Chess.com is excited to announce that we have submitted an offer for Play Magnus Group (PMG) to join Chess.com. Magnus Carlsen and the management at Play Magnus are enthusiastic and have accepted the offer. We expect that it will take about 6-8 weeks for this process to finalize. Until that time, Chess.com and Play Magnus will remain independent companies.

Both Chess.com and Play Magnus are thrilled by the prospect of working together to grow the game of chess and make even more amazing experiences for chess fans and players around the world. Once everything is final, we look forward to sharing our plans with the community regarding how we are going to work together to make amazing experiences for fans and provide more opportunities for creators. There has never been a better time to be a chess fan, and we believe the future of chess will be even brighter.

“This is a special time for chess. More people are playing and watching chess than ever before. Events like PogChamps, the Speed Chess Championship, and the Champions Chess Tour have changed the game forever. We believe there is an opportunity here to take chess to new heights by combining our efforts, and we are seizing that opportunity.” – Daniel Rensch, Chess.com Chief Chess Officer.

We believe there is an opportunity here to take chess to new heights by combining our efforts.
—Daniel Rensch

“We’ve had a very positive experience talking about the possibilities for the future, and I’m very excited to be a part of it … I’m excited to play in the Speed Chess Championship again. I have a score to settle.” – Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion.

We’ve had a very positive experience talking about the possibilities for the future, and I’m very excited to be a part of it.
—Magnus Carlsen

Chess.com is a leading chess site with a community of more than 90 million members from around the world playing more than 10 million games every day. Launched in 2007, Chess.com has more than 400 remote team members focused on growing the game of chess.

Play Magnus Group was founded in 2013 with the goal of making the world a smarter place through chess and has established the popular Champions Chess Tour and a suite of entertainment and learning chess products.