Happening to me today too
Chess.Com board and pieces invisible/not loading?

The staff is aware. I am still having the same issues today as well. They think it is from one of their providers. VPNs seem to be working for people. For me a mobile hotpsot seems to work well

What the hell, when I turn my Opera VPN on it works perfectly... Is this a internet provider problem?

What the hell, when I turn my Opera VPN on it works perfectly... Is this a internet provider problem?
It's related to the Content Delivery Network (CDN) the site uses to host static content, such as images, closer to member regions, to speed up loads.
The reason it works on VPN is you're loading from a different region's CDN servers.

OK, today I can see the pieces, but no board (both Safari and Firefox).
Exact same behavior for me in chrome xD.
Gonna download some free vpn
just download a vpn yall
Lmao thats alot of effort to play chess online