State of Chess Q&A

[ionic wing]

first

[uncut helm]

shush

[keen orbit]

second

[ionic wing]

lol

[raw trout]

third

[ebon river]

Fifth

[uncut helm]

[ionic wing]

anyway drop questions 🙂 anything within reason

[dusty fern]

9th

[ionic wing]

we’ll pass them on

[torpid coral]

dies

[uncut helm]

how are yall gonna update play experience 💀💀💀

[keen orbit]

how much revenue does chess.com generate yearly

[uncut helm]

inly thing i can think of is ui but

[oblique ocean]

when is chess 2 dropping?

[ionic wing]

[uncut helm]

W

[regal turtle]

when are the balance changes to chess incoming

[minor nova]

en croissant

[uncut helm]

we got all the dlcs :c

[raw trout]

Is Pogchamps 6 gonna be real?

[keen orbit]

when are we buffing kings?

[dusty fern]

Is there any plans currently in place to test Torch's strength In official Computer Chess standards.

[mighty elbow]

Dear Danny, we the people, would like it very much if we could actually finish the event game you started. Do you plan to finish/restart Danny vs World event?

[ionic wing]

we fixed that, loathe lol

[livid hull]

When is my father coming back?

[ionic wing]

we ban them all but Imma just pass the question on

[mighty elbow]

oh it's back, i see it, thank you very much. tho would be good to notify the rest of the group on it, people might think it's done for

[ionic wing]

good idea. we have a video for that, don’t worry!

[mighty elbow]

alr

[ionic wing]

he’ll answer questions in tomorrow’s broadcast on twitch

[ionic wing]

[dry badge]

How did the creator come up with the idea of making a chess page.

And whose the creator.

[ionic wing]

Erik is one of them

[gusty flax]

Is chess.com coming back with cameras during prize tournaments?
Also, what are advancements in regards to cheating detections?

[ionic wing]

I met him he’s cool

[ionic wing]

we have fair play cameras tho!

and usually broadcast ones too lol

for titled players

not like untitled tuesday tho

[minor nova]

Hello

[sonic wind]

What are ideas to balance the gender rate of chess players?

[ionic wing]

sorry the question is for danny I know just saying. will pass it on 🫡

that’s with the community team, which is where I work lol. we take any ideas, so I’ll pass it on to the team as well haha

not stupid at all

just would be a delicate fair play issue

[sonic wind]

100 elo guy weared a watch

[ionic wing]

turns out it’s a real game and he was just distracted by a watch

lol same joke

itsmerio u should connect your acc btw gives u more perms

[hallow silo]

@ionic wing Q for Danny: GMs who play Titled Tuesday seem to want every player to be on camera, as if it would prevent them from cheating. A screen share would be much better, but it sounds like a lot of work to monitor all of that if its not a public share. Any plans to shake up TT?

[ionic wing]

ooo great questions here today

yall goated keep em coming

[sonic wind]

What time is the stream

[ionic wing]

oh I can help. dm me the old acc username

^^

alright gimme a sec

for any problems like these you guys can always ask #1039943660839641139 🙂

[versed orbit]

dang I can’t send pictures

[ionic wing]

np np

[sonic wind]

Oh nice updates to play experience

[ionic wing]

noice question

dmed you about your acc connection btw

[dusty fern]

@ionic wing Will my question get asked? I'm really interested in torch's development

im sure alot of others are too

[keen pewter]

Hot chat

[sonic wind]

Yes we are

[mighty elbow]

Is there a plan of implementing certain variants to mobile? (3+ check, King Of the Hill, would be rather fun to play with friends who don't have a pc)

[ionic wing]

I hope it will!! I will send them all out, there’s also questions from twitter, community club and forums tho!

[versed orbit]

you can just use the browser

[ionic wing]

spell chess on the go my dream

[dusty fern]

@ionic wing can we ask more than 2?

[ionic wing]

as many as you want

[dusty fern]

epik

[versed orbit]

wish granted, 2 remain

[ionic wing]

[dusty fern]

What has chess.com been doing, and planning to do, to try to engauge more junior engagement in chess? (I know chess.com does alot but I'd like to hear because it's a long fought struggle of mine to try and encourage juniors to get into chess too)

[versed orbit]

more pawn cosplay when

[ionic wing]

two types of ppl

love you all

[dusty fern]

oh my last two are Lots of untraceable, legal Great British Pounds.

