Chess.com

aid: chess-com
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chess-com/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
  - aid: chess-com:chess-com-published-data-api
    name: Chess.com Published Data API
    tags:
      - Chess
      - Gaming
      - Players
      - Public Data
    humanURL: https://www.chess.com/news/view/published-data-api
    baseURL: https://api.chess.com/pub/
    properties:
      - url: https://www.chess.com/news/view/published-data-api
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://support.chess.com/en/articles/9650547-published-data-api
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/chess-com-published-data-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/chess-com-player-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-schema/chess-com-game-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-schema/chess-com-club-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-ld/chess-com-context.jsonld
        type: JSONLD
    description: >-
      Public, unauthenticated REST API exposing player profiles, monthly game archives (with PGN download), club
      rosters, daily and live team matches, Swiss/round-robin tournaments, titled players, country rosters, the daily
      puzzle, the streamer list, and live leaderboards across daily, blitz, bullet, rapid, tactics, lessons, and chess
      variants. JSON-LD response shape with ETag, Last-Modified, gzip, and JSONP support; data refreshes at most every
      12-24 hours.
name: Chess.com
tags:
  - Chess
  - Gaming
  - Online Games
  - Sports
  - Community
  - Education
kind: contract
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
common:
  - url: https://www.chess.com
    name: Chess.com Home
    type: Portal
  - url: https://www.chess.com/news/view/published-data-api
    name: Published Data API
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://support.chess.com/en/articles/9650547-published-data-api
    name: Help Center — PubAPI
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.chess.com/membership
    name: Premium Membership
    type: Pricing
  - url: https://www.chess.com/legal/privacy
    name: Privacy Policy
    type: PrivacyPolicy
  - url: https://www.chess.com/legal
    name: Terms of Service
    type: TermsOfService
  - url: https://www.chess.com/about
    name: About Chess.com
    type: AboutUs
  - url: https://www.chess.com/news
    name: News
    type: Blog
  - url: https://www.chess.com/article
    name: Articles
    type: Blog
  - url: https://www.chess.com/forum
    name: Forums
    type: Forum
  - url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chess-com
    name: LinkedIn
    type: LinkedIn
  - url: https://twitter.com/chesscom
    name: Twitter / X
    type: Twitter
  - url: https://www.youtube.com/chess
    name: YouTube
    type: YouTube
  - url: https://www.twitch.tv/chess
    name: Twitch
    type: Twitch
  - url: https://github.com/chess
    name: Chess.com GitHub
    type: GitHubOrganization
  - url: https://www.chess.com/coaches
    name: Coaches
    type: Support
  - url: https://www.chess.com/streamers
    name: Streamers
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.chess.com/leaderboard
    name: Leaderboards
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/andyruwruw/chess-web-api
    name: chess-web-api (Node.js wrapper)
    type: SDK
  - url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/chess-web-api
    name: chess-web-api on npm
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/sarartur/chess.com
    name: chess.com (Python wrapper)
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/Stupidoodle/chess-com-api
    name: chess-com-api (async Python)
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/sornerol/chess-com-pubapi-java-wrapper
    name: chess-com-pubapi-java-wrapper (Java)
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/chrismaltais/chess-pub-api-client
    name: chess-pub-api-client (Ruby)
    type: SDK
  - url: plans/chess-com-plans-pricing.yml
    name: Chess.com Plans
    type: Plans
  - url: rate-limits/chess-com-rate-limits.yml
    name: Chess.com Rate Limits
    type: RateLimits
  - url: finops/chess-com-finops.yml
    name: Chess.com FinOps
    type: FinOps
  - url: vocabulary/chess-com-vocabulary.yml
    name: Chess.com Vocabulary
    type: Vocabulary
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'