Chess.com

Chess.com, LLC
	Chess.com homepage
Type of business	Internet chess server, Social media website
Type of site	Internet chess server
Available in	57 languages
	List of languages Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese
Founded	May 2007
Headquarters	United States
Founder(s)	Erik Allebest; Jay Severson;
CEO	Erik Allebest
Key people	Jay Severson (Chief Technical Advisor); Daniel Rensch (Chief Chess Officer); Brenan Klain (Chief Marketing Officer);
Industry	Online game
Employees	650+
Subsidiaries	ChessKid.com; Play Magnus Group;
URL	www.chess.com
Advertising	Displayed to anonymous users and free account-holders only; paying account-holders are not shown ads
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional
Users	200 million+
Current status	Active
Written in	Java; JavaScript; PHP;

Chess.com is an internet chess server and social networking website.^[4] One of the largest chess platforms in the world,^[5] the site has a freemium model in which some features are available for free, some via subscription. Users can play live online chess together in daily, rapid, blitz, or bullet time controls, with a number of chess variants available. Other offerings include play versus a chess engine, computer analysis, chess puzzles, and teaching resources.

Chess.com said it reached 100 million users on December 16, 2022,^[6] and had about 11 million daily active users as of April 2023.^[7] Chess.com has hosted online tournaments, including Titled Tuesdays, the PRO Chess League, the Speed Chess Championships, PogChamps, Online Chess Olympiads, and computer vs. computer events.

^ "About Chess.com". Chess.com. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
^ Chess.com. "Members - Chess.com".
^ "Chess.com chooses Azul Zing to enhance real-time gaming experience". Marketwired. April 26, 2016. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
^ "Chess.com: A Social Networking Site For...Well You Can Probably Guess". TechCrunch. July 8, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
^ Waldstein, David (March 15, 2020). "Think Cheating in Baseball Is Bad? Try Chess". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
^ Team (CHESScom), Chess com (December 16, 2022). "Chess.com Reaches 100 Million Members". Chess.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
^ Richtel, Matt (April 24, 2023). "The Stealth Campaign That's Getting Your Kids Hooked on Chess". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

[1] "About Chess.com". Chess.com. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

[2] Chess.com. "Members - Chess.com".

[javalang-3] "Chess.com chooses Azul Zing to enhance real-time gaming experience". Marketwired. April 26, 2016. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018.

[:0-4] "Chess.com: A Social Networking Site For...Well You Can Probably Guess". TechCrunch. July 8, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2013.

[:5-5] Waldstein, David (March 15, 2020). "Think Cheating in Baseball Is Bad? Try Chess". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

[6] Team (CHESScom), Chess com (December 16, 2022). "Chess.com Reaches 100 Million Members". Chess.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.

[7] Richtel, Matt (April 24, 2023). "The Stealth Campaign That's Getting Your Kids Hooked on Chess". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

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