

This was expanded to form a conceptual tour including the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge, and culminating in a Grand Final, featuring Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. įrom April to May 2020, chess24 held the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, an online rapid chess tournament which was won by Magnus Carlsen.

It was won by Alireza Firouzja in the final against Magnus Carlsen. From September 2019 to April 2020, chess24 held the first international Banter Blitz Cup, an online blitz chess tournament featuring players such as Magnus Carlsen, Gata Kamsky, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Parham Maghsoodloo, David Antón Guijarro and Leinier Domínguez with a $50,000 prize pool for players and $5,000 for streamers. They also host and sponsor their own events, especially since their acquisition by the Play Magnus suite. Tournaments Ĭhess24 provides live coverage of major international tournaments on the website and also on YouTube with commentary by players such as Yasser Seirawan, Peter Leko, and Tania Sachdev.

Reviews have tended to favour rivals and Lichess in terms of the playing experience, while suggesting that chess24 has richer educational video content.

Going premium allows deeper Stockfish analysis and also participation in events such as Banter Blitz, which allows Premium members to play with collaborators of chess24. There is also an option of "going premium" (paying for membership) on chess24. There are e-books about many chess topics, online chess courses available for members, and a daily news feature. Ĭhess24 offers users the option of playing chess against each other using various time controls, playing with modified versions of Stockfish, joining informal online tournaments, as well as watching videos on chess. Torres ranked the best overall, but chess24 as the best for improving one's game. Similarly to other chess servers, chess24 offers the ability to play online against other users or bots, enter online tournaments hosted on the site and view your own statistics. A 2020 review by IM Luis Torres put chess24 as one of the three most popular internet chess servers, alongside and lichess.
