The 2023 FIDE World Championship is starting soon, with the first move happening this Sunday, April 9. While you wait to see who becomes the next world champion, why not play chess against our FIDE World Championship bots? Go to our Play Computer page to play against Ian Nepomniachtchi and the newly launched Ding Liren …
Chess.com, the world’s leading online chess platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of GM Anish Giri as its new CEO. Giri, a renowned chess grandmaster, will assume the role effective immediately, succeeding Erik Allebest, co-founder and CEO since 2006. Giri, who has been a prominent figure in the chess world for over a decade, …
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Chess.com has launched a search for its new CEO. Current CEO, Erik, co-founded Chess.com in 2006 with his friend and co-founder Jay, and for 17 years has grown the company from an idea to the number-one chess platform with more than 125 million members. Erik announced that he will be stepping down later this year …
Blitz chess will be included in the upcoming inaugural Olympic Esports Series 2023 with Chess.com playing host to a unique qualifying event. The world’s leading online chess platform has been selected by FIDE, recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the game’s governing body, to run a mass participation pre-event tournament—and you are invited …
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Back in January, we proclaimed a new chess boom that was so big it was troubling our servers. Thankfully, those problems have been fixed now. But if you thought that sudden wave of interest in the game would pass, or it was perhaps just a fad fuelled by New Year’s resolutions, then think again: this …
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The official FIDE ratings are in for March 2023, and at first glance they seem consistent with the February list, but look more closely and you see a notable name missing: GM Sergey Karajkin, who has now been inactive for a full 12 months and thus falls off the list. GM Teimour Radjabov slides into 10th …
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Chess fans had one more reason to celebrate on February 2. The game we all love became the most popular free game on the iOS app store, reaching the number-one spot in 28 countries. It also featured among the top 10 in 18 other countries. It finally happened. pic.twitter.com/RAVN01YZKT — Daniel Rensch (@DanielRensch) …
Are you a member of the Chess.com Discord server? If not, now’s the time to join! We’ve just revamped our server, giving you lots of brand-new benefits and ways to be part of a community full of 35,000+ chess lovers. What’s new? The Chess.com Discord server received a big facelift and tech upgrade recently in …
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Chess.com has formally requested the Eastern Missouri District Court to dismiss GM Hans Niemann‘s defamation lawsuit. The motion to dismiss, filed on December 2, 2022, asserts that the lawsuit “could have been brought only as a public relations stunt.” Chess.com’s answer to Niemann’s complaints comes 43 days after the lawsuit was brought to court by …