And I want the world leaders to focus more on saving the earth and less on war

🙂

[versed orbit]

listen, pawn cosplay is important

[dusty fern]

Anitta best admin fr

[sonic wind]

Will chess.com be hosting chess conventions? Seems like a fun idea to me

[ionic wing]

oh no I totally agree, I sent that exact screenshot to our official slack

[versed orbit]

lol

[ionic wing]

CHESSCON WHEN

[dusty fern]

THIS

[versed orbit]

wish I could grant the second one

[sonic wind]

Right? It’s always twitchcons or something where one sees the chess streamers

[ionic wing]

it would be so much better than sawcon 😭😭

[dusty fern]

chop chop genie woman

[ionic wing]

any takers

right, true, I work here

[dusty fern]

me who used the london system to grind from 1000-1200 👀

[versed orbit]

my condolences

[ionic wing]

why did you do it with such torture to yourself

[dusty fern]

I was in a state of desperation

[ionic wing]

[versed orbit]

there are so many fun gambits you could play

[ionic wing]

dollat

sry

[versed orbit]

“a buck is a buck”

[ionic wing]

lol

[dusty fern]

I WAS IN A STATE OF DESPERATION. I WAS GIVING ANYTHING A TRY... The london system was whispering into my ear.... "it'll just be for a little bit". I had tried every other opening in my repertoire.

I had to...

I've got an even worse opening I used to get from 1200 and nearly broke into 1700 with it

[sonic wind]

🗿

What happened

[ionic wing]

THAT'S HOW EVE BIT THE APPLE

We're gathering questions, someone brought up the london

we hanging out

[dusty fern]

chaos ensues

[ionic wing]

indeedge, our fallen warrior

[dusty fern]

so who wants to hear about my absolutely horrendous opening that I used to get from 1200 up to 1650 something peak

[versed orbit]

buff the caro kann, such a bad opening doesn’t deserve to be treated like it is

im the best mod

[sonic wind]

What measures will be taken to prevent cheaters and fake reporters

[dusty fern]

no takers?

[sonic wind]

Or to punish them

Lmao

[dusty fern]

i'll just say the opening moves then

[sonic wind]

Serious question

[versed orbit]

why doesn’t chess.c*m have an open database like lichess

[sonic wind]

Im Sorry

[ionic wing]

its a reddit meme, but pls keep it pg-13 jomajor

[versed orbit]

I just can’t bring myself to say it normally, gotta censor it

[ionic wing]

huh

[versed orbit]

anarchy

[sonic wind]

I will, thanks for not banning

[ionic wing]

I mean. did I lie

[ionic wing]

lmao nah all good, just keep it pg-13 and we gucci

[versed orbit]

ov-

[ionic wing]

I will pass it on. cause I have to.

[versed orbit]

wait pg 13 shoot

[ionic wing]

nah anitta is not my real name its a pun

sirius i stg

but I wrote it with tt instead of t cause of her, she was the only anitta I knew lol

[versed orbit]

I did nothing

[ionic wing]

[sonic wind]

Can you pass on the question about cheaters and people who fake report?

[dusty fern]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. c3

This was the setup I used as white to get from 1200-1650 peak

[ionic wing]

I'll pass them all on, don't worry!

[versed orbit]

nah reporting everyone at 2200 rapid is fine

[sonic wind]

Best mod thank you

[sonic wind]

😭

What is a Non passant

[ionic wing]

also fake reports should never be a concern to you, just cause fairplay will look into your game doesn't mean you're getting banned. also, even if you had one or two brilliant games, that doesn't necessarily mean you're cheating. we can tell the difference

NON PASSANT

WAKE UP BABY NEW CHESS MOVE JUST DROPPED

non passant you take the pawn and flip the board

lol

is that a question or an order

or a threat

pog bet, will pass it on

[ionic wing]

rip

bro I’ll pass them all on, u calling me a liar they might not be answered tho cause of the amount of questions from other places like twitter, forums, community club etc

but u can ask anything you want, no joke, I will pass it on. maybe not the anime one tho

[sonic wind]

[vivid jay]

I'm wondering when the en passant forced update is dropping Anitta 🤔

[ionic wing]

correct answer is “WELL I AINT CALLING U A THRUTHER”

[sonic wind]

Can we turn back time and make Lasker Castle long checkmate instead of Kd2#😭

[ionic wing]

daily chess is great how dare u

both the user and the time control

[ionic wing]

“NO BOBBY DONT TAKE ON H2”

“HE HAS G3 BOBBY NOOO YOUR BISHOP”

