Live Chess Back - Help Test
we're trying to figure out some tricky bugs on live chess right now and could use some help having people login and play a few games :) please report any errors here! click here to go to Live Chess
Any Site Feedback?
Friends of chess.com: Does anyone have any specific feedback at this time? We are doing some longer-term planning and I would love to know how you are feeling about Chess.com at this time. Do you have any suggestions? Is it still engaging for you?...
Live Chess BETA is Happening NOW!
Come join us! Please remember, this is very very early, and there is a lot to do! Please report any bugs or suggestions! http://www.chess.com/play/live.html
Looking for 5 Mystery Feature Testers/Helpers :)
I'm looking for 5 people to help test our upcoming "Mystery Feature" :) Here are the requirements: - must be available to help out for about 5-10 hours - must have a very strong understanding of chess principles (strategies, tactics,...
Game of the bi-week #4 - vote now!
We have finished analysing the nominated games for game of the bi-week #4 (games finished 9/30/07 - 10/13/07.) Please vote for game 1, 2, or 3 below.
Building Chess.com: Part 8 - A Few Random Insights
It's been a while since I have talked about the inner workings of Chess.com and there are some fun and interesting things happening (and about to happen) - enjoy! 50,000 Members Yesterday Chess.com hit 50,000 members. And while that is small c...
Game of the bi-week #3
RMGAIR vs Andymonkey has been voted game of the bi-week #3 (for weeks commencing 09/16/06 & 09/23/06.) Congratulations to both players.
Wow! I just did a live chess test!!
yes, i just went through a live test on LIVE CHESS! we are so close! we will be launching to internal friends (yes, that means YOU) on November 5th! check out this screenshot!!
Inside Interview w/ CHESSMASTER Development Team!
With the release of the new CHESSMASTER less than a week away, we wanted to get some insights into the new program and the thought that went into it. We were lucky enough to interview two managers of the development team about the upcoming release...
Game of the bi-week #4 - Nominations
We will now begin accepting nominations for the award for best game on chess.com finished in weeks 9/30/07 & 10/07/07. Please send an email, containing a link to the game, or with PGN attached to: Judge_Knott@chess.com Nominations should be ma...
Well, we're finally doing it :|
No, no, this has nothing to do with LIVE chess. Sorry. That is coming along nicely and I should have some news within a few days. What we are finally doing is getting a little money in the door to help pay for some of the development costs of Ches...
Game of the bi-week #3 - vote now!
We have completed analysis of the 23 games submitted for game of the bi-week #3 (weeks 09/16/06 & 09/23/06.) Please consider the three games below for your voting pleasure. Please vote in the form of a comment below, stating game 1, ...
Game of the bi week #3 - Submissions, please?
We are now accepting nominations for the award for the best games finished on Chess.com during the weeks 09/16/06 & 09/23/06. Please email your favourite game to judge_knott@chess.com! We hope to see plenty of good games, so don't be shy!&...
New Look / Design for Chess.com?
Click here to see it. What do you think?
Help Test the New Map!
We are working more on the MAPS part of the site which will be further integrated later. Please let me know what you think of this feature! http://www.chess.com/map/players Thank you!
Game of the Bi-Week - Winner #2
I am pleased to announce that the winner of the award for best game of the weeks commencing 09/02/07 and 09/09/07 was Etienne vs ridwan.Congratulations to them both!(click on MOVE LIST to see game commentary)
American Chess Association seeking State affiliates
The American Chess Association has instituted a new policy in conjunction with its rapidly expanding membership (ACA membership is only $1 for life, American Chess Monthly subscription is separate). Those wishing to sign up as the State affiliate ...
Vote for game of the bi-week
Four nominations were received for the bi-weekly game award (weeks commencing 09/02/07 & 09/09/07.) The decision was taken to allow all four nominated games to be submitted to the public vote. Please submit your vote as a comment below this ne...
Building Chess.com - Part 7: Grass is Always Greener
In high school I was a parking attendant, then a lifeguard, and then a locksmith. Then briefly after college I had a job as a "marketing guy" (no idea what that means), a job teaching chess to kids, and then an internship last summer as ...
Live Chess Test
We're going to do an Alpha test of live chess very soon. If you are interested, please message here and let us know!
Game of the Week Award - Sep 1, 2007
The first game of the week award was for the period Sunday, 26th August, to Saturday 1st September, 2007. Three games were nominated: billwall vs. chessbot3000 looked vs. Don1 weixi vs. Etienne This made me redundant in my job of re...
Building Chess.com - Part 6: Ones and Zeros
In the world of computers, everything comes down to ones and zeroes. Here are a few of our interesting ones and zeros that are worth mentioning: 10,000,000 - the number of chess.com web pages that people will see this month 1,000,000 - the amoun...
Building Chess.com: Part 5 - Like Building a House
I learned a very important lesson about how to build websites when I purchased my first home a few years ago! My wife and I bought a home from a private builder while it was stil in the middle of construction. The foundations were done, the wood f...
Welcome to the Official Chess.com Fans Group!
Well, we've just launched GROUPS on this site, and we thought we would start up a group for hardcore fans of Chess.com who want insider info into the site. Enjoy!