2023 recap
2023. What an amazing year for chess.com. As 2023 s chess clock ticks and gets shorter against 2024 s lets take a moment and recap what happened.
2023 world chess championship
We had a crazy world chess championship and in the finals we had no mangus, no hikaru, no fabiano, no noderbiek, it was Ding Liren vs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding liren won 9 1/2 to 8 1/2.
Top Tournament performance
The top tournament performance goes to none other than hans niemann. No comment. 
Chess bots
Chess.com bots are designed to play like human opponents( wellsome of them), simulating various playing styles and skill levels. They provide a challenging and competitive experience for Chess.com users who want to practice or play against computer opponents.
Chess.com bots are available at different difficulty levels, ranging from beginner to expert. They allow players to test their skills, learn new strategies, or simply enjoy a game of chess at their desired level. Bots provide a convenient way for players to play chess anytime, as they are available 24/7 and do not require finding a human opponent.
Chess.com bots are generally sophisticated and can handle different time controls, openings, and game phases. Some bots may also incorporate artificial intelligence techniques to improve their playing strength. Overall, Chess.com bots enhance the playing experience for users, offering a diverse range of opponents to practice and compete against. Some of the most popular bots were, martin and mittens. Martin a 250 elo bot. Martin learned chess so that he could play with his young kids. He still wins against them most of the time. See how you stack up. Mittens, a bot that came out in January and was supposedly a 1 elo bot but it wasn't that accurate. Mittens likes chess…but how good is she? Mittens would be challenged over 3.5 billion times this year.
Wait a second. This isn't a bot. oh wait it is.
Chess youtubers.
During mid 2023 we saw chess youtubers like @Gothamcheckers or I mean Gotham chess. Gotham Chess is the online pseudonym of Levy Rozman, an International Master (IM) in chess. He gained popularity on platforms like YouTube and Twitch for his engaging chess content and educational videos. Levy Rozman is known for his entertaining and insightful analysis of chess games, as well as his instructional videos where he shares his expertise and knowledge with viewers. He often streams his gameplay, provides commentary on professional chess tournaments, and interacts with his audience to promote chess education and enjoyment. His content has helped to bring chess to a wider audience and has inspired many people to learn and improve their chess skills.
Another youtuber/streamer Hikaru Nakamura, known professionally as Hikaru, is an American chess grandmaster. He is considered one of the strongest and most accomplished chess players in the world. Hikaru has achieved numerous notable successes in his career, including becoming the youngest American to earn the title of grandmaster at the age of 15.
Hikaru gained significant popularity and recognition in the online chess community through platforms like Twitch and YouTube. He regularly streams his gameplay, analyses of chess games, and participates in online tournaments. Hikaru's dynamic and aggressive style of play, combined with his engaging and entertaining streaming persona, has attracted a large following and helped to popularize chess among a wider audience. He is known for his exceptional skills in blitz and bullet chess formats and has even defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in online chess matches.These people got views spikes during mid 2023. I recommend checking them out.
Chess collaborations
Chess.com would collaborate with other apps like clash of clans and duolingo- wait stop, I did my korean lesson stoppppp!
I think I got to get out of here.
Anyway at least we got a new game mode spell chess for the collaboration with clash of clans and what did duolingo give us. Flaris? "I said do your korean lesson, if you don't, Go check your family's house." Okay okay, I'm sorry, jeez what a creep. "HEY! DO YOUR KOREAN LESSON NOW!" Okay okay I will stop please. How did I make that out alive? That bird is dangerous.
Chess traffic
Chess.com players would play 12.5 BILLION games in 2023 and their busiest day would be February 17 2023 with 69 million games in one day. Thats alot of chess and some good servers.
Most games played
The most games played by one person if you can even believe that is @bleuletalonoir with 177,000 games played. Which is insane because he started in 2021. 2 years ago! That like 300 games a day.
Chessable turns 10 years old
Chessable a website basically helping people study with courses is 10 years old as of 2023. They also have some more badges and stuff idk I don't use chessable but if you do and you want to check these out then click here,
Chess.com most popular events
Chess.com had a lot of events but here were the most popular events.:
Place Event highest viewership
1 FIDE World Championship ( April 2023) 572.000
2 FIDE world cup (JULY and AUGUST 2023) 350,000
3 Pogchamps 5 (July and august 2023) 180,000
The FIDE World Chess Championship is a biennial chess tournament organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). It determines the official World Chess Champion, who is considered the strongest chess player globally. The championship has been held since 1886, with different formats and rules over the years.
The FIDE World Cup is a prestigious international chess tournament organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). It is held every two years and features a knockout format with 128 players competing against each other in a series of matches. The winner of the World Cup earns the right to participate in the Candidates Tournament, which is a qualifying event for the FIDE World Chess Championship. The World Cup attracts strong players from around the world, including previous world champions and top-ranked grandmasters. The tournament has been held since 1988 and has gained significant recognition and importance in the chess community. Magnus Carlsen won against Praggnanandhaa. A 18 year old prodigy from india.
PogChamps is an online chess tournament that gained popularity on the streaming platform Twitch. It is organized and hosted by Chess.com and features popular Twitch streamers and content creators competing against each other in chess matches. The tournament aims to bring chess to a wider audience and create entertaining and engaging content for viewers. PogChamps has multiple editions and variations, such as PogChamps, PogChamps 2, PogChamps 3, pogchamps 4, and pogchamps 5 each with different participants and formats. The tournament has been praised for its ability to introduce and promote chess to new and diverse audiences through the streaming community. CDawgVA would end up winning 3-1 against @Frank. Frank would go viral with his short funny videos about his chess fails and use the same words over and over again like "Cheeky". But he would have some collaboration with @Gothamchess and would reach 1000 elo but has now taken a break from playing chess and has not been online in almost a month.
Conclusion
I hope everyone had a good year and got to spend quality time with their friends and family. I hope that 2024 will be a great year for you. I will be taking a break from blogging and probably not coming back until like march. Just a heads up.
