Chess.com Matches API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Chess.com Published Data Clubs Matches 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: Matches
  description: Daily and live team match details
paths:
  /player/{username}/matches:
    get:
      summary: Get Player Team Matches
      operationId: getPlayerMatches
      tags:
      - Matches
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Username'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Team match participation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /club/{url-ID}/matches:
    get:
      summary: Get Club Matches
      operationId: getClubMatches
      tags:
      - Matches
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ClubUrlId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Team matches for the club
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /match/{ID}:
    get:
      summary: Get Daily Team Match
      operationId: getDailyMatch
      tags:
      - Matches
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/MatchId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Daily team match details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /match/{ID}/{board}:
    get:
      summary: Get Daily Team Match Board
      operationId: getDailyMatchBoard
      tags:
      - Matches
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/MatchId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Board'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Daily team match board
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /match/live/{ID}:
    get:
      summary: Get Live Team Match
      operationId: getLiveMatch
      tags:
      - Matches
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/MatchId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Live team match details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /match/live/{ID}/{board}:
    get:
      summary: Get Live Team Match Board
      operationId: getLiveMatchBoard
      tags:
      - Matches
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/MatchId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Board'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Live team match board
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  parameters:
    MatchId:
      name: ID
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Numeric team-match ID
      schema:
        type: integer
    Board:
      name: board
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Board number within the team match
      schema:
        type: integer
    Username:
      name: username
      in: path
      required: true
      description: All-lowercase Chess.com username
      schema:
        type: string
    ClubUrlId:
      name: url-ID
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Club URL-ID slug from chess.com/club/{url-ID}
      schema:
        type: string