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...
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...
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...
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!
Sometimes people ask what it is like starting a website like Chess.com. I finally figured out how to explain it: it's like riding a bike. First you have to decide which bike to get on. That was easy for me - chess website, of course :) Then yo...
Well, we had a few really interesting things happen in the last few days, so I thought I would post on them!Today when we woke up one of our servers was acting funky. It was up and running, but it wasn't allowing us to login. We weren't su...
In the last part I talked about the whole background and beginnings of Chess.com. I was surprised to see that so many people thought this site had been around for a long time :) Well, as you know now, it hasn't. I thought I'd share a few m...
The American Chess Association announced today that beginning yesterday, it began sending out 429,000 ACA free Lifetime memberships to youth organizations across the country to give away to youth interested in chess. Youth Organizations inclu...
Over the last few months we have had a lot of great feedback from our members on what they would like to see on the site. Thank you! Today we are releasing a TON of new features for the site. Below is a list and description of the updates: O...
After being live for less than 60 days, Chess.com hit 10,000 members today! Chess.com has attracted chess players from around the world who want to play chess for free and participate in an open community! Thank you to all of our members who...
The Nevada State Chess Association announced today they will offer the first 100 entries that mention chess.com with their entries to the 2007 ACA US Open a complimentary picture of Mikhail Tal who signed these back in 1991 before he died while he...
News Release-For Immediate Release-contact Stan Vaughan email-amchess@cox.net Colonel Issac Trabue prize to be offered now to winner of 2007 American Chess Association US Open Chess Championship @ Oasis Resort Casino-Mesquite Nevada September...
The Nevada State Chess Association, Inc., host of the upcoming 2007 American Chess Association's 150th anniversary U.S. Open Chess Championship at the Oasis Resort in Mesquite, Nevada, has announced they will give a $100 gift certificate that ...
I just got an email that says that Wholesale Chess is having a huge book blowout this summer. If you have wanted to get some chess books at up to 75% off (that's what it says!!), then now may be your chance! Apparently there is no special prom...
News Release - For Immediate Release- contact- Stan Vaughan email- amchess@cox.net Grandmaster Larry Evans to be commentator of key games for spectators @ 2007 American Chess Association US Open Chess Championship @ Oasis Resort Casino A...
Two big announcements today!! Chess.com made major blogging headlines today when it was first picked up by Mashable.com, the #1 blog on social networking and the #14 most popular blog in the world! That started a cascade of coverage from other pop...
It's been only 3 weeks since Chess.com was born and things are going very well! We're growing quickly and have so many AMAZING members who have helped out in many ways. And while we're really excited about where we are, we could sure u...
We’re excited to present to you the new Chess.com - a community site where chess players can come together and learn, share, and play. We have brought together a bunch of great site features we hope you will enjoy, and have many more in the ...
