Do you find that you sometimes miss opportunities to punish your opponent when leading in development? This week we are proud to release our new Mastery course, Using Time In Chess by GM Simon Williams. GM Williams shows you ho...
This month we released Games That Changed Chess History by IM Anna Rudolf. Rudolf is always a dedicated and vibrant presenter, and in this series, she breaks down ten important games which impacted the course of chess. It's a great introducti...
Did you know that Chess.com's interface is available in 54 different languages? Currently most common (and many uncommon) left-to-right languages¹ are supported in Chess.com, but more than 85% of users use Chess.com's interface in English&sup...
Every day, thousands of chess lovers from all over the world use Chess.com to connect - playing, learning and sharing our favourite game. The chessboard has incredible power to erase differences of language, culture, and age; that's a huge part of...
Tactics are short term opportunities to gain material, checkmate the enemy king, or force a draw in an otherwise lost game. Most chess games are decided based on tactics, so it is vital to recognize common tactical patterns in your...
Chess.com is thrilled to announce the release of our "Mastery" series of chess lessons. On New Year's Day 2019, we released an update to Chess.com/lessons, providing over 130 videos with interactive challenge questions to help players advance fr...
In the early 1800s, competitive chess was a time commitment, with games lasting 8-10 hours. Players would often try to stall and exhaust each other. One infamous match between Howard Staunton and Pierre St. Amant in 1843 reportedly ...
Puzzle Rush has quickly become one of our most beloved features on Chess.com! Users have become deeply invested in their best scores and the best scores of their heroes. Strong and dedicated players have even made an effort to memorize our puzzle ...
The Chess.com community represents all ages, nations, language groups, and perspectives. Every day, creators make amazing content on our platform. We are thrilled to see concepts and content brought to life by the community! We want to make...
Want a quick way to share your favorite chess games with friends online? Why not try a chess GIF? Making GIFs of your favorite chess games is now easy with Chess.com's GIF Maker! Here's how to use it: 1. Copy a PGN from your favorite chess w...
Chess.com has partnered with Twitch to bring chess fans around the world more options to watch their favorite players. To grow the chess streaming ecosystem, Chess.com and Twitch are offering a number of benefits to chess players of all skill...
While the traditional two-player chess that we know and love today has become the most popular way to play, there have been hundreds of variations of chess created by imaginative fans of the game. One of the earliest and most notable variants of...
Chess.com has invested heavily in providing powerful, innovative and all-around robust teaching tools for chess coaches and trainers of all levels and experience. This article is meant to serve as a guide to our tutorials and most commonly used to...
My mother used to tell me that being embarrassed is just realizing that other people like you more in that moment than you like yourself. Yep. She was nuts Her crazy ideas aside we can all admit it's nice to be loved and appreciated ...
Chess.com is a global team of passionate chess fans and developers. You can meet us here and read about our company here. We're always looking for great people to join the team. All of our jobs are 100% remote. We have a healthy work environment f...
Chess.com has always offered a great platform to recruit new students and provide online (live) lessons, but are you - as a titled player or professional chess coach - fully aware of all the tools and opportunities available to you?...
If getting people to pay you for advice was as simple as asking, everyone would be doing it! The same goes for chess coaches looking to develop their professional career. While Chess.com does provide the tools you need for teaching, we ...
How do I get listed at Chess.com/Blogs? "Top Blogger" status can only be awarded by Chess.com staff. Bloggers making regular, positive contributions to the Chess.com community are given this stamp of approval and will see their work promoted to ...
How do I start streaming on Chess.com? First, sign up for a username and channel url at twitch.tv (your channel will be twitch.tv/yournamehere with whatever name you choose). UPDATE: Chess and Twitch have partnered to help streamers! ...
Cheating in chess is a serious issue. The issue is magnified online, where there is no arbiter to physically observe play. Chess.com takes fair play and cheat-detection very seriously, and we have since our founding. What we do? ...
How do I become a coach on Chess.com? First, coaches must have a verified account/identity with Chess.com. There's 3 ways to do this: Send in a copy of your picture identification (driver's license and/or passports preferred) to Chess.c...
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How do I become an Affiliate for Chess.com? Affiliates must be approved by Chess.com's Vice President of Marketing and Operations, Brenan Klain. Affiliates must complete the application below, including the reasons they'd like to w...
If you are reading this, then you are using a web browser. It's your portal to the web. Your surf board for surfing the net. Your car for driving the internet highway. Your... you get the point. It's what makes the internet work. But does which ...
Target Skill Range: Intermediate (Rated 1400-1799) Put your skills into practice, and use everything you've learned to win chess games! Tasks: Play in 20 chess tournaments (100 rated games). Learn to analyze your own games. Publish you...