Chess.com An online community to learn to play chess & read chess reviews
Chess.com is an online community where chess players can play games, learn the game, and connect with others who share the interest. It is operated by Chess.com, LLC, based in Palo Alto, California, and serves players of all skill levels. The platform expanded its community in December 2009 when it absorbed ChessPark.com, as reported by TechCrunch.
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Authority
100/100
Safety
90/100
Registered
Aug 11, 1994
32 years old · GoDaddy.com, LLC
On record
since 2006
All 5 safety checks passed (Sep 3, 2026).
Current facts
What AboutUs observed on the live site and in WHOIS/DNS today. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
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Domain registered Aug 11, 1994 — 32 years old.
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Registrar today: GoDaddy.com, LLC — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Aug 2, 2026).
Authority 100/100— in the top 1% of scored sitesClear
Why this authority score
Prominence (Tranco rank #872; Open PageRank 4.7/10)+17
Verified continuity: 32.0 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+4
Prominence × continuity interaction+1
Calibration adjustment (published map)+27
Every point maps to a sentence. These lines sum to the model score of 60/99, which is what places this site at 100/100 against every other scored site.
Safety evidence
All checked sources came back clean
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2013 record.
1994
Domain registered (Aug 11, 1994).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 19, 2006); profile edited 7 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“Chess.com An online community to learn to play chess & read chess reviews”