Chess.com cofounder Danny Rensch says that “necessity breeds genius.” An onslaught of life crises and a dash of self-delusion ...

Chess.com reaches a new membership milestone as it nears its 20th birthday. Chess.com, the online chess platform that was founded in 2005 and launched in 2007, has surpassed 200 million members. Of ...

The world do-meow-nation ends here. Intelligent chess cat bot, Mittens, had wrapped the world in its tiny paws for the entirety of January 2023. The Chess.com product was immensely successful and even ...

First, make sure you’re logged in to your Chess.com account. If you don’t have an account yet, you’ll need to create one. To do so, simply visit Chess.com and follow the registration process. Once you ...

Comedian Samay Raina wins Chess Super Pogchamps 2025 after an unbeaten run, defeats Sardoche in the final, and donates his $10,000 prize to promote chess talent.

Not too long ago, chess-playing computers—the supervillain of many a human grandmaster—were as intimidating physically as they were virtually: bulky, sturdy, sleek, jet-black monoliths in miniature, ...

When Chess.com launched back in 2007, its co-founders had a few starting advantages: a lifelong love of the game, two prior companies they’d exited a year before, and one very good domain name that ...

Chess.com has disclosed a data breach after threat actors gained unauthorized access to a third-party file transfer application used by the platform. The incident occurred in June 2025, with the ...