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Ferric
Ferric
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Nov 4, 2013
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#1

Who owns the chess.com website?

KvothDuval
KvothDuval
Nov 4, 2013
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#2

eric

Ferric
Ferric
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Nov 4, 2013
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#3
I-eat-guini-pigs wrote:

eric

You do not get any points for that answer.

KvothDuval
KvothDuval
Nov 4, 2013
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#4
Ferric wrote:
I-eat-guini-pigs wrote:

eric

You do not get any points for that answer.

ok... actually I got one for that one, and 1 for this one...

 

that means I got two points...

baddogno
baddogno
Nov 4, 2013
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#5

Owners

Chess.com is owned and managed by two long-time friends and chess players. They met as college freshman where Jay - the university chess club president - taught Erik to play chess!
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Erik
California
Co-founder and CEO

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Jay
California
Co-founder and Advisor

I steer the ship!

I love chess (duh!), crossfit, and spending time with my beautiful wife and four amazing kids!

  

Here from the beginning! I guide the company in the right direction on the tech front.

I love to golf and play video games!
mycogen

Michael Szalontay
Moscow
Advisor

      

I am an advisor to Chess.com. I believe that the modern Internet is perfect for intellectual gaming and chess is the most popular human mind game. An avid chess fan and player myself, I am very enthusiastic about the success of Chess.com and enjoy my role in helping the team.

I am Hungarian/Russian and I work in venture capital where I get to meet and 
Ferric
Ferric
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Nov 4, 2013
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#6

 

Thanks, baddogno