The History Of Chess.com | Celebrating 100 Million Members!

Chess.com is celebrating 100 Million members! In recognition of this milestone, we collected questions from the community across social media, and our CEO Erik Allebest and CCO Danny Rensch answered as many as they could in a deep dive on the full history of Chess.com!

00:00 - Introduction
01:19 - Erik Discovers Chess
03:06 - Erik's Chess Teaching Business
03:37 - Wholesale Chess
04:15 - The Myspace of Chess
04:29 - The Chess.com Domain Name
05:08 - Building Chess.com At Stanford Business School
07:29 - Chess.com Was SEO For Wholesale Chess?
08:51 - Chess.com's First Investor
10:20 - Chess.com's First Employees
11:45 - Danny's Personal Story
14:07 - Danny Discovers The Internet
17:16 - Danny Meets Erik and Jay
20:00 - Shoutout To David Pruess
22:27 - The Green Pawn Logo
25:05 - What Was Chess.com's Advantage?
32:17 - The First Death Match
35:00 - Erik's Humor
41:30 - Chess.com Before The Search Engine Bar
43:51 - Who Was The 1st GM On Site?
44:08 - The 1st Time Magnus Played On Chess.com
45:20 - Shoutout To Jerry At ChessNetwork
46:50 - Hikaru Was The Domino
49:00 - The 1st Technical Roadblocks
51:48 - When Chess.com Almost Died
53:45 - The 1st Time Someone Cheated On Chess.com
57:04 - Can We Catch Cheaters?
01:02:20 - How Did Chess.com Start Prize Tournaments?
01:05:46 - The 1st World Championship Coverage
01:06:50 - Will Chess Ever Be On TV?
01:07:46 - When Did Mobile Users Surpass Browser Users?
01:09:20 - Will The Map Come Back?
01:10:30 - The Most Difficult Time At Chess.com - V3
01:13:50 - Puzzle Rush
01:15:50 - Hikaru Could Be The Ninja Of Chess
01:17:17 - Shoutout To The Developers
01:18:20 - Chess.com's Employee Retention
01:19:35 - Our About Us Page
01:20:04 - When Did Chess "Take Off"?
01:21:17 - The Pandemic, PogChamps, Queen's Gambit Boom
01:24:31 - Thank You!!!

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