Chess.com
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| Company type | Internet chess server |
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Website type | 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 |
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| CEO | Erik Allebest |
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| Industry | Online game |
| Employees | 650+ |
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| Website | www |
| Advertising | Displayed to anonymous users and free account-holders only; paying account-holders are not shown ads |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | 250 million+ |
| Current status | Active |
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foundation. Replace with founded.url. Replace with website.type. Replace with website_type.location_country. Replace with headquarters_country.programming_language. Replace with written_in.Chess.com is an internet chess server. The largest chess platform in the world, the site operates on a freemium model in which some features are available for free, and others are available via subscription. Users can play live online chess against other users in daily, rapid, blitz, or bullet time controls, with a number of chess variants available. Additionally, the platform offers play against chess engines, computer analysis, chess puzzles, and teaching resources.
According to Chess.com, they reached 250 million members around February 27, 2026, and had about 11 million daily active users as of April 2023. 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. The site has 268.6 million members as of July 4, 2026.