Yesterday, Chess.com was banned by the Russian government agency Roscomnadzor, the "Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media." Roscomnadzor is responsible for censorship within Russia, a busy occupat...
Update: Treasure Chess has been discontinued by Chess.com. When we launched this product, we saw a lot of interest in NFTs and received many requests from enthusiasts in our community to offer them. In hindsight, we understand that NFTs are proble...
Note: This program is not currently active. Chess.com is excited to announce that verified accounts are coming to Chess.com beginning April 21. It's been one of our goals to offer online prize events open to all our members in an environment whe...
Chess.com is delighted to announce the Chess.com Global Championship (CGC), our biggest tournament ever. With a total prize fund of $1,000,000, including $500,000 for our final live event at the five-star 1 Hotel in Toronto, Canada, this is an eve...
Chess.com is happy to announce the release of v4, the new version of our mobile iOS app. With this release, both our iOS and Android apps now share our newest interface with many improvements to make your mobile chess experience better! Many of ...
Chess.com is excited to announce the 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by SIG which will showcase 16 of the brightest under-20 stars in the world fighting for a prize fund of $35,000. Qualifiers begin on March 31 and ...
Chess.com is thrilled to announce that the 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship has been confirmed and is set to start on May 24. The event was born from a partnership between Chess.com and FIDE and is the most important online tournament for tit...
The Chess.com Players League has been wildly popular, leading to a 20% increase in games played in December 2021 alone. Leagues have also given the Chess.com community another way to track progress in its favorite game. With Leagues came an opport...
Speed-addicted Chess.com members have a lot of reasons to celebrate as the 2022 Bullet Chess Championship approaches. Top players will battle for their piece of the $100,000 prize fund, with the qualifiers starting on February 21. This year's pr...
Exciting changes are coming to Titled Tuesday starting on February 1. We are now offering two tournaments and a big bump to the prizes: we'll be dishing out $5,000 every Tuesday—$2,500 per tournament and more than $250,000 per year! That's m...
Dear Chess.com Community, Today Chess.com is announcing something big, and yet also inconsequential: one of the world’s top “growth equity” firms, General Atlantic, has made a major investment in Chess.com. This transaction hap...
Chess.com is thrilled to announce the Chess.com Rapid Chess Championship, our most elite event ever. The first "RCC" debuts with a prize fund of $650,000. This 25-week extravaganza begins on February 12 and culminates in a dramatic finale on Augus...
Chess.com is happy to announce the release of Classroom! Classroom gives coaches and students a seamless, simple, all-in-one tool to help take their lessons to the next level. It also provides Chess.com members a streamlined way of connecting an...
Chess.com is excited to announce that the 2022 Puzzle Battle World Championship starts on January 6 at 9 a.m. PST/18:00 CET. In this electrifying event, 16 of the world's fastest tactical experts will battle for their share of the $25,000 prize fu...
UPDATE: The Leagues contest is over. Check out the winners here. Are you looking for yet another way to have fun playing on Chess.com!? Then today is your lucky day, because we are glad to announce a new feature: Leagues are live to all Che...
Chess.com is excited to announce the release of our newest feature for members: Insights. This new tool analyzes your games deeply and shows you where your best performances are and where you could improve. As ancient Greek wisdom states, knowing...
With every passing second, the ultimate chess battle approaches, and chess fans worldwide can't wait to see what will happen in the 2021 FIDE World Championship. Now, even before the first moves are played, freestyle rap extraordinaire Harry Mack ...
Special note: From November 23 through the end of the 2021 FIDE World Championship, these two bots as well as the GM Robert Hess bot will be free for all Chess.com members! The 2021 FIDE World Championship is quickly approaching and everyone is ...
[UPDATE: On September 1 we changed our membership plans. Gold members no longer have unlimited access to game reviews.] Game Review is a revolutionary new tool to help you better understand and enjoy your games. You'll be able to relive your gre...
There is no doubt that GM Fabiano Caruana is one of the strongest chess players in history. Since his dominant performance at the 2014 Sinquefield Cup, where he famously started with 7/7 in a field with a 2800 rating average before winning the tou...
IM Levy Rozman, the popular streamer and content creator behind GothamChess, has recently announced the winners for his $100,000 chess scholarship program. In a partnership with ChessKid.com, the scholastic branch of Chess.com, Rozman recently c...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi will be the challenger for the 2021 FIDE World Championship Match which begins on November 24. Chess.com is his official chess sponsor, and we were able to catch up with him for this interview. You can watch the video below...
Note: GM Richard Rapport has replaced GM Alireza Firouzja in the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. All picks in the Bracket Contest for Firouzja will now be counted as Rapport picks. We know that this is not an ideal situation and we thank...
We are happy to announce the 2021-2022 Bughouse World Championship! The beloved variant championship starts on November 8 and will extend through January 2022. The strongest bughouse players in the world will come together to fight for their piece...
