Pedro Pinhata is the Writing Lead for Chess.com. He writes articles, feature announcements, event pages, and more. He has been playing chess since 2019 and lives in Brazil.
If you're a millennial like me (or a Delayed Boomer, in chess terms), you might not be that familiar with TikTok. However, let me tell you: there's a reason the social media sensation quickly became everyone's second-favorite app (Chess.com's app ...
Sometimes we just want to sit back and be amazed by remarkable chess games. We've all looked at the games played by the strongest grandmasters and revered them for their unique technique and unparalleled ability. But what if I told you there's a "...
The Chess.com Global Championship 2022 is a worldwide event open to all Chess.com verified players. With a $1,000,000 prize fund, this is the largest event in Chess.com's history. The Open Qualifier stage started on May 1 and ends on July 31, with...
With the strongest engines playing each other 24/7 for the Computer Chess Championship, chess fans are graced with a virtually infinite supply of fascinating games. However, every now and then a game is SO extraordinary that even other computer ga...
Chess.com's March Coach of the Month is WFM Fruzsina Szente-Varga! Her Chess.com profile page is a testament to her effectiveness as a coach. Countless students have left her notes expressing their gratitude for her help. Szente-Varga is not only ...
We're excited to announce our new series of articles: Chess.com's Club of the Month. Much like our Coach of the Month series, we'll be highlighting the most prominent clubs on Chess.com. This series will give our readers the chance to get to know ...
What would you do if you could ask one of the best players in history any chess-related question? Thanks to the recent release of Chess.com's Classroom feature, eight members of our community had that chance. GM Fabiano Caruana recently hosted a...
Some of the strongest grandmasters in the world are about to play in the inaugural Chess.com Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. This is Chess.com's biggest and most important event for professional chess players yet. With a $600,000 p...
[Note: This article presents our current membership plans. Old premium members might have slightly different plans as we updated our prices and plans on September 1.] There are many ways to have a good time with chess. You can play it, study it,...
Chess Played Quick is a monthly event where streamers do live speed runs using Chess.com's features. Chess Played Quick: Endgames Edition is happening this month on February 18, starting at 9 a.m. PST/18:00 CET. The event will feature top stream...
GM Ray Robson recently won the 2022 Puzzle Battle World Championship for the third consecutive year. To achieve this incredible feat, he had to outperform players like none other than GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Shakhriyar Mamedya...
Chess.com's January Coach of the Month is Charlie Rosado, better known online as JapaneseTutor! Charlie is a well-known chess streamer, and one of the key characters of the Tournament Arc series. What some people might not know is that JapaneseT...
The 2022 Puzzle Battle World Championship is here. It's at times like these that we can catch a glimpse of what true puzzle-solving excellence looks like. It's not often that you can sit back, relax, and watch 50+ puzzles get solved in three minut...
Chess Played Quick is a monthly event where streamers do live speed runs using Chess.com's features. Chess Played Quick: Puzzle Battle World Championship Qualifier is a special edition of the event starting on January 5 at 9 a.m. PST/18:00 ...
Chess.com's November Coach of the Month is IM Alberto Chueca Forcen! Chueca is a Spanish international master and the creator of the "Chueca Method." Chueca is a FIDE trainer with years of coaching experience. With many success stories highlight...
Chess Played Quick is a monthly event where streamers do live speed runs using Chess.com's features. Chess Played Quick: Doubles (Bughouse) Edition starts on November 14 at 10 a.m. PST/19:00 CET. This month, top streamers will team up to compete...
Chess.com's October Coach of the Month is the ChessCoach himself, Frank Johnson! Frank is not only the man behind the popular Twitch chess channel ChessCoachNet, but is also among the select group of chess players who have signed with an esports o...
We all love to watch a good video! We don't always have the time to read a great article, but we are always ready to carve out some minutes of our day for a great video. Over the years, Chess.com has put out fantastic chess-related videos. From El...
Chess Played Quick is a monthly event where streamers do live speed runs using Chess.com's features. This month's edition, Chess Played Quick: Variants Edition, will feature top streamers playing multiple chess variants. The event happens on Oct...
Chess.com's September Coach of the Month is WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili! Tsatsalashvili is no stranger to those who enjoy a good chess stream. She's not only running her own Twitch channel, but she's also a regular commentator of events such as Arena ...
PogChamps 4 presented by Coinbase is over and we already miss it. Who doesn't love to see some of the most entertaining content creators blundering their pieces, stalemating with minutes to spare on the clock, and commentators losing their minds? ...
Ever since 2020, chess has seen tremendous growth as a game. In December 2019, chess was averaging at a little over 1,900 viewers per month on Twitch. Fast forward to February 2021, when PogChamps 3 was happening, and that number grew to 30,000. ...
The 2021 Grand Chess Tour is a series of over-the-board chess events comprised of two classical and three rapid & blitz tournaments featuring top chess players. The entire tour has a total prize fund of $1,275,000, with $325,000 per classical ...
Many people know GM Arturs Neiksans from his Twitch streams, where they constantly see him playing, solving puzzles, or helping people with his online "boot camps." Anyone who watches as Neiksans streams has no doubt about his ability to pass hi...
