Chess.com, which is 20th, has exceeded 200 million users’ dams

Online Chess Platform, founded in 2005 and started broadcasting in 2007 Chess.comIn total, leaving behind another important milestone To 200 million members He announced that he reached. 1.5 million of these members have a paid user. More than 20 million chess matches are played on the platform every day.

Albert Cheng’s head of chess.com responsible for growth“The durability of the chess game is surprising. It has been played for more than 1,500 years. Chess.com has not been a new initiative, it has been standing for almost 20 years. Despite this, it is still quite dynamic.” He said.

The journey that evolved from the forum to the global platform

Initially, the players who participated in physical chess tournaments meet and discuss as a forum discussed in online environment, has a very comprehensive product range at the point where it comes today. Real -time matches, games against artificial intelligence, daily puzzles, worldwide chess news, live broadcasts and much more meet users on the platform.

The artificial intelligence -supported match analysis tool announced in 2021 draws attention as a feature that evaluates the performance of the players with artificial intelligence and emphasizes development areas. Cheng, especially for new users, such features increase the interest in the game, he says.

Pandemi, series and scandals: chess again on stage

The increase in the demand for online games during the Pandemi period created a serious leap in the number of users of Chess.com. The platform had to seriously scale its infrastructure in order to meet this intense traffic. Published in Netflix in 2020 The Queen’s Gambit The interest in chess with the series again moved to the summit.

World Champion in 2022 Magnus Carlsenincluded cheat scandalIn the world of chess aroused a wide repercussion. This year, chess, for the first time Esports World Cup It will take place in a competitive format within the scope.

Cheng also draws attention to Chess.com’s globalized user audience: 85 percent of new users registered on the platform today come from outside the USA. Available World Chess Champion Gukesh Dommaraju from India.

Grammarly ve Duolingo Cheng, who took part in the growth and product teams of giant platforms such as, Formula 1 pilots Lewis Hamilton ve Charles Leclerc’in Online Chess Match He emphasizes that such examples accelerate the integration of chess with popular culture.

“There would be a great loss of opportunity not to enlarge the game by carrying this organic interest around chess to different communities.” Cheng underlines that there are greater opportunities in front of them.