April may have been the cruelest month as far as T.S. Eliot was concerned, but in the chess world it's shaping up to be pretty great. Find out what happened in March and get some sneak previews and insights into April's highlights! Hint: we're goi...
Chess Played Quick (CPQ) is Chess.com's monthly series of events where top chess streamers complete bounties for prizes. The Chess Played Quick - Doubles (Bughouse) Edition happens on March 30 at 9 a.m. PT/18:00 CET. Streamers will pair up and s...
The Pro Chess League Arena Royale is a special 2023 Pro Chess League event. In this event, every player from all 16 PCL teams can participate in a multi-team blitz arena for two hours to score as many points as possible. The event happens on March...
March is here! Read on for event coverage and recaps, product improvements designed to make your life easier, and lots of exciting community updates and ways for you to win prizes, learn from titled players, and connect with other chess lovers. ...
Chess Played Quick (CPQ) is Chess.com's series of events where top chess streamers complete bounties for prizes. This special edition is celebrating our new Luka Dončić bot, check out our announcement for more information: https://www.chess.com/ne...
A belated happy new year, everyone. We hope that your resolutions, chess-based or otherwise, are well underway. Here's our first monthly update of the year, featuring new improvements, event coverage, exciting previews, and a truly diabolical kitt...
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Bullet Brawl is Chess.com's two-hour arena with a 1+0 time control where titled players compete for a piece of the $1,000 prize fund. Events take place every Saturday at 12 p.m. ET/18:00 CEST. Format Schedule Prize Fund Players Resul...
Chess Played Quick is Chess.com's series of events where top chess streamers do speedruns and complete bounties for prizes. The 2023 Chess Played Quick: Puzzles Edition happens on January 9 at 9 a.m. PT/18:00 CET—kicking off puzzle week! T...
The 2023 Puzzles World Championship is a competition for the best chess puzzle experts in the world. The event is part of the 2023 Puzzle Week celebration and happens on January 12 and 13, starting at 9 a.m. PT/18:00 CET. Players rush and battle f...
Reporting on July 1, 2025. In compliance with the REGULATION (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act), we are...
This article is a resource for Chess.com affiliates and contains answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about the Chess.com Affiliate Program, as well as tips on maximizing your benefits as an affiliate. Want to find out more about...
In this article, you can find the official rules for all Chess.com events with prize money. Use the table of contents below to jump to a specific event. All prize money events are also subject to the Chess.com Competitive Events Policy and the Fai...
Arena Kings is a weekly event where streamers play in blitz arenas for their share of 400 Twitch subs. Arenas run every Wednesday starting at 9:00 a.m. PT/18:00 CEST. In this article, you will find the results for all the arenas that happened in 2...
Chess.com has come quite a long way in our more than 15 years of existence, and nothing proves it more than you—the members. As of today, we number more than 100 million! From our early days until now, it has been quite a journey. Chess.co...
Chess Played Quick is Chess.com's monthly event where chess streamers do live speed runs using Chess.com's features. This December, we're bringing you a special edition featuring multiple of our features. The Chess Played Quick: 2022 Holiday Spe...
We're approaching the end of the year, but there's still a lot left to be excited about. Check out this month's update for tech improvements, speed chess action, and major announcements coming up. Here's what this monthly update covers: ...
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The Holiday Season is upon us, and we're all looking for the best way to show our loved ones how much they mean to us. If that special someone in your life likes to play chess, then we're about to make your job much easier! Here's a list of the be...
The 2022 Speed Chess Championship is back for another year beginning November 23! GM Magnus Carlsen joins the fray to try and end GM Hikaru Nakamura's four-year run of tournament victories. Other hopefuls like GM Wesley So or GM Ian Nepomniachtchi...
It's been a month filled with thrilling championship action. Check out the latest news and updates from Chess.com and learn all about exciting new features, events, and Twitter memes that we're particularly proud of. There are also some great op...
The day is finally here when we will discontinue our play server at Chess.com/live for good. After November 14, our Live page is going offline and will be fully replaced by Chess.com/play. Although we're sure many of our members have sweet memorie...
The Chess.com Global Championship, the biggest Chess.com event of the year, is about to reach its thrilling conclusion on November 2-7. Eight players still have their chance at becoming a global champion. Already $500,000 has been won by o...
Even if you’re not playing in the 2022 Fischer Random World Championship finals, you can still have a chance to win prizes! The beauty of Fischer Random is in the name: the starting position is essentially random (with a few rules and para...
