NM Ryo Chen from Texas won the first-ever ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship on Saturday, July 25. Ryo triumphed against seven other incredibly talented 10-and-under youth players in this eight-player knockout event. His opponent in the fin...
Hey, chess fans! It's that time again. Let's take a quick moment to catch up on what kept our product development, support and fair play teams busy last month... Here's what we did in June! Web Removed the big modal (that you had t...
GMs Anna Ushenina beat GM Valentina Gunina 7-4 in the final of the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix's first leg. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk had defeated Vaishali Rameshbabu 7-4 in a match for third place hel...
The Chess.com PogChamps Championship and Consolation Finals on Friday, June 19th saw Voyboy, Hutch, Ludwig, and MoisCr1tikal battling their way through two thrilling and close finals matches that each went to tiebreaks. In the championship bracket...
Hey, chess fans! Remember May? Well, before it recedes any further into the mists of time, let's shine a light on all the cool stuff that happened around the site last month... Web We made several changes to ensure Dark Mode look...
Greetings, chess fans! April certainly kept us—and our systems—busy! Behind the scenes, our operations specialists worked hard to keep the servers from boiling over, as COVID-19 kept site traffic higher than ever. But that wasn't all...
Chess.com is thrilled to announce our first official league for club competition, the Chess.com Clubs League. Chess.com has been home to outstanding community leagues for more than a decade. We have thriving leagues for rapid, blitz, bullet, daily...
Hey, chess fans! Last month was crazy at Chess.com—and everywhere. As our normal lives and routines were suddenly interrupted, we were fortunate to still be able share in the fun and community of chess online. The Chess.com team kept bus...
Hey, chess fans! It's that time again! Let's leap back to last month, and review what kept the Chess.com team busy in February 2020... Puzzles Made some behind-the-scenes changes to help when broadcasting Puzzle Battle events. Also behi...
Hey chess fans! It's that time again! Let's take a moment to review what kept the Chess.com team busy in the first month of the year! Here is January 2020... Puzzles When watching a Puzzle Battle, you can review puzzles the players got w...
Team Chess.com (GM Robert Hess and IM Danny Rensch) will square off against team Chessbrah (GM Eric Hansen and GM Aman Hambleton) for a third time this Friday in Team Chess Battles. You can watch the match this Friday, Jan. 31 at ...
Dr. Wolf has joined Chess.com to provide you with a unique chess learning experience. Have you ever wanted a personal chess coach? Someone to identify your strengths and weaknesses and to give you direct feedback and exercises to help you improv...
Hey, chess fans! We hope you are enjoying a great start to 2020. Before we get too deep into our new year's resolutions, let's check out what the Chess.com team did in December 2019. Puzzles Improvements to Puzzle Battle. We also imp...
Hey, chess fans! The end of the year is upon us, and it's time again to take a look at what kept us busy last month at Chess.com. Here are the highlights of November 2019. Puzzles Puzzle Battle Direct Challenges are released. See the full...
Happy holidays! Today we are thrilled to release a new member Home page. And because there are so many different ways to spend time on the site, the focus is entirely on customization. The best home page is the one you build you...
On November 16, the Iranian government suspended internet access to its country. Iranian users are some of Chess.com's most active and enthusiastic players; this year, Team Iran won division two in the Live Chess World League ahead of motivate...
Hello again, chess fans! Wow, November is flying by, and we have yet to address October. Sorry for the wait. Let's step back in time and find out what happened at Chess.com last month. Puzzles Capped the Puzzle Battle Streak multip...
Hey, chess fans! Just like that, October is upon us, and it's time to look back on the month that was. September was huge! Let's dive right in... Puzzles Puzzle Rush gets competitive in real time, with the arrival of Puzzle Bat...
Hey, chess friends! Have you ever wondered what could possibly be more fun than comparing Puzzle Rush scores on the leaderboard? Well, today we have an exciting answer, because Puzzle Rush just got competitive in real time: Welcome to ...
Hey, chess friends! Today, we are thrilled to release a new site-wide chat feature. This instant messaging utility makes your conversations portable. You can chat freely and not miss a thing, even as you move around on the website. To beg...
Hey, chess lovers! Just like that, another month is behind us, and what a month it was. If the list below looks a bit scant, it's because so much love and effort was (and is) being directed at some amazing projects that are just now preparing ...
Hey, chess fans! Today we're happy to announce that our new and improved member profile page is available to all members! Along with a visual refresh, the page got some technical improvements, and two new features: member status and flair. ...
Puzzle Rushers, rejoice! For today we added two new modes! You can think of them as time controls for Rush! Puzzle Modes 3 min Don't have time for a 5-minute Rush? No problem! Now you can start working on your high score in the new 3-minut...
With an open qualification process that began in April, the FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship now moves to the final qualification phase as it plays down to the final six players who will qualify for the quarterfinals to be played over-...
