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Note: As of 2025, prizes were discontinued for the Discord Arena. You are welcome to join Chess.com Community for our weekly staple events and prized competitions, activities, and more. WEEKLY PRIZED ARENA Every Friday! Format 1h long arena 3|0 rated blitz Pairings by rating Prizes First place: 3 months of Diamond Second place: 1 month of Diamond Third place: 1 month of Diamond  + 1 month of Diamond for a random participant who didn't get top three, but played at least 8 games during the Arena!  Roles Winner gets @ Weekly Arena Winner - Achievement and gets to stay with it if they want Top 5 (standings) get a @ Top 5 - Weekly Arena role for the week, which hoists you up above Trusted in the user list. Afterwards, you'll get to flaunt your @ Weekly Arena Top 5 - Achievement role forever!  Top 20 (points) get the @ Arena Champ role during the month of their arena! (if there are more than 60 players) Eligibility To be eligible to win prizes and roles, you must: 1. Have an active Chess.com account connected to Discord2. Be a member of the Chess.com discord server 3. Join in the Discord Club (which you clearly are) 4. Join the arena and play at least 8 games (3 if rapid) 5. Pass our Fair Play checks  * Titled players and staff are not eligible for the free diamond prizes. You already have it for life! ** If you win a first place prize, you can only win more months of free diamond once your gift runs out!  Info The link to each arena will be on the Events tab on Discord every week, as well as on the Upcoming Events tab here on the club. Sign-ups start 1 hour before the arena starts. No cheating accusations are allowed on the forums, in public forums or in this club's spaces, don't worry, we will be checking the tourney for Fair Play. The prizes will be given on the following week, after fair play checks. Any further questions can be asked in the forum here or on the Discord. Good luck!

I dare you to press (lol you can't lmao scaredy cat) Yes Its not the same thing its really just a surprise

Hello, I recently tried to access the Chess.com Discord server, but it seems I am unable to join. I believe this might be because of inactivity on the server, although I am an active user of Chess.com itself. Could you please help me resolve this issue or let me know what steps I should take to regain access? Thank you for your time and assistance. Best regards,ahmedosamamm

If someone leaves this club, does the server also will be automatically leave?

Don't you dare click this big button ⭕ Truth— Did you click this button? I hope not haha

Is the friday nitro prize arena has a nitro prize?

I dare you to press don't do it if you don't want to lol

I am looking for members who would like to play long time control games such as 30+30 and 45+45 with me. I am looking for players in the rating range 1600+. If you are interested, please reply to this post and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks!

Show us a brilliant move you've played by sending us the game in comments below. IM Kassa Korley and I will review them on Thursday's Community Hour! Coolest one gets one month of free diamond , but only if you're in chat with us, at 5pm GMT on Discord <3 See you there!

Are Nitro Arena prizes still going?

Hey guys!! I just love Smothered mate so much!!! I hardly see it anymore at >1800 elo! I just had this game where my opponent played Dutch defence and the game ended in the most satisfying smothered mate! Share your favourite smothered checkmates from your own games too!!!

I met Aris in the Chess.com Discord server in August this year. For those that don't know, he was a Chess.com official coach and was kind, genuine, and one of the most encouraging people I've ever met. He passed away last month, I only found out recently because he was inactive across Discord, Chess.com, Lichess, and didn't respond to calls/texts. I wrote a short blog in hopes that the community remembers him, even if you didn't know him, and that chess fans would continue to uphold the things he valued most in the community we all love: guiding beginners and sharing the same passion he did for chess. If you were a student or friend of his, please leave some kind words or message me privately if you would like to add something to the blog.

I am in a different time zone and can't join the tournaments. Could there be daily matches

If it sounded like a rant, I am sorry.

Submit suggestions regarding Friday Prized Arena here

banned after being in the server for 7 months i think honestly i wouldn't get care if i'd been banned for some stuff i've said/posted in the server, but getting banned for what i did today is just... l0l anyways mods are probably deleting this post and removing me out the club homies i'd like to mention: alex; fnx zax pain probably the only people that were actually fun to talk to/improved my chess in the server kek mestrado out

Vote chess? Team match? Swiss? What kind of chess and WHEN? Tell us your timezone and what time you prefer for those tourneys to happen: morning, afternoon, evening or night? We're trying to hear you guys and create new events so that everyone, no matter where they are, can have a chance to play with the Discord peepos. So, let us know in the comments below: what would you participate in, what is your timezone and what time of the day is the best for you? Let's make it happen

i already know im not coming back to the server considering what i generally do in the cc server lol, just coming here to rep my buddies, fnx and alex for having a sense of humor, luv u guys

what and when was ur last brilliant move??