To celebrate Joey Votto's new bot, there will be an arena tournament in the Chess.com Community Club on November 6 at 3:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. PT. If you are located in the United States, join the club and play at least 10 games in the tournament f...
Hey everyone! We’re super excited to share that our club has hit a huge milestone—50,000 members! Can you believe it? Just a year ago, we were cheering for our first 10K, and now we’re five times bigger!
Our goal is to make thi...
It's about to get wild in here! Hawks and elephants are invading the chessboard for the next installment of the Chess.com Community Championship. The Chess.com Seirawan Chess Championship happens on November 7 and 8 and features a $2,000 prize fun...
This Thursday, October 31 we will have a 2-hour Banter Blitz session with IM Kassa Korley at 3pm ET / 20:00 CEST
Such an amazing way to begin your Halloween day to play vs our beloved Kassa! (:
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We hope you're having fun games with the Scotch Game (:With one last event in this setting next Monday, again comes the time for us all to pick the next opening to be featured in November for the Rapid Opening Roulette.
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We’re hosting a special Ask Me Anything (AMA) session with the amazing Candidate Master, FIDE Instructor and Award winning Chessable author CM Can Kabadayi!
Two fortunate participants who join in will win 1 month of Diamond Membership 💎
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GM Garry Kasparov has teamed up with Chessable to update a timeless classic. In addition to written context, chess players can now enjoy My Great Predecessors Part 4 in video, presented by the legendary Kasparov himself, along with brand new analy...
It's the spookiest month of the year, and with it comes the scariest event of the Chess.com Community Championships. Mark your calendars, for the Chess.com Fog of War Chess Championship is coming! The event happens on October 17 and 18 and will tr...
Imagine you're in charge of chess and for some otherworldly reason best kept secret, it is demanded that you immediately implement a polemic, game changing rule.
What arguments would you use to justify the change before the whole chess world? Hi...
This contest has been cancelled: Unfortunately, due to schedule issues, teams had to switch pairings after the tournament started. Out of fairness for those who participated and would have their predicitons made null through no fault of their own,...
Opening Roulette will feature The Scotch
Thank you so much for participating in our polls on our site, Twitter, and Discord to vote for this month's opening! By the way, let us know in the comments if you have any sugge...
We've recently crossed 100K Discord members!
Thank you so much to all our Chess.com Discord community members for all the fun times and for being a part of such a big milestone! 🥳
Applications are open until October 14. Eligibility:
Aged 9 or above
Legally able to reside in the UK, and if over 16, legally able to work in the UK
To apply, reach out at chessmasters@curvemedia.com
Curve Media's privac...
Author Sally Rooney's new book Intermezzo has hit the shelves like a storm. The story follows two Irish brothers, 32-year-old Peter Koubek, a Dublin lawyer, and 22-year-old Ivan, a chess prodigy, and their troubled relationships with each other ...
The exciting Vishy vs. the World vote chess match against GM Viswanathan Anand is fast approaching, beginning on Monday, September 30. Chess.com has recruited a star squad of four coaching advisors to provide analysis and recommend moves (reflecti...
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We hope you're having fun games with the Italian Game (:With one last event in this setting next Monday, again comes the time for us all to pick the next opening to be featured in October for the Rapid Opening Roulette.
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Don't quack under pressure because the Chess.com Duck Chess Championship - the next event of the Chess.com Community Championship - starts TODAY! Featuring a $2,000 prize fund and eight qualifiers, the tournament starts with 8 blitz arenas on Sept...
The legendary GM Judit Polgar will face eight communities in a simultaneous exhibition! Want to join forces with the community and challenge one of the greats? Tomorrow, September 17, vote for the moves in the Community Club vs Polgar game! ...
Imagine you'd be reading the newspaper and your choice from the poll was the headline.What would the news be about?
https://www.chess.com/survey/headline-of-your-choice-just-happened-vote-and-comment-what-would-the-news-be
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The Speed Chess Championship will end with a live, in-person final staged in Paris for the first time! Tickets are on sale now.
The players competing in the Paris finals are well-known legends! Hikaru Nakamura, Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Fi...
We're once more partnering with legendary GM Judit Polgar to support the 2024 Judit Polgar's Global Chess Festival.
The event will take place on September 17 at the Hungarian National Gallery and on September 18 at the Intercontinental Bud...
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We hope you're enjoying the King's Gambit during August Opening Roulette (:With one last event in this opening next Monday, it is time for us to pick the next opening to be featured in September - and the community votes will be ...
The Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship is a Chess.com event where some of the strongest female chess players in the world battle for a $75,000 prize fund. The main event runs from August 22 to September 5, and sees 16 players compete in ...
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