NEW FEATURE: Game Collections in Analysis

NEW FEATURE: Game Collections in Analysis

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You can now manage your game collections directly in Analysis! This update brings all the best parts of the Library into one seamless place—making it easier than ever to organize, study, and share your favorite games. We intend to unify ho...

Chess.com Email Notifications Survey

Chess.com Email Notifications Survey

Wind
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We currently send emails to remind members of upcoming events for clubs that they are a part of. These can be enabled or disabled via club settings, but that will also enable/disable all other settings related to such activities. Some members ha...

Chess.com Vacation Time Survey

Chess.com Vacation Time Survey

Wind
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Vacation time offers daily chess players an alternative to pause their games at times of need, being it due to vacation itself, important personal matters, taking a "digital detox", or any other situation where one could use an extended break from...

UPDATE: NEW Navbar

UPDATE: NEW Navbar

PedroPinhata
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Hey, Beta community! We're excited to announce that our redesigned navigation bar is now rolling out to all Beta users. Here's what's new: Consistent Width & Updated Organization The navbar now maintains a fixed width of 170px, regardless...

NEW: Choose Your Coach Adds Six Chess Stars

NEW: Choose Your Coach Adds Six Chess Stars

NM SamCopeland
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Hi Beta Club! In February, we added an option for you to Choose Your Coach, selecting from four different coaches on site. Today, we are excited to bring six new chess stars to Choose Your Coach for the Beta testing community: Hikaru Nakamura ...

UPDATE: Extra Login Security 💪🔐

UPDATE: Extra Login Security 💪🔐

BabYagun
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Hey there Beta Club members! We’re rolling out a new authentication feature to protect your account from suspicious login attempts: Extra Security.  Extra Security will email you a one-time verification code (6-digit) whenever there...

User Explorer: Rebuild Now in Beta

User Explorer: Rebuild Now in Beta

jdcannon
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We’ve just rolled out the new User Explorer on Explorer Service to beta! Same interface, but powered by all-new tech under the hood. You can try it now at:👉 https://www.chess.com/analysis — just click the "Explore" tab. 🔧 This v...

UPDATE: Profile Text Editor

UPDATE: Profile Text Editor

BabYagun
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Hello, Beta Community! We’re rolling out an updated text editor in the About Me section of User Profiles, now with enhanced security features. This update will improve security for all users and make it safe to now embed content from pla...

🚨 New Club Event Notifications Are Live! 🚨

🚨 New Club Event Notifications Are Live! 🚨

jdcannon
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Hey there, Club Power Users! We’ve just rolled out a fresh batch of on-site toast notifications to make managing live club events smoother and way more hands-off. Our goal? Help you run events with less wrangling and more playing. Here&r...

Discord Channel For Beta Members!

Discord Channel For Beta Members!

AnittaDrink
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Hello, Beta members! We're happy to announce our official Discord server now has a Beta Club channel for real-time discussions! There you'll be able to talk about new features, bugs, give suggestions and discuss your overall experience on the webs...

UPDATE: Improved Live Chat Settings

UPDATE: Improved Live Chat Settings

PedroPinhata
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Hello, Beta community! We're happy to share a new improvement to our chat functionality for live games. You can now adjust your chat privacy settings to limit who can message you during live games. When playing a game, you'll see three dots at...

NEW: Play And Learn With Coach

NEW: Play And Learn With Coach

gabejacobs
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Hello Beta members! We're very excited to announce brand a new feature on Chess.com: Play Coach! Coach has been a big part of Game Review and other parts of Chess.com for awhile, but now we are excited to announce a major new feature starring Co...

UPDATE: Explore Variations In Game Review

UPDATE: Explore Variations In Game Review

PedroPinhata
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Hello, Beta community! We're happy to share an update to the web version of Game Review. You can now try out different lines and variations without leaving the Game Review tab. In the past, playing a new variation on the board while going throug...

NEW: Choose Your Coach and Coach Settings

NEW: Choose Your Coach and Coach Settings

gabejacobs
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Hello Beta Testers! Coach now has a dedicated settings page! We're getting ready to launch some exciting features involving Coach on Chess.com. To support these features, today we're launching some convenience features to help you use Coach...

UPDATE: Settings Page

UPDATE: Settings Page

PedroPinhata
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Hello there, Beta community! We're happy to announce that we're updating our Settings page. We've redesigned the page to give it a more modern look and make things easier to find. New Categories And Sub-Categories First, you'll notice that...

NEW: Try The 'Best Move Challenge'

NEW: Try The 'Best Move Challenge'

NM SamCopeland
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Hey Chess.com Beta Club! Today we've launched a pilot project exclusively available to you called the "Best Move Challenge". You can find it at chess.com/best-move-challenge. Here's how to play: Take in the Position: You have 20 seconds to a...

SURVEY: How do you feel about your Puzzle Rating?

SURVEY: How do you feel about your Puzzle Rating?

DeepGreene
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Greetings, Team Beta! Today we are hoping to get your thoughts on Puzzle Ratings - specifically, how much you focus on your Puzzle rating, and how you think that rating relates (or should relate) to your rating as a player. >> Take the S...

UPDATE: New Diagram Editor

UPDATE: New Diagram Editor

NM SamCopeland
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Hello Chess.com Beta Community, we want to let you know of a new update to our diagram editor. Our editor is used anytime you post a chess diagram, whether in a blog, comment, forum post, or other place on site. The new diagram editor will show ...

NEW: Chess.com Courses

NEW: Chess.com Courses

deep
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Hello Beta community! We’re very pleased to announce Courses! Courses bring the power of Chessable to Chess.com. More in-depth and powerful than Lessons, Courses combine training software with video and text explanations to help you improv...

Level Up your Puzzle practice with Coach!

Level Up your Puzzle practice with Coach!

DeepGreene
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Greetings, Team Beta! Exciting news for Puzzle lovers today as we unveil not one but TWO huge additions to the rated Puzzles experience on web:  1. Earn points for your correct solutions and level up to gain new ways to score while compet...

NEW: Coach Audio in Game Review

NEW: Coach Audio in Game Review

gabejacobs
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Hello Beta Testers!We're thrilled to announce a new feature in Game Review — your coach will now speak out loud! Just turn up your volume, start a Game Review, and listen to Coach's feedback for each move. This lets you focus on the board wi...

[RELEASED] New Custom Clubs Sidebar

[RELEASED] New Custom Clubs Sidebar

NM SamCopeland
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[Update: This feature is now live for all members. Thank you for the feedback which helped identify some critical fixes!] Hello Beta members and club admins! Today we are testing a new feature that we hope will be useful to those who manage club...

New Analysis Tools

New Analysis Tools

ostanley
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Hey Everyone! As we work to make chess.com/analysis the home for all of your analysis needs, we have introduced a couple of new tools to help you analyze games. New tools means even more options! To make sure they are easy to manage but ...

Game Review Gets a Brand New Design

Game Review Gets a Brand New Design

drittman13
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Game Review has been redesigned, making it easier to use and more fun than ever.  The first thing you will see in Game Review are the Highlights of your game. Coach will summarize your game for you and show the evaluation graph tracking how...