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Originally Published 3 months ago — by Chess.com
Chess.com has partnered with Perplexity to launch the Comet browser, which offers exclusive benefits and access to the $200,000 Comet Open chess tournament in 2025, encouraging community engagement and technological innovation.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Decrypt
Anichess, a new NFT game backed by World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, has launched its first stage with a single-player experience and plans for a player-vs-player mode in Q1 2024. The game combines traditional chess with spellcasting, a fantasy storyline, and Web3 functionality, allowing players to collect Orb NFTs for free by completing daily puzzle challenges. These Orbs, traded on the Polygon network, can unlock further challenges and rewards. Anichess also integrates with Animoca Brands’ Mocaverse loyalty platform and plans to introduce player-versus-player gameplay and tournaments in the future.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Chess.com
A federal judge has dismissed GM Hans Niemann's $100 million lawsuit against GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Chess.com, the Play Magnus Group, and IM Daniel Rensch. Niemann had claimed slander, libel, unlawful group boycott under the Sherman Act, tortious interference with contract and business expectancies, and civil conspiracy. The judge dismissed federal claims and declined to hear state claims, but left the door open for the case to be re-filed in a state court. The lawsuit was part of a big chess cheating scandal in the fall of last year.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Chess.com
Chess.com has been named in TIME's prestigious 100 Most Influential Companies of 2023 list as a "Disrupter" alongside Nvidia, Canva, Duolingo, Open AI, and Discord. The citation praises Chess.com for its "savvy and often comical marketing strategy" and notes how the site has grown into younger markets. Chess.com has seen an astonishing rise in popularity that has catapulted the game up the app charts, with its membership going past 140 million worldwide, representing a 355% increase since January 2020.