understand that professional players get bored when they are repeatedly matched with players who open with a4.

Our team believes the following:

The strong should play with the strong, and beginners should play with beginners.

Perhaps the most observant among you have already noticed that the rating system is now available in Crypto Game! 💪🏻

Currently, the rating is not displayed for players, but soon everyone will be able to see their rating in real time.

From now on, the system considers your rating and your opponent's rating for a more comfortable gaming experience.

And we will definitely refine and polish it to ensure that chess brings you joy and everything is fair ❤️

How about a game on a Saturday evening?

Your EdChess team ♟️

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How will matchmaking be improved? 🧠

Following up on the previous post, we want to reveal several specific steps our team has taken to model an adequate ranking system.

One of these steps is an advanced calibration system, which is coming in one of the future releases ⚙

What is the calibration system?

Soon, players will be able to declare their skill level themselves and confirm it through practice games with our bots.

For example, a player with an ELO rating of 1900 will be able to prove their chess skill by defeating a bot of corresponding strength, and they will no longer have to play against low-ranked opponents.

And by the way! In the future, strong players will be able to play for a greater number of TON 👏

What if I don't know my skill level?

In this case, we will easily assist the user in determining their level 🙂

We believe that the calibration system is crucial for comfortable play, as each player will be able to identify the most suitable opponent in all modes — including in the Crypto Game — from their very first game.

There will be even more insights in the upcoming posts! We wish everyone great games 🔥

Your EdChess team.

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Position of EdChess on the situation with Pavel Durov ✈️

Friends! As you all know, on August 24, the founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France and taken into custody.

We are deeply immersed in these news and are as concerned about his fate as you are. Privacy and freedom of speech should not be punished.

Today, there were the first noticeable developments in Durov's case: he was released from custody, and the temporary detainment was replaced by preparation for trial.

But we believe in the father-founder of Telegram more than ever! We know: Pavel will handle this. Because the truth is on his side! 💪🏻

❗️You can join us in supporting his release by signing Telegram's official petition at this link.

Don't hesitate: maybe these 30 seconds will help save years of an innocent person's life ✅

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