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...
Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (pictured) of the Boston Blitz has won an award for the best game of the US Chess League, for his win against IM Davorin Kuljsevic. Here are the judges comments followed by the game: FM Robby Adamson (2nd Place, 19 points): Th...
Lvov, Ukraine to host match After many delays, extended deadlines and negotiations behind the scenes, the date, venue and prize fund for the Gata Kamsky (pictured) - Veselin Topalov semi-final candidates match has finally been announced. The...
A new Chess.com Vote Chess game starts today - Positional vs. Tactical players! Who will win this battle of styles? Can tactical players land a knockout blow, or will they punch themselves out and get squeezed? Can positional players choke out the...
An Iranian player at the Dubai open has been caught cheating by receiving moves on his phone. Mr.Sadatnajafi, rated 2288, was thrown out of the tournament in disgrace. It is believed that his accomplices followed his games as they were br...
The Danish Grandmaster and popular chess author Jacob Aagaard will be signing copies of his latest book, "The Attacking Manual 1" at the London Chess Centre on the 15th April. GM Aagaard will also be giving a lecture and answering chess ...
The 1st Chess.com Quick Knockouts tournament is starting next week on April 10th! Get registered now for super-fast tournament play. Games are faster and only quick players can register. Click here to register for the tournament in your rating ban...
When we started Chess.com about 2 year ago we began with one simple idea: make this a website for the MEMBERS. Have the members tell us what they want, and then create the best possible online experience. And we have been running hard at that idea...
Do you ever get into a crucial chess position and not only not know what to do, but not even know how to THINK about what to do? Let acclaimed author and coach IM Igor Khmelnitsky teach you Decision Making in Critical Positions! Every game you pla...
Adams enters Grand Prix: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/13/result080313.xml
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We've been cranking away on cool new features, bug fixes, and improvements for the last several weeks and we are adding them all to the site today! Most of the improvements have come from YOUR suggestions and YOUR bug reports! Below is a list ...
Chess.com is lucky today! We are fortunate to have GM Nigel Davies with us in two amazing new roles! First off, GM Davies has created a new Chess Mentor course on Understanding the Colle-Zukertort which is an aggressive opening with deadly intent...
Today Chess.com was featured in a great video news piece in which I (Erik) had a few embarrassing interview clips. In the video I was referred to as the "creator" of Chess.com, and I just wanted to let everyone know how far from true tha...
Sometime people ask what we are working on. So here you go! #1 - getting the bugs out of Live Chess (and working on the interface) [2-3 more weeks] #2 - improving tournaments including an overall tournament stat for total tournaments [1-2 more we...
Chess.com now has online tournaments! We have been working hard to create the fastest and best possible tournaments. We hope you will enjoy them! If you have any questions about how the tournaments work, first check here. If you can't find the...
Chess.com is giving away SIX FREE 1-year subscriptions to Chess Mentor! Here is how you can win: Each day for the next 5 days anyone who subscribes as a Chess.com Premium Member (Gold, Platinum, or Diamond [not Silver]) will be automatically ente...
Chess.com has commited to releasing at LEAST one new course every month for Chess Mentor. In January you got awesome new courses from IM Jeremy Silman and one from our very own Bill Wall (both EXCELLENT courses!!). For February we are releasing tw...
As many of you know, Chess.com launched its Premium Membership Program just a short while ago, and yesterday we had our very first Diamond Member sign up! We just wanted to write a short news piece to say "Thanks!" to Frank Alejandro (fr...
It was three years ago that I first thought that the world needed a global chess community and set my eyes on Chess.com as the home for that community. Then in June 2007, after more than 2 years of work, Chess.com was opened to the public. It was ...
Late tomorrow night (Sunday PST) we will be closing down the site for an hour or so while we make some of the biggest site updates yet! I'm not going to spill the beans on exactly what is coming, but I will say that there will be a few really ...
