What are these points there for?(and how to get them?)
Way back when Erik needed a way to encourage folks to post on the forums so he would give away Tshirts if you got a certain # of points. Nowadays they just show active a member you are. You get points for posting in the forums. Think you get points for every chat in a tournament or something like that. That help?
Yes but who is Erik
The site CEO. @erik
You get points for most content creation, but not for chats.
https://support.chess.com/article/492-what-are-the-points-on-my-home-page-how-do-i-earn-them