Duolingo Joins Chess.com To Capture Your Pawns In 12 Languages
Chess.com, the world’s largest chess site with a global community of more than 150 million members, today announced a partnership with Duolingo, the world’s leading mobile learning platform.
To celebrate the occasion, Chess.com is adding multilingual bots on our Play Computer page for the first time ever! This means you can now play against Duolingo's delightful characters, who all speak multiple languages, including Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Korean, Arabic, Indonesian, and Russian.
Beginning today, you'll be able to challenge refined and overconfident Oscar (200-rated), frog-loving chess prodigy in the making Junior (700), sweet but hyper-competitive Zari (1250), bored and unimpressed Lily (1700), and of course, Duo the owl himself (no one knows his rating!). But Duo won't make it easy—when you challenge Duo, his aggressive personality might come out to play!
"Chess is arguably the most international game we have today, and we hope language learning will surge synonymously with chess play on Chess.com to reach even more international players,” said Chess.com Chief Chess Officer IM Danny Rensch. “Duolingo and Chess.com are two huge online communities that have so much in common, and we’re excited to create unique opportunities that bring more people together globally.”
"Duolingo learners and Chess.com's community of players are dedicated, passionate, and want to learn by doing, which is exactly how both platforms teach,” said George Audi, Global Head of Business Development for Duolingo.“ By bringing Duolingo's lovable cast of characters, each with their unique and distinctive personalities, to Chess.com as playable bots in multiple languages, we're combining the joy of learning and practicing a language with the thrill of improving your chess game. We hope November will be a fun month for both communities to take their learning to the next level."
Until December 2nd, all Chess.com members can claim one month of free Super Duolingo while Chess.com Premium members can claim two months of free Super Duolingo! Members will receive the offer via email within two weeks of playing the Duolingo bots. Additionally, Duolingo learners can join a chess-themed November monthly challenge and earn a one-month Diamond membership on Chess.com. Please note that Chess.com premium members are not eligible for this Diamond offer.
Can you defeat Duo? Comment down below with some favorite lines from one of our most fun bots ever! And click here if you'd like to download the high-resolution versions of the bot avatars!
