NEW APP: Kingdom Chess

NEW APP: Kingdom Chess

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Hey chess-fans! Over the holidays, we released a brand-new chess app for Google Play and iOS. Check out Kingdom Chess - Play & Learn! You are the leader of a medieval realm suffering hard times at the hands of ruthless invaders! What will yo...

Report Card in Game Review

Report Card in Game Review

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Hi all! We released a new Game Review feature (web-only for now) called Report Card. At the end of your game, Coach will assess you and your opponent in a couple different ways. Grading is assessed against other players at your rating at the tim...

NEW: Play vs Coach

NEW: Play vs Coach

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Hey, chess-lovers! Today we are super excited to introduce the Coach Bots! These five friendly characters are designed to help you learn and improve your game. You can find them in the Play vs Computer section of the site. All through the g...

🏛️ Library - New and Improved

🏛️ Library - New and Improved

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Hello all! Library looks a little different, and we want to know what you think. 👀 We have released a set of updates to Library which we hope make it easier to add games to your collections and open those games in the places you need. Leading ...

New Classification System in Game Review

New Classification System in Game Review

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Hi all! We have released some really cool changes to Move Classifications in Game Review. The general goal is to have our classifications more accurately reflect how humans think and talk about the game. Improved Blunder Classification - It ...

Stockfish 15 NNUE is now powering Game Review

Stockfish 15 NNUE is now powering Game Review

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UPDATE: We have noticed that Game Review is not loading sometimes due to this change. We are rolling it back until we have a fix. Thank you all for your feedback and patience. Hi all, We recently made some technical upgrades that allows ...

New Visualization Feature Added to Game Review

New Visualization Feature Added to Game Review

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Hi all! We recently released a new feature to Game Review on web that we hope you'll like. As you go through a Review and read the Coach's comments, a couple things will be different: We've started saying piece names instead of just "piece". T...

Emoji Palette Now Available

Emoji Palette Now Available

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Hi all!  We released the ability to add emojis to the board a while ago, but had to roll it back due to some buggy behaviors. We now have a new and improved emoji palette released on major pages (Play, Analysis, and Events) that should be m...

New: Recommended Matches!

New: Recommended Matches!

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Gone are the days of wondering who you should challenge next to a daily game, introducing... Recommended Matches! 🎉 When you have finished all of your daily games and may be unsure of who to play next, we will now generate a recommendation for y...

Announcing Major Changes to Streaming on Chess.com

Announcing Major Changes to Streaming on Chess.com

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Have you ever dreamed of becoming a chess streamer like Hikaru, GothamChess, or the Botez sisters? Well, we're making it easier than ever to get started! The all-new Chess.com Community Streamer Program lets you start streaming directly on the wor...

New Home!

New Home!

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Hey All, As you've probably noticed, your homepage has changed a bit! We wanted to make it easier for users, both new and old, to quickly get to our top features, and we noticed that with the old layout, users didn't have quick access to...

How do you feel about Player's League?

How do you feel about Player's League?

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Hey all! It's been many months since we launched leagues. We'd love to get your opinion on it!  Please answer our survey here: https://www.chess.com/survey/how-do-you-feel-about-chess-com-players-league-earn-trophies-to-go-from-wood-to-lege...

Analysis and Game Review Update

Analysis and Game Review Update

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Hey all! Just a quick post to let you know that we are testing a new version of Analysis and Game Review starting today. At this point, there are no new features, but you may notice small improvements throughout the experience (for instance, you...

Play vs Computer Update

Play vs Computer Update

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Hey guys! Just a quick post to let you know that we are testing a new version of Play vs Computer starting today. The code underlying this popular feature has been completely refactored! At this point, there are no new features, but yo...

Calling all iOS users: Help us Test Version 4!

Calling all iOS users: Help us Test Version 4!

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Hey all! Exciting news for those you play and train with the iOS version of Chess - Play & Learn. As Danny mentioned on yesterday's State of Chess.com Show, there's a major new version right around the corner - and if you'd like to help u...

NEW: Classroom!

NEW: Classroom!

Amaleki
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And now, the improved shared analysis you have all been waiting for, Classroom! 🥳 We are so excited to announce the release of Classroom, our new and improved way to share a chessboard with a coach, student, or friend. We built Classroom with ...

New: Insights

New: Insights

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We are excited to announce the release of Insights! 🎉 If you thought there was a lot to learn from analyzing one game, just wait until you see what we've found while analyzing all of your games. 🤯In Insights, found under the Learn section of you...

NEW: Leagues

NEW: Leagues

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Leagues are awesome and fun!  The concept is simple. Just play a game (no need to join leagues or anything. Simply play a game.) to get grouped with 50 other players. Keep playing to earn more trophies than anyone else in your group so you ...

New and Improved Stats

New and Improved Stats

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For all of you Stats lovers out there, here is what we've refreshed and added for your enjoyment. Overview Right off the bat, when you select Stats from your main navigation you will notice a completely new page! This is your Stats Overview...

NEW: ⭐ GAME REVIEW

NEW: ⭐ GAME REVIEW

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Game Review is the reimagination of what was previously known as Game Report and Key Moments. What you will recognize After completing a game and selecting Game Review to analyze your match, there is a lot you'll be familiar with. In the su...

NEW: Tablebases available in Analysis

NEW: Tablebases available in Analysis

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Hey, Team Beta! Tablebases are now available through Chess.com/analysis or at the end of your games when you run a Game Report. Tablebases tell you with absolute certainty which moves win, lose, and draw for any position with seven or fewer p...

NEW: Improve Key Skills with Practice

NEW: Improve Key Skills with Practice

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Hey, Team Beta! Today, we're happy to introduce a new training feature called Practice! You can find it at chess.com/practice - or in the Puzzles section of the navigation, where Drills used to be. What's it do? ...Glad you aske...

NEW: Place Emojis Directly on the ChessBoard

NEW: Place Emojis Directly on the ChessBoard

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Hey, Team Beta! It's now possible to place Annotations, Reactions, and Emojis directly on the chessboard while you are playing, watching, solving or analyzing! Any board on the site will work the same.  (Except for /live)  Update:...

NEW: Try the New Daily Puzzle

NEW: Try the New Daily Puzzle

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Hey, Team Beta! As you may have noticed, we've been testing out the new Daily Puzzle this week - and excited to hear what you think! The Daily Puzzle is one of the oldest and most used features of the site, and now, finally, getting the respect ...