General Terms
What is a kibitz in chess?
- Concept
- Vocabulary
- Chess
Kibitz is a chess vocabulary term: as a spectator, making comments on a chess game that can be heard by the players. Kibitzing on a serious game while it is in progress (rather than during a post-mortem) is a serious breach of chess etiquette. Use it as vocabulary, but always ask what it changes about the position or the game situation.
kibitz FAQ
What is a kibitz in chess?
Kibitz is a chess vocabulary term: as a spectator, making comments on a chess game that can be heard by the players. Kibitzing on a serious game while it is in progress (rather than during a post-mortem) is a serious breach of chess etiquette. Use it as vocabulary, but always ask what it changes about the position or the game situation.
Train this pattern on your own games
Reading a definition is not the same as spotting the pattern with a clock running. Chessiro's free game review runs Stockfish 18 over every move you play, names the concept behind each mistake, and turns the positions where it cost you into training puzzles. You can also see the idea in action in the classic games collection, where the greatest players in history demonstrate it.
Free game review
See where kibitz decides your games
Chessiro reviews your games with an AI coach that names the concept behind every mistake, then drills you on the exact positions where it happened until you stop repeating them.
