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🏆 Mastering Chess.com Achievements: A Comprehensive Guide
Exploring the diverse achievements on Chess.com and how to unlock them

🏆 Mastering Chess.com Achievements: A Comprehensive Guide

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Chess.com offers a plethora of achievements that cater to players of all levels, from beginners to seasoned grandmasters. These achievements serve as milestones, celebrating your progress and encouraging further engagement with the platform. Whether you're aiming to enhance your skills, participate in community activities, or explore various game modes, there's an achievement waiting for you.

🎮 Game Mode Achievements

1. Blitz, Bullet, and Rapid Games

  • First Live!: Play your first live game.

  • Blitz 1–10, 25, 100, 1000, 10000: Play a specific number of blitz games.

  • Bullet 1–10, 25, 100, 1000, 10000: Play a specific number of bullet games.

  • Rapid 1–10, 25, 100, 1000, 10000: Play a specific number of rapid games.

  • Daily 1–10, 25, 100, 1000, 10000: Play a specific number of daily games.

How to Earn: Engage regularly in your preferred time control to unlock these achievements. Each milestone requires you to play a set number of games in that category.

2. Puzzle Rush

  • 1st Rush: Play your first Puzzle Rush.

  • Rush 10, 100, 1000: Play 10, 100, and 1000 Puzzle Rush sessions, respectively.

  • Speed Solver 10+, 20+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+: Achieve scores of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 or more in Puzzle Rush.

  • Rush Streak 5, 10, 20: Solve 5, 10, and 20 puzzles in a row in Puzzle Rush.

How to Earn: Participate in Puzzle Rush sessions and aim for high scores and streaks. Consistency and focus are key to unlocking these achievements.

3. Tactics Puzzles

  • Puzzle Newbie: Solve your first tactics puzzle correctly.

  • Puzzle Beginner: Solve 10 tactics puzzles correctly.

  • Puzzle Ace: Solve 100 tactics puzzles correctly.

  • Puzzle Veteran: Solve 1,000 tactics puzzles correctly.

  • Puzzle Addict: Solve 10,000 tactics puzzles correctly.

  • Puzzle Machine: Solve 100 puzzles correctly in 24 hours.

  • Full Day: Solve puzzles for 24 hours or more.

  • Good Habit: Solve puzzles for 7 days in a row.

  • Hot Streak: Solve 10 puzzles correctly in a row.

How to Earn: Regularly solve tactics puzzles without using hints. Building a daily routine can help you achieve these milestones.

🧠 Learning and Drills Achievements

  • Train Your Brain: Complete your first drill.

  • Brains of Steel: Complete 10 drills.

  • Silicon Brain: Complete all drills.

How to Earn: Engage with the drill exercises provided on Chess.com to improve specific areas of your game. Completing all drills unlocks the "Silicon Brain" achievement.

🏆 Tournament and Event Achievements

  • Contender: Join a tournament.

  • Competitor: Join 10 tournaments.

  • Challenger: Join 100 tournaments.

  • Winner’s Circle: Win a tournament.

  • Marathoner: Play a game with more than 100 moves.

  • Quick Knockout: Checkmate in less than 10 moves.

  • Nick of Time: Win with less than a second left.

  • Full House: Win without losing any pieces.

How to Earn: Participate in and perform well in tournaments. Achieving quick victories and playing long games can also unlock specific achievements.

🌐 Community and Social Achievements

  • Self Portrait: Change your profile picture from the default.

  • 1st Word: Comment or send a message.

  • First!: Comment on the daily puzzle.

  • Chess.com Supporter: Upgrade to a premium membership.

  • Gift Wrap: Give someone a membership.

  • VIP Referrer: A friend you referred just upgraded.

  • Finger Paint: Customize your theme.

  • 3D Glasses: Change your chess pieces to 3D.

  • Buddy System: Have 10 friends.

  • Social Butterfly: Have 100 friends.

  • Pen Pal: Have friends in at least 10 different countries.

  • Bring a Friend: Invite a friend.

  • People Person: Invite 10 friends.

  • Club Member: Join a club.

  • Pack Leader: The club you joined has 10 members.

  • Ballot Box: Play in a vote chess game.

  • Organizer: Make a tournament.

  • Director: Make 10 tournaments.

  • Front Page: Read an article.

  • Reading Glasses: Read 10 articles.

  • Library Card: Read 100 articles.

  • 1st Lesson: Complete a lesson.

  • “New” Complete: Do all of the “new” lessons.

  • “Beginner” Complete: Do all of the “Beginner” lessons.

  • “Intermediate” Complete: Do all of the “Intermediate” lessons.

  • “Advanced” Complete: Do all of the “Advanced” lessons.

  • Say Hello: Send a message.

  • Participant: Have 100 points.

  • Megaphone: Have 1,000 points.

  • Chatterbox: Have the most points in all of the members.

  • Conversation Starter: Post a blog.

  • Printing Press: Post 10 blogs.

  • Good Read: 100 people read your blog.

How to Earn: Engage actively with the community by participating in clubs, tournaments, and social interactions. Creating and sharing content, such as blogs and articles, also contributes to unlocking these achievements.

📱 Mobile and Sharing Achievements

  • Go Mobile (Android): Play Chess.com with an Android device.

  • Go Mobile (iOS): Play Chess.com with an iOS device.

  • Tweet!: Share a game on Twitter.

  • Like!: Share a game on Facebook.

  • Friend Me: Connect your Facebook account.

How to Earn: Access Chess.com through mobile devices and share your games on social media platforms to unlock these achievements.

Conclusion

Earning achievements on Chess.com is a rewarding way to track your progress and stay motivated. By exploring different aspects of the platform—such as various game modes, puzzles, lessons, and community interactions—you can unlock a wide range of achievements. Remember, each achievement reflects a step forward in your chess journey, so embrace the challenges and enjoy the process!