Adams enters Grand Prix
Adams enters Grand Prix: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/13/result080313.xml
We Are Looking for Chess Authors
Chess.com is looking for chess authors to write regular columns and articles. If you are an expert level or above and would be interested in being paid for articles, please click below to send us your contact information and we can discuss working...
Big Release of Features, Bug Fixes, and Upgrades
We've been cranking away on cool new features, bug fixes, and improvements for the last several weeks and we are adding them all to the site today! Most of the improvements have come from YOUR suggestions and YOUR bug reports! Below is a list ...
GM Nigel Davies - Chess Mentor Course & Vote Chess
Chess.com is lucky today! We are fortunate to have GM Nigel Davies with us in two amazing new roles! First off, GM Davies has created a new Chess Mentor course on Understanding the Colle-Zukertort which is an aggressive opening with deadly intent...
Building Chess.com: Part 10 - The Team
Today Chess.com was featured in a great video news piece in which I (Erik) had a few embarrassing interview clips. In the video I was referred to as the "creator" of Chess.com, and I just wanted to let everyone know how far from true tha...
Things we're working on!
Sometime people ask what we are working on. So here you go! #1 - getting the bugs out of Live Chess (and working on the interface) [2-3 more weeks] #2 - improving tournaments including an overall tournament stat for total tournaments [1-2 more we...
Chess.com - Online Tournaments Are Here!
Chess.com now has online tournaments! We have been working hard to create the fastest and best possible tournaments. We hope you will enjoy them! If you have any questions about how the tournaments work, first check here. If you can't find the...
Congrats to our Winners of 1-Year Free Chess Mentor!
Chess.com is giving away SIX FREE 1-year subscriptions to Chess Mentor! Here is how you can win: Each day for the next 5 days anyone who subscribes as a Chess.com Premium Member (Gold, Platinum, or Diamond [not Silver]) will be automatically ente...
2 New Chess Mentor Courses from FM Eric Schiller!
Chess.com has commited to releasing at LEAST one new course every month for Chess Mentor. In January you got awesome new courses from IM Jeremy Silman and one from our very own Bill Wall (both EXCELLENT courses!!). For February we are releasing tw...
Chess.com's First Diamond Member!
As many of you know, Chess.com launched its Premium Membership Program just a short while ago, and yesterday we had our very first Diamond Member sign up! We just wanted to write a short news piece to say "Thanks!" to Frank Alejandro (fr...
Building Chess.com: Part 9 - Opening to Middlegame
It was three years ago that I first thought that the world needed a global chess community and set my eyes on Chess.com as the home for that community. Then in June 2007, after more than 2 years of work, Chess.com was opened to the public. It was ...
Big Stuff Tomorrow!
Late tomorrow night (Sunday PST) we will be closing down the site for an hour or so while we make some of the biggest site updates yet! I'm not going to spill the beans on exactly what is coming, but I will say that there will be a few really ...
Another Live Chess Release!
We've done another release in Live Chess and added some cool new features :) See if you can notice them and post them here ;) http://www.chess.com/play/live.html Things missing before we go BIG with live chess? - New UI- Timestamping (to...
Chess Mentor: Classic Chess Software Now Online!
A long long long time ago in a chess galaxy far far away an idea was conceived to create the best interactive chess software in the world using proven teaching methods. From that concept was born "Chess Mentor" which launched in the earl...
New chess world champion from northern California
Congratulations to Northern California youngster FM Daniel Naroditsky for winning the under 12 division at the World Youth Chess Festival in Turkey! Ranked #1 for his age in America for the past two years and as the 2007 CalChess High School Champ...
9 year old chess player beats Master to win tournament
Well it seems that a chess master have managed to finally become famous in the most unusuall way, master Ike S Miller http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?12501097 was defeated at a tournament by a ...
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!!