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Chess.com reaches 200 million members


The nearly 20-year-old company credits is continued success to the rise of interest in chess and its ability to meet players where they are.

He added that the majority of new users on Chess.com are beginners, and while the platform is designed for players of all levels, such features can help foster a love for the game for these new members. Chess, along with many other games, gained a lot of popularity during the pandemic as people looked for online ways to entertain themselves through COVID-19 lockdowns. “I think the the sky’s the limit here, and the more that we can continue to grow the game by leveraging that organic interest that already exists in these adjacent communities, we’d be foolish not to explore it,” Cheng said.

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