KDlearns' first introduction to chess was the same as it was for many other people: he was mercilessly destroyed by his older family members and didn't play for years after that. His reintroduction to chess follows another familiar pattern: he sta...
GM Avetik Grigoryan is an Armenian chess coach and content creator with an extensive range of experiences to draw from. Having coached individual students as well as national teams, his focus goes substantially beyond simply improving the Elo rati...
WCM Alexandra Prado, also known as AlexandraChess, is the mind behind some of the internet's most-viewed chess content, with hundreds of thousands of followers across different platforms. How did a young chess champion from Bolivia become one of t...
Diego Villanueva is an expert chess player and coach who specializes in working with adult improvers. His lessons have helped over 100 students reach their chess goals (including students participating in international tournaments), and his passio...
WGM Adriana Nikolova became a WFM in 2007, WIM in 2008, and WGM in 2011. That same year, she became the women's champion of Bulgaria in standard, rapid, and blitz time controls. She is also a chess streamer. In addition to her accolades as an ad...
WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili is a professional chess player, streamer, and commentator born in Georgia. She is heavily involved in nearly all aspects of the chess world, and most recently moderated the 2023 FIDE World Championship. We had the chance ...
May's Coach of the Month is WGM Jennifer Perez Rodriguez, a titled chess player and coach representing Paraguay. She has won numerous honors as a competitive over-the-board player, and is also known for sharing her love of chess on her Twitch chan...
This month's featured chess content creator needs almost no introduction. He's the most-followed chess account on YouTube and is the recipient of multiple awards including Best Chess Streamer at the 2022 Streamer Awards and Best Content Creator fo...
Kevin Bordi, also known as BlitzStream, is France's most-watched chess streamer. As one of the earliest adopters of playing chess on Twitch, he has over a decade of experience creating chess content and has witnessed monumental shifts in the popul...
April's Coach of the Month is Markus Hansson, an experienced player and coach who's known for providing high-quality lessons and sharing his knowledge on the official Chess.com Discord server. Find out more about Markus, study some fascinating gam...
March's Coach of the Month is GM Sergey Grigoriants! A chess grandmaster since 2003, Grigoriants has decades of experience as both a competitive player and a highly effective coach. Keep reading for some of his best tips, puzzles, grandmaster game...
If you use a social media platform to follow chess content, there’s a chance you’ve seen a name come up on your screen: thechessnerd. With deep dives into chess history, instructive short clips, and action-packed games, this 21-year-ol...
Isaac Snow is a USCF Candidate Master on his way to an NM title, a three-time Alabama High School Chess Champion, and a three-time participant in the Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions. He's also a prolific chess blogger&nbs...
SimplyDevina is a titled chess player (woman FIDE master), coach, and streamer with a following of almost 10k fans on her Twitch channel. Known for instructive and entertaining chess streams with a laid-back atmosphere, Devina has also recently tr...
IM Dagne Ciuksyte is a Lithuanian-born chess player and coach who now represents England on an international level. She has competed in some of the biggest chess tournaments in the world, including the Women's Chess Olympiad and Women's World Cham...
GM Jeffery Xiong is an American chess grandmaster. At 22 years old, his well-rounded playing style has garnered praise from legends of the game like GMs Garry Kasparov and Yasser Seirawan and has seen him play (and win) against some of the bi...
GM Krisztian Szabo is a Hungarian grandmaster with a history of competing at some of the highest levels in chess. He's also a respected coach who offers lessons on Chess.com for players of all backgrounds and skill levels, with a track record of i...
FM James Canty III is a titled chess player, streamer, coach, and commentator. Known as one of the world's most entertaining chess content creators, he has over 33.5K followers on his Twitch channel. He's also a popular figure on Chess.com broadca...
WIM Mila Zarkovic, a competitive chess professional with considerable international tournament experience, has represented the Serbian senior national team on multiple occasions. She is also a popular and well-respected chess coach with a ...
JulesGambit is a rising star in the chess streaming community who is currently based in California. With a background as a junior chess champion, she returned to chess as an adult and started sharing her passion for the game on Twitch earlier this...
GM Rashad Babaev is a grandmaster from Azerbaijan who works as a full-time chess coach offering online and in-person instruction. In addition to winning multiple international tournaments, he has devoted most of his career as a grandmaster to deve...
WGM Petra Papp is a skilled coach and experienced chess player who offers online instruction for students of all levels. With a FIDE rating of 2336, she's able to offer high-level insights and tactical advice to elevate her students' games to the ...
WFM Maria Emelianova, also known as PhotoChess, has been a fixture in the modern chess scene for years now. In addition to being a chess player, commentator, and photojournalist, her Twitch channel is also one of the most popular chess streams on ...
This edition of Club of the Month celebrates one of the most unique clubs on Chess.com: 4 Player Chess. Devoted to one of the most interesting chess variants, the 4 Player Chess club has an active community of around 25,000 members who love the fo...
Andrey Malkhasyan is an expert player and chess coach. Born in Armenia but currently based in the USA, he is actively working towards his national master title. He has been a coach at the American Chess Academy since 2017, teaching the game to man...