Discord Channel For Beta Members!

Discord Channel For Beta Members!

AnittaDrink
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Hello, Beta members! We're happy to announce our official Discord server now has a Beta Club channel for real-time discussions! There you'll be able to talk about new features, bugs, give suggestions and discuss your overall experience on the webs...

UPDATE: Improved Live Chat Settings

UPDATE: Improved Live Chat Settings

PedroPinhata
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Hello, Beta community! We're happy to share a new improvement to our chat functionality for live games. You can now adjust your chat privacy settings to limit who can message you during live games. When playing a game, you'll see three dots at...

NEW: Play And Learn With Coach

NEW: Play And Learn With Coach

gabejacobs
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Hello Beta members! We're very excited to announce brand a new feature on Chess.com: Play Coach! Coach has been a big part of Game Review and other parts of Chess.com for awhile, but now we are excited to announce a major new feature starring Co...

UPDATE: Explore Variations In Game Review

UPDATE: Explore Variations In Game Review

PedroPinhata
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Hello, Beta community! We're happy to share an update to the web version of Game Review. You can now try out different lines and variations without leaving the Game Review tab. In the past, playing a new variation on the board while going throug...

NEW: Choose Your Coach and Coach Settings

NEW: Choose Your Coach and Coach Settings

gabejacobs
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Hello Beta Testers! Coach now has a dedicated settings page! We're getting ready to launch some exciting features involving Coach on Chess.com. To support these features, today we're launching some convenience features to help you use Coach...

UPDATE: Settings Page

UPDATE: Settings Page

PedroPinhata
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Hello there, Beta community! We're happy to announce that we're updating our Settings page. We've redesigned the page to give it a more modern look and make things easier to find. New Categories And Sub-Categories First, you'll notice that...

NEW: Try The 'Best Move Challenge'

NEW: Try The 'Best Move Challenge'

NM SamCopeland
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Hey Chess.com Beta Club! Today we've launched a pilot project exclusively available to you called the "Best Move Challenge". You can find it at chess.com/best-move-challenge. Here's how to play: Take in the Position: You have 20 seconds to a...

SURVEY: How do you feel about your Puzzle Rating?

SURVEY: How do you feel about your Puzzle Rating?

DeepGreene
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Greetings, Team Beta! Today we are hoping to get your thoughts on Puzzle Ratings - specifically, how much you focus on your Puzzle rating, and how you think that rating relates (or should relate) to your rating as a player. >> Take the S...

UPDATE: New Diagram Editor

UPDATE: New Diagram Editor

NM SamCopeland
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Hello Chess.com Beta Community, we want to let you know of a new update to our diagram editor. Our editor is used anytime you post a chess diagram, whether in a blog, comment, forum post, or other place on site. The new diagram editor will show ...

NEW: Chess.com Courses

NEW: Chess.com Courses

deep
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Hello Beta community! We’re very pleased to announce Courses! Courses bring the power of Chessable to Chess.com. More in-depth and powerful than Lessons, Courses combine training software with video and text explanations to help you improv...

Level Up your Puzzle practice with Coach!

Level Up your Puzzle practice with Coach!

DeepGreene
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Greetings, Team Beta! Exciting news for Puzzle lovers today as we unveil not one but TWO huge additions to the rated Puzzles experience on web:  1. Earn points for your correct solutions and level up to gain new ways to score while compet...

NEW: Coach Audio in Game Review

NEW: Coach Audio in Game Review

gabejacobs
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Hello Beta Testers!We're thrilled to announce a new feature in Game Review — your coach will now speak out loud! Just turn up your volume, start a Game Review, and listen to Coach's feedback for each move. This lets you focus on the board wi...

[RELEASED] New Custom Clubs Sidebar

[RELEASED] New Custom Clubs Sidebar

NM SamCopeland
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[Update: This feature is now live for all members. Thank you for the feedback which helped identify some critical fixes!] Hello Beta members and club admins! Today we are testing a new feature that we hope will be useful to those who manage club...

New Analysis Tools

New Analysis Tools

ostanley
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Hey Everyone! As we work to make chess.com/analysis the home for all of your analysis needs, we have introduced a couple of new tools to help you analyze games. New tools means even more options! To make sure they are easy to manage but ...

Game Review Gets a Brand New Design

Game Review Gets a Brand New Design

drittman13
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Game Review has been redesigned, making it easier to use and more fun than ever.  The first thing you will see in Game Review are the Highlights of your game. Coach will summarize your game for you and show the evaluation graph tracking how...

New Explore Tab in Analysis

New Explore Tab in Analysis

drittman13
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Hey all! We have released an improvement to Analysis, replacing the Openings tab with a new and improved Explore tab. You will now be able to use engine analysis, explorer, and master games on the same page as we work to make chess.com/analysis ...

2023 Year In Chess

2023 Year In Chess

sunnysideupp
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Hello Beta Club! We have enabled the 2023 Year in Chess for Beta! The 2023 Year in Chess showcases a collection of stats that are specific to each of you. From Games Played to # of Puzzles Solved, we're excited to share this experience with you!...

Have you tried Kingdom Chess... recently?!

Have you tried Kingdom Chess... recently?!

DeepGreene
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Hey chess-fans! Back in January we dropped the news that we were working on a new fantasy-themed chess app with live play, bots, puzzles and more - and today's update is to let you know that we've spent this year fixing bugs, making improvements...

New Move List

New Move List

drittman13
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The move list, one of the most core features of Chess.com, has a whole new look! The new design uses a vertical list of moves for the mainline, then uses indented variations to show analysis in an easy-to-follow horizontal flow. We have also ...

NEW APP: Kingdom Chess

NEW APP: Kingdom Chess

DeepGreene
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Hey chess-fans! Over the holidays, we released a brand-new chess app for Google Play and iOS. Check out Kingdom Chess - Play & Learn! You are the leader of a medieval realm suffering hard times at the hands of ruthless invaders! What will yo...

Report Card in Game Review

Report Card in Game Review

drittman13
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Hi all! We released a new Game Review feature (web-only for now) called Report Card. At the end of your game, Coach will assess you and your opponent in a couple different ways. Grading is assessed against other players at your rating at the tim...

NEW: Play vs Coach

NEW: Play vs Coach

DeepGreene
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Hey, chess-lovers! Today we are super excited to introduce the Coach Bots! These five friendly characters are designed to help you learn and improve your game. You can find them in the Play vs Computer section of the site. All through the g...

🏛️ Library - New and Improved

🏛️ Library - New and Improved

Amaleki
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Hello all! Library looks a little different, and we want to know what you think. 👀 We have released a set of updates to Library which we hope make it easier to add games to your collections and open those games in the places you need. Leading ...

New Classification System in Game Review

New Classification System in Game Review

drittman13
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Hi all! We have released some really cool changes to Move Classifications in Game Review. The general goal is to have our classifications more accurately reflect how humans think and talk about the game. Improved Blunder Classification - It ...