Playing against bots just got more fun! You now earn points every time you play against the monthly bots. Earn enough points to unlock exclusive chessboards, piece sets, and flairs that will last forever in your account! But hurry, because once th...
Calling out all wizards and witches! The Chess.com Spell Chess Championship is the next event of the Chess.com Community Championships. The event takes place from July 15 to July 17 and features $2,500 in prizes. Spell Chess is what happens when ...
Chess.com has announced that private markets investment firm CVC Capital Partners has invested in the company, joining existing investor General Atlantic. As Chess.com now enters its third decade, the company says it looks to continue growing the ...
Chess will once again be a part of the world's biggest esports festival, with GM Magnus Carlsen returning to defend his title. The Esports World Cup Chess Finals will take place from August 11 to 15 with a new home in Paris, France, and feature a ...
You're smarter than you think, and we can prove it. You've probably played more brilliant moves than you remember—and you can now review them all with our new advanced stats feature! Diamond members can now relive their greatest moments and ...
Get ready for blazing tactics and electrifying swindles! The next installment of the Chess.com Community Championships is coming with the speediest of variants. The Chess.com Hyperbullet Championship takes place from June 18 to 19 and features a $...
Calling all speed addicts! The world's fastest players will meet again to battle in the next edition of the Bullet Chess Championship starting June 22. With a $50,000 prize fund and the most dangerous bullet players in the world, drama is all but ...
The organizers of the Esports Nations Cup (ENC), the Esports Foundation (EF), have revealed new details about the event's qualification and wildcard systems. The announcement includes details about how chess players can qualify for the event and h...
Huddle up, chess fans: BlitzChamps V is back. Eight NFL stars are trading the field for the board on May 26 at 5:30 p.m. ET / 23:30 CEST, and the clock will be just as dangerous as any pass rush. With bragging rights and a $100,000 prize fund goin...
GM Judit Polgar demonstrates her thought process and tells amazing stories in her new Chessable course, Judit Polgar Teaches Chess 2: GM To Top 10. Polgar, the star of the recent Netflix documentary, Queen Of Chess, publishes this cours...
We're excited to announce that you can now keep up with every FIDE rating change and ranking movement live on Chess.com! Keep an eye on your favorite players, learn about their latest results, and even see if they're playing a rated event right no...
As we enter the last week of Major League Soccer (MLS) All-Star voting, you can now play chess against MLS star Dejan Joveljić! A dangerous player on the field, Joveljić also knows how to score over the chessboard. With a jaw-dropping 2217 rating,...
Titled Tuesday is getting its biggest prize fund ever. Starting June 2, the event will feature a weekly $10,000 prize fund, bringing its yearly total to more than $500,000—more than three times the current purse. Titled Tuesday has become a...
Another path to the prestigious Esports World Cup (EWC) has been revealed. Players can now participate in India Rising for a $30,000 prize fund and, most importantly, one spot at the EWC in Riyadh. The event mixes online qualifiers with a thrillin...
Have you ever studied a bunch of lines in an opening, just to see your opponent playing something completely different? Your struggle is finally over, as you can now access Chess.com's game database. Check what other people are playing and take yo...
Stow the provisions, open the sails, and take on the scourge of the seven seas! A parrot, a captain, an Internet pirate, a legend, and a chess master. Can you beat all five bots before they sail into the sunset? Challenge them on the Play Computer...
Say hello to your new coach! You can now have the strongest woman in the world and one of chess's most iconic players, GM Judit Polgar, as your virtual coach on Chess.com. Pick Judit as your coach and enjoy her voice and commentary whenever you so...
Get ready to climb the highest heights! The Chess.com King of the Hill Chess Championship is the next event of the Chess.com Community Championships. The event takes place from May 6 to May 8 and will feature a $2,500 prize fund—along with t...
European chess fans can rejoice. IM Levy Rozman, known online as GothamChess, has confirmed he's returning to the old continent following his sold-out first tour in 2025. From October 25 to November 10, the biggest chess YouTuber on Earth will ret...
WFM Alexandra Botez is not intimidated to play chess in front of a legion of strangers online. But now she's about to do something much scarier—play against four kids who are literally younger than Instagram. The next episode of Kids vs. Sta...
Chess.com is thrilled to announce the next player to take on the world: international master and YouTube star Julien Song will face the global chess community in Julien Song vs. The World. The creator will kick off the match with the white pieces ...
Chess players now have a great reason to go to Atlanta. Another qualification path to the Esports World Cup (EWC) goes through the DreamHack chess event in Atlanta. The event takes place from May 15 to 17 and offers not only a $50,000 prize fund b...
You can now personalize your Chessable training like never before. Curate your repertoire with the very best parts of each course with the new Repertoire feature. Add variations or entire chapters to your own custom course—and then add a per...
Everyone's favorite celebrity chess event is back! Get ready for the most nonsensical chess ever witnessed by humankind, as PogChamps 6 7 takes place on April 10 at 4:30 p.m. ET / 22:30 CET. Eight of the world's biggest creators will bring the ful...
Step right up, come one, come all! The Chess.com circus is in town for one month only, putting on chess performances the likes of which you’ve never seen before. Go head-to-head against each entertainer, from the mind-bending Contortionist t...