I flag often too rip

chessdaily (the user) is cool tho

[sonic wind]

What reference is this I know from what game that is but where did the phrase come from

[ionic wing]

the most famous blunder in history

[sonic wind]

Yes but who said that sentence

[ionic wing]

Bxh2 by fischer. spassky plays g3, trapping the bishop and the king arrives in time

[ionic wing]

oh no one, it's from a meme

boys with a time machine meme

fully grown

it is, we ban cheaters daily. we just have like 10000x more people to check

good luck brosky

[sonic wind]

Ohhhh

[ionic wing]

k keep the questions coming if you have any more, I'll check here later. see yall, kiddos, take care

[analog gate]

Can chess.com integrate puzzles and the analysis board? After I fail a puzzle I want to see the refutation of my bad move immediately, and be able to play out other moves.

Can the Opening tab on chess.com list all Chessable courses that contain the current position?

Right now I have to export the FEN and import it into the Chessable search manually.

[gusty flax]

@minor nova africa is a continent not a country.

Is chess.com upgrading its analysis tools? Or can we compare after games how each engine evaluates each position?

[misty crater]

Are there any plans to feature variants like 4 Player Chess in mainstream chess.com content and create more incentive for players to stay after they play their first games instead of quitting?

There are about 100k players registered on chess.com/variants, and yet only a few thousand have played more than 50 games; this can be found using publicly available data and shows a clear discrepancy between players who are actually invested in the game vs players who for example played Duck Chess or Spell Chess for a few games and then left, leading to spikes in the active playerbase instead of consistent growth, which is alarming

[versed orbit]

we all just play variants on lichess lol

[misty crater]

I specifically mentioned 4 Player Chess, which is exclusive to chess.com

[versed orbit]

mm they could add it

but yeah fair

but then again who plays 4 player smh

[timber nacelle]

There was a community-organized "Twitch Chess League" held last year around the same time as PCL with teams captained by various streamers. It seemed to have good reception from participants but had very limited resources and was organized largely by one volunteer. Would there be any willingness to support this or a similar event this Winter?

[misty crater]

I mean that's kind of the point

[versed orbit]

I mean it’s just not that fun imo

crazyhouse or king of the hill are just more interesting

or bughouse

[misty crater]

a lot of people only think it's not fun because there aren't many resources to get better or content creator activity in the game, for such an unique feature, I think chess.com could do a better job at promoting all variants, not just 4pc

[versed orbit]

eh fair

mm duck chess is pretty fun too

[misty crater]

yep

it kinda fell off after imrosen and other content creators stopped making vids / chess.com stopped promoting it

which is a shame, it's happening to spell chess as well

[versed orbit]

oh spell chess is just

not it I’m sorry

some of the puzzles are pretty interesting

but actually playing isn’t so fun

[misty crater]

easy to make mistakes sometimes yeah

[analog gate]

Well, most people strongly prefer normal chess. Chess has a lot more content around it.
Every variant detracts from the content for normal chess, and is a lot more development effort and work for chess.com.

[misty crater]

that's essentially saying that chess.com doesn't want to step into uncharted territory

which I think makes sense in a way, but it doesn't really give a positive message

[thorny cave]

Are there any new variants in the making yet to be released? If so, could you give any teasers 🙂

[late obsidian]

Will we see a come back for legend league tournaments/something similar in the near future?

[wispy fox]

Are the same anti-cheating measures that are in Titled Tuesday going to take place in Untitled Tuesday and other tournaments on Chess.com where prizes are on the line?

[ember peak]

whens the next chess update

[analog gate]

Can Classroom get an option for player clocks, so we can play training games (e.g. with one side using an opening book) in there?

[indigo locust]

Chess 2 when

[coral hatch]

Has Chess.com considered adding cosmetics? These could be profile picture frames, profile banners, badges, custom pieces and custom boards that could either be unlocked from achievements, or purchased. The harder the achievement, the better the reward. For the custom boards and pieces, players could choose whether or not they want to see them in online games, in case they are distracting to them.

[mellow barn]

If chess.com adds cosmetics there should be a daily log in streak for completing quests and when quests are completed we get things like badges

[versed orbit]

oh god please no

[wraith pelican]

When will I get better?

[mellow barn]

When u study chess

[versed orbit]

and locked out

very interesting

[burnt mountain]

bro it's chess

[versed orbit]

b-but… battlepass

[wraith pelican]

Some people cant understand sarcasm

[swift palm]

When is the next legend league tournament