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Update On Server Bugs Affecting Recent Events

Update On Server Bugs Affecting Recent Events

CHESScom
| 12 days ago

Hey chess community. We wanted to share an update on two recent server bugs that impacted both the Bullet Chess Championship and the Clash of Claims. In the Clash of Claims, there were two separate issues: the first was an issue where GM Kramnik...

An Update About The Pro Chess League

An Update About The Pro Chess League

CHESScom
| Jan 19, 2024

Dear Chess Community, Today we made the difficult decision to discontinue the Pro Chess League. The league truly began in 2005 when commissioner Greg Shahade launched the U.S. Chess League, the first competitive online chess league with teams fr...

Regarding Recent Accusations

Regarding Recent Accusations

CHESScom
| Nov 29, 2023

Chess.com is committed to providing the best platform for both casual and professional players. We invest heavily in protecting the game with both state-of-the-art algorithms and proctoring. Chess.com takes cheating in chess very seriously, and we...

Chess.com Is Back At TwitchCon In 2023

Chess.com Is Back At TwitchCon In 2023

CHESScom
| Apr 27, 2023

We're pleased to announce that Chess.com will be back at TwitchCon this year! We'll have official booths at TwitchCon Paris and TwitchCon Las Vegas, full of fun activities and good vibes. Meet some of your favorite content creators, play games, ...

An Update Regarding Our Server

An Update Regarding Our Server

CHESScom
| Feb 6, 2023

Dear Chess.com community, On January 23rd, we shared an update regarding how much and how quickly chess has grown and how challenging that has been for our company, especially our "Live Server" on which games are played. Growth has only increase...

Chess Is Booming! And Our Servers Are Struggling.

Chess Is Booming! And Our Servers Are Struggling.

CHESScom
| Jan 23, 2023

Dear chess community, On December 31, we had seven million active members on Chess.com in a single day for the first time. On January 20, we had ten million active members. Traffic on Chess.com has nearly doubled since the beginning of December,...

Fair Play Survey Results

Fair Play Survey Results

CHESScom
| Nov 8, 2022

Ensuring fair play and protecting the integrity of the game is a priority for Chess.com. We believe that our members should have a voice in how we handle cheating in chess, and in an effort to understand the community's sentiments better, we share...

Fair Play Survey

Fair Play Survey

CHESScom
| Oct 18, 2022

Chess.com believes that all members of the chess community should have a voice in how we handle cheating in the game we all love. Please share your thoughts with us! We will then publish these results publicly. No personal information will be coll...

Community Update On Recent Events

Community Update On Recent Events

CHESScom
| Oct 14, 2022

We imagine that most of you, like us, have had more friends than ever who are outside the chess community come and ask you about chess, cheating, Hans, Magnus, and everything else that is going on. Every news outlet on the planet seems to have wri...

Hans Niemann Report

Hans Niemann Report

CHESScom
| Oct 4, 2022

We appreciate your patience over the last several weeks as we have been working on a comprehensive report on Hans Niemann and the events following Magnus’ resignation in the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. We know many of you have been eager to hear f...

Remembering Luis Alfredo Perez (HarlemKnite)

Remembering Luis Alfredo Perez (HarlemKnite)

CHESScom
| Jun 28, 2022

With heavy hearts, we share that one of our wonderful community members and chess streamers, HarlemKnite, has passed away suddenly and unexpectedly after being hit by a drunk driver while walking his dog. We want to honor the memory and celebrat...

Chess.com Community Picnic: 15 July In Amsterdam

Chess.com Community Picnic: 15 July In Amsterdam

CHESScom
| Jun 22, 2022

LOCATION UPDATE: We'll be at the set of benches near the south-west of the park. Here are the exact coordinates: https://goo.gl/maps/g2kmxG2x1zSNcb1R7. Excited for TwitchCon Amsterdam? So are we! Lots of our favorite Twitch personalities from ...

Chess.com Community Broadcast Rules

Chess.com Community Broadcast Rules

CHESScom
| Jun 1, 2022

So you want to do a watch party for a Chess.com stream? Great, we love to see it! However, there are some rules we have to abide by to make sure everything goes smoothly. This post will take you through those rules, and give you all the info you n...

On The Invasion Of Ukraine

On The Invasion Of Ukraine

CHESScom
| Mar 17, 2022

In the first days of the invasion of Ukraine led by the Russian government, we issued this statement condemning Russia's invasion and war of aggression and expressing our support for Ukraine. We receive many questions daily about the conflict and ...

In Support Of Ukraine

In Support Of Ukraine

CHESScom
| Feb 24, 2022

Following the recent invasion of Ukraine, Chess.com expresses its strong support for Ukraine and its people. Our thoughts are with the people in Ukraine, among them many chess players and fans and some of our own team members, who are currently ...

Statement On Belarus

Statement On Belarus

CHESScom
| Oct 12, 2020

About two weeks ago, Chess.com changed the flag of its members from Belarus. Members choosing the country Belarus in their profile were given the white-red-white flag instead of the red-and-green flag with a white-and-red ornament pattern. The r...

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