According to the toppage in Japanese of Computer Shogi(Japanese chess) Association, the source file of the engine of Bonanza developed by Hoki Kunihito became downloadable from its library on January 27. I'm not sure how big this is to people in c...
It's been a while since I last wrote about "Building Chess.com", and I thought today would be a good day to post :)As most of you know, we (Jay and I) first started working on Chess.com in 2005. We had the vision and we thought we had the know-how...
News of the recent publication of the 1 January 2009 FIDE rating list prompted some discussion in the comments about the numbers of GMs from particular countries. Well, for those who like to analyse these things statistically, the official FIDE w...
FIDE have published their latest official quarterly rating list for January 2009. The list includes all tournaments up to 15 December, but also includes FIDE organised events that finished later i.e. the Elista Grand Prix which concluded just 2 d...
We need more people to become Chess.com Greeters! We know that sometimes it is frustrating to have people come to the site, make 1 move, and then never come back, but for those people who stick around the Greeters are an important part of their fi...
One of the most anticipated publishing events of the year is the release of the new book by Garry Kasparov. Published by Everyman Chess, it is the second volume in the series entitled Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess. On Monday, September 29, 2008,...
The 2008 Scholastic National Championships are in Lake Buena Vista, FL and are from December 12-14. More information is at 407-939-1000 or cbruce@uschess.org.
How do astronauts pass the time in between whatever it is that they do whilst they are up there in space? There's not much room to move about, so physical activities are pretty much out. You could listen to music or read, but what if y...
Yep! It's Erik's birthday today! I don't want to let the cat out of the bag, so if you want to know how old he is, you'll have to put together the following math riddle: Erik's age is the Nth Prime Number... where N is the Gth Prime N...
Chess is a perfectly mathematical game where steel-cold calculation wins and emotions are irrelevant, right? Wrong! International Master and famed chess author Jeremy Silman says: "Much has been made of psychology in chess, but rarely have I seen ...
We have an annoying bug on Chess.com that I can't reproduce. If you can message me a way to recreate this bug reliably, I will give you a free platinum membership (worth $80) and 1 year of Chess Mentor (worth $100)! Here is the bug: When you c...
Chess.com has made its first entry into group/team competitions today! Today (31 July 2008) we released a few new things. The big one is that today we released the first stage of group/team play. Chess.com Groups can now challenge each other t...
Ah vacations... they are wonderful, right? Going to the beach or the mountains or travelling to an exotic land... Oh wait. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about "Vacation Time" on Chess.com. Here are the problems: - ABU...
I got an email from IM Jeremy Silman (who writes some amazing Chess Mentor courses!!) today about a TV show he helped consult on => "MONK AND THE GENIUS is on USA Tomorrow evening (Friday July 25th)! If you love chess on TV, this episode is f...
The US teams for the Dresden Olympiad have been announced. The Chess Olympiad is the premier team chess event in the world and takes place biennially. The 2008 event takes place from 12-25 November. In 2006 the US Men's team won the ...
For several years Rybka has been the strongest chess engine by a mile, topping all the usual computer rating lists like the SSDF. However, Chessbase have the most popular user interface and Rybka was not available directly on this platform (...
We know what's on your mind: "What can I do to improve my chess??" We hear it all the time. Our answer? Try Chess Mentor. Seriously. Just try it for 1 month. It's half the cost of a chess book and we are confident you will get so...
What is the best opening? What opening should I play? How did I lose so fast? These are the kinds of questions chess players - especially those new to the game - ask themselves over and over. e4, d4, or g4? It can get so confusing! We have a new ...
The current 'Chess Giants' tournament being held in Yerevan has been re-named the Karen Asrian Memorial after the young Armenian player who passed away suddenly just days ago. The event continued today (12th June) after being postpo...
Strict punishment for latecomers at Dresden Olympiad From November 12-25 2008, the biennial Chess Olympiad for national teams from around the globe, will be held in the German city of Dresden. The official website for the event is here.&nbs...
Are you tired of being in a position and just not knowing what to do? Well IM Igor Khmelnitsky is tired of seeing you do that too, so he wrote a new Chess Mentor course about it. In this course you will learn to think about the opponent's move...
There was a really interesting interview posted today with Piotr, Chess.com's main live chess developer. Check it out (WARNING - contains a LOT of nerd-speak) => http://prototypejs.org/2008/5/28/an-interview-with-piotr-dachtera There has be...
Chess.com launched to the public at the end of May 2007 - 1 year ago. Happy Birthday Chess.com! And now I'm sitting here trying to think of how to sum up the past, present, and future of Chess.com... (You can catch up to speed on the Bui...
Love chess? Love Facebook? Well, Chess.com has finally fully arrived on Facebook! Today we launched our new Facebook Chess app. We had the most popular chess app on Facebook already that was originally built by Jamie Holding, but we decided to bri...
