Chess.com Countries API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Chess.com Published Data Clubs Countries API
  description: 'Public, read-only REST API exposing Chess.com data: player profiles and stats, monthly game

    archives (JSON and PGN), clubs and members, daily and live team matches, Swiss and round-robin

    tournaments, titled-player lists, country rosters, the daily puzzle, the streamer list, and

    live leaderboards.


    The API is unauthenticated; rate limiting applies to parallel requests (429 Too Many Requests).

    Responses use JSON-LD with ETag, Last-Modified, gzip, and JSONP support. Most endpoints refresh

    at most every 12-24 hours. Clients are encouraged to send a recognizable User-Agent including a

    contact email or URL.

    '
  version: '2026-05-25'
  contact:
    name: Chess.com Support
    url: https://support.chess.com
  x-logo:
    url: https://www.chess.com/favicon.ico
servers:
- url: https://api.chess.com/pub
  description: Chess.com Published Data API
tags:
- name: Countries
  description: Country profiles, players, and clubs
paths:
  /country/{iso}:
    get:
      summary: Get Country Profile
      operationId: getCountry
      tags:
      - Countries
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Iso'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Country profile
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  '@id':
                    type: string
                  name:
                    type: string
                  code:
                    type: string
  /country/{iso}/players:
    get:
      summary: List Players By Country
      operationId: listCountryPlayers
      tags:
      - Countries
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Iso'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Players for the given country
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  players:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
  /country/{iso}/clubs:
    get:
      summary: List Clubs By Country
      operationId: listCountryClubs
      tags:
      - Countries
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Iso'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Clubs for the given country
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  clubs:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
components:
  parameters:
    Iso:
      name: iso
      in: path
      required: true
      description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g. US, RU, IN)
      schema:
        type: string
        minLength: 2
        maxLength: 2