Hey Beta, Today, we just updated how puzzles are served to you for Puzzle Rush. Instead of relying on your connection and sending you once puzzle at a time we are sending a larger set of puzzles at the beginning on your rush and then continui...
Hey Beta testers! We now have a new feature available for you to check out - Group chat. We use the same technology for direct chat but now you can have up to 10 participants. You also get the same cool features like Browse through pages ...
This is kind of a big deal! Today, we are so happy to let Team Beta have first crack at a brand new member Home page that is completely new and extremely customizable!... Don't play Daily Chess or read Notes from other members...
Now you can throw down vs your friends on demand. NOTE: You can only challenge members of beta currently. If you send a challenge to someone, not in beta they will not get the challenge. You can challenge up to 10 frien...
For those of you with DGT boards, you can now scrap the mouse in favor of playing from a real board for your online chess action. Here is how to do it: 1.) Toggle the setting in live chess: 2.) Connect the DGT board to U...
Hello Team BETA! We are super excited to announce that a few days ago, on 9/30/19 we released a new Android version to BETA. It took one year, thousands of tickets, crazy dev and product effort to have this app see the light of day. A...
Puzzle Rush doesn't have to be a solo operation anymore! Cue Puzzle Battles, where you pit your rush skills vs other members of similar ability in a challenge to see who can solve more puzzles in 3 minutes. (More time controls to come.) ...
It's a great day to be in the Beta Club, for today we are pre-releasing a brand new version of our beloved Tactics Trainer, which will henceforth be known simply as Puzzles! This vital training tool is everything it used to be (because who doesn't...
Greetings, Team Beta! If you are here to improve your chess game, we have big news! We are so pleased to finally be able to raise the curtain on an entirely new Analysis product, one that will transform your post-game experience into an eye-open...
Today we are thrilled to release a brand new Lessons feature to Team Beta, before bringing it to the world at large, hopefully very soon! Please note: This is NOT just a bunch of new content for our current OLD lessons product (a.k.a. Chess Mentor...
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED! We learned already from it and will come back with new ideas! (Those who have signed up will be refunded.) Chess.com is testing out an idea - paid entry tournaments. Lots of people have asked about this, so we're d...
Hello Chess.com BETA Club! Today Chess.com is BETA releasing one of the most exciting things we've launched in a long time: Puzzle Rush! (You can also find it in Nav under "Learn".) Solve as many puzzles as you can in 5 minutes! Each puzzle gets...
Today we're very happy to introduce Team Beta to a long-awaited refurb of Chess.com's site navigation! In short... It's more powerful - allowing you to do stuff like challenge your friends via the navigation itself, without having to "go" an...
Hi Team Beta! We've got something pretty exciting for you to try out (and weigh in on!) starting today. Based on a lot of feedback, we are fully aware that people find it demoralizing to gain so little and lose so much, based upon gettin...
Hey Chess.com Beta Team! We always appreciate the bug reports and suggestions you send to us. Thank you! Today, we want to extend that gratitude in the form of Free Premium Membership time - and cash rewards! From now on, when you report a bug...
Hello Chess.com! We are always looking for interesting ways to make chess more fun. (For example - Bughouse and 4 Player Chess.) This weekend I'd love for you to get a sneak peak at an upcoming feature we are going to launch called "Solo Chess"....
Chess.com Beta Chess.com Beta Club is a community of helpful members who want early access to features and bug fixes to help test and provide feedback! Beta Club's Goal: We want to be an early warning system that will catch bu...
If you want to get access to the Chess.com Beta, you need to sign up for it in your settings. Go here: https://www.chess.com/settings/beta And simply click to join! If you do not join, you may eventually be removed from this club.&nbs...
Chess is 99% tactics. ~ Richard Teichmann Chess is life. ~ Bobby Fischer Life is like a box of chocolates... You never know what you're gonna get. ~ Forrest Gump Coming today to a BETA site near you: a significant change to how we choose whi...
