Its because the name is just chess.com and nothing else, people are more likely to search chess than lichess for example
It's not just the name. The current owners bought the domain out of a bankruptcy auction in 2005.
The prior owners also were selling a product called Chess Mentor.
They were evidently unsuccessful.
And how do u know that?
Because the site's CEO Erik tells the story-- https://www.chess.com/blog/erik/why-and-how-i-started-chess-com. --
https://www.chess.com/blog/erik/how-i-got-the-chess-com-domain-name
and because of the internet archive, aka the wayback machine.
Because the site's CEO Erik tells the story-- https://www.chess.com/blog/erik/why-and-how-i-started-chess-com. --
https://www.chess.com/blog/erik/how-i-got-the-chess-com-domain-name
and because of the internet archive, aka the wayback machine.
Yea
Well chess.com is the #1 chess website because it is simply better
Lichess doesn't have that many good players so I just farm there when I lose a lot of blitz games
Yea. But if it dosen't have good players, why not go there to win games?
bruh chess.com is a nice environment for all types of players and so it is the most popular. It appeals to everyone and helps everyone get better. Plus since schools use this kids will grow up using it and then continue to use it.
bruh chess.com is a nice environment for all types of players and so it is the most popular. It appeals to everyone and helps everyone get better. Plus since schools use this kids will grow up using it and then continue to use it.
Yea. But not all Schools know chess.com. Like 25% of them will know the app
having chess as the name of the site makes for much easier searching. That is a big reason why USCF has rebranded itself as USchess.
That was confusion due to the US Cycling Federation having had uscf.org as their domain.
USCF searches can also include an investment firm and the slightly rearranged UCSF (University of California - San Francisco)