First Members on Chess.com

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May 7, 2007 (Launch of the site)

@CHESScom

@erik

@jay

May 8, 2007

@Piotr

May 9, 2007

@igor

@Joshua (perhaps the earliest chess.com non-staff member)

@andy-inactive

May 10, 2007

@Mauzon

May 11, 2007

@Dan

@chessbot (perhaps the first troll on chess.com ever)

May 13, 2007

@crysi

May 14, 2007

@DeepBlue

May 18, 2007

@BillWall (@minichess)

May 24, 2007

@SonoFPearl

May 27, 2007

@georgewashington

May 31, 2007

@likesforests

Stats (members that joined per month)

May 2007: 100

June 2007: 200

July 2007: 300

August 2007: 500

September 2007: 750

October 2007: 1,000

November 2007: 1,500

December 2007: 2,000

After slow growth in 2007, growth exploded in January 2008.

Jan 2008: 15,000

Feb 2008: 20,000

Mar 2008: 20,000

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Promote-all-d-Pawns wrote:

1. @CHESScom (May 7, 2007 at 1:56 am)

2. @erik

Don't forget @jay

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Martin_Stahl wrote:
Promote-all-d-Pawns wrote:

1. @CHESScom (May 7, 2007 at 1:56 am)

2. @erik

Don't forget @jay

I am still updating it.

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Promote-all-d-Pawns wrote:
Martin_Stahl wrote:
Promote-all-d-Pawns wrote:

1. @CHESScom (May 7, 2007 at 1:56 am)

2. @erik

Don't forget @jay

I am still updating it.

Fixed.

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what about me
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you joined in 2022

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There probably are around a hundred of these topics happy.png

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SMnoMi wrote:

you joined in 2022

put him at the end frfr

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Qoiuoiuoiuoiu wrote:
SMnoMi wrote:

you joined in 2022

put him at the end frfr

I should be at the top because I joined in 1990

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Just_an_average_player136 wrote:
Qoiuoiuoiuoiu wrote:
SMnoMi wrote:

you joined in 2022

put him at the end frfr

I should be at the top because I joined in 1990

you joined in 2024

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AZhou972 wrote:
Just_an_average_player136 wrote:
Qoiuoiuoiuoiu wrote:
SMnoMi wrote:

you joined in 2022

put him at the end frfr

I should be at the top because I joined in 1990

you joined in 2024

Chess.com didn't launch until May 7, 2007.

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So it is impossible that you joined chess.com in 1990. You might have joined other, very early inline chess sites.

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@andy-inactive last logged in July 2011, more than 14 years ago

@likesforests last logged in October 2011, also more than 14 years ago

@mauzon last logged on October 2023, more than 2 years ago

@dan says joined Oct 3, 2025

@crysi says joined Oct 6, 2019

@billwall is closed

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These are just the original ones. They may have been closed or their usernames requested.

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Just_an_average_player136 wrote:
Qoiuoiuoiuoiu wrote:
SMnoMi wrote:

you joined in 2022

put him at the end frfr

I should be at the top because I joined in 1990

…Sep 24 2024

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Guys I was obviously joking why did you guys take it so seriously

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XD I made 1 comment

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4 people thought I was being serious...

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oop wow

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It was obviously a joke

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