Chess.com, the online chess platform that was founded in 2005 and launched in 2007, has surpassed 200 million members. Of those 200 million members, 1.5 million are paying users. More than 20 million games of chess are played every day on the platform. '[Chess has] got this durability to it,' Albert Cheng, the chief growth officer at Chess.com told TechCrunch. 'It's been played for over 1,500 years, which is just amazing. And even Chess.com is not a brand new company. It's been around for almost 20 years. It feels really dynamic.' The company has expanded a lot since its roots as an online forum for IRL chess players to discuss their matches. Chess.com now offers full chess matches against other people or bots, daily games and puzzles, news about the chess world, the ability to stream chess competitions, and more. Cheng credits the company's continued product innovation as one of the reasons it has seen strong and sustained growth. For example, the company released an AI game review...
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