Conditional moves allow players to configure specific future moves to be played automatically if the opponent responds with a certain predicted move. They are a bit like "premoves" in Live chess, except that premov...
Sometimes, life demands that you put your favorite things on hold for
a while. Chess.com understands this, and gives all members the ability
to pause their Online Chess games using an allotment of VACATION TIME.
To...
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If that doesn't work, try clearing ...
In Live Chess, the "Draw" button is generally used to offer your opponent a draw, which may be accepted or declined. However, in the instance of Three-fold Repetition, you can use the "Draw" button to claim a draw, witho...
Making & Challenging a Friend (Online Chess)
The first step is to get the member onto your Chess.com Friends list. (If you've already done that part, great!)
As long as you know your friend's username, you can...
There are a couple of reasons this might be the case.
First, keep in mind that not all games are rated, so your opponent
may have opted for an unrated game in this instance. Check the
"Details" tab (next to the ga...
With thousands of chess games being played on our system every day,
we are pretty confident that it's not possible for someone to make an
illegal move.
Most of the time, newer chess players are not familiar with so...
Rules of Chess
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Rules of Chess.com
You may only have one Chess.com member account. (See here for reasons why.)
Outside assistance fr...
Chess.com is a global community of chess players. And while 99% of our members are wonderful, you may occasionally encounter somebody who is rude or offensive. Unfortunately, we cannot police every word said between ever...
You can... but only if you're playing a "Takeback" game in Online Chess! (There are no take-backs in Live Chess.)
Takeback games are always unrated, and provide a great tool for learners and for those willing to a...
PLEASE NOTE:
* UNRATED GAMES DO NOT AFFECT YOUR RATING (you can tell if a game is
rated or not by looking on the "Details" tab to the right of the
board)
Abort - No effect on ratings
Resign- Affects ratings imme...
Computer Analysis is an instructive feature that gives you an "expert opinion" on games you've played at Chess.com. See where you (or your opponent) missed opportunities, and give yourself a chance to really l...
Playing badly does not mean you should close your account and start over - after all, your online chess career is bound to have the occasional slump.
Just stay positive, keep playing, and your rating will evolve towards ...
You can always change your alert and email settings.
Go to your My Account page, and select the link for Alert & Email Settings.
Click here to adjust your alert and notification settings right now.
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No, not only do we strongly discourage the use of multiple accounts; we also consider it a form of cheating.
While there are no really good reasons to have more than one account, there are several rather bad reasons for ...
Online chess is also referred to as Turn-based and Correspondence-style chess. The latter term highlights the similarity between this type of Internet chess and postal chess, played either by email or regular pos...
Vacation abuse occurs when players use vacation time simply to prolong games that are completely and hopelessly lost.
Please use vacation time in an honest matter, when you are unable to move for an extended period.
Ches...
Uncheck the box labelled "Auto-Win on Time" on your Online Chess settings page & you will no longer automatically win when your opponent runs out of time; the game will simply keep going, assuming they do eventually ...
Average time per move is calculated and adjusted each time you make a move in an online chess (correspondence) game. When a move is made, the total number of seconds passed since your opponent moved is added to your "tot...
Each player gets from 1-14 days to make a move, depending on the configured 'Time Per Move' for that game. This allows for a lot of flexibility in terms of when you make your moves.
If you do not make a move within your ...
Vacation pauses your timer to help prevent losing games that have already started. The vacation setting is used when you are unable to move for an extended period and you need to pause your games so that you will n...
Just pay a visit to your echess settings page!
You can choose different pieces, board colors, and sizes. To the right, there's even a small preview!
(Don't forget to save your preferences - using the button at the bottom...
We play fair here! We will never make changes to ratings, unless there has been a serious technical failure on our part.
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No, each game has its own configured time controls, and this is the only "control" on any player's pace.
However, in the future, there are some things you can do that might help:
Play more games simultaneously - this wi...
Some people appreciate the closure of a good checkmate.. If you're really winning, you might as well be a good sport and give them one!
Make it interesting by seeing if you can find the quickest (or prettiest) mate on th...
Simply click the "disable chat" link in the upper right corner of the Chat tab on your game page.
Once disabled, it cannot be re-enabled for that game.
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To the right of the board, click on the "Details" tab to see the captured pieces and the total captured material count.
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From your online chess home-page, you can always select the "Settings" link to be taken here: http://www.chess.com/home/echess_settings.html
Now, scroll down to see the Vacation section:
To put yourself ON vacation...
Go into your live chess games history or Online games history page.
http://www.chess.com/echess/myhome.html
http://www.chess.com/home/my_archive.html?show=live
Click on View to the right of the game you want the pgn for....
Greeter Games pair brand-new members with more experienced Chess.com users, right after the new member joins the site. They give the newcomer an opportunity to play right away, and to ask questions of someone who's...
When you are reviewing the output from a Computer Analysis of a game, it can be useful to know how terms like "inaccuracy," "mistake," and "blunder" compare to each other.
Assuming the position is roughly even (no big ad...
PGN (Portable Game Notation) is an easy-to-read format which records both the moves of the game (in standard algebraic notation) and any related data such as the names of the players, the winner/loser, and even the date ...
Chess.com members can leave comments on games - just as they can with other kinds of user-generated content (blogs, articles, forum posts, etc.).
In the case of Online Chess, we don't want outside interference in the out...
All games are saved in your games archive. We do not delete any
games.
Basic member can only view the most recent 30 days of their games
history.
Premium [1]members can view all of their games archive
If you ...
