21 Online Communities for Chess Fans
Updated 12/23/2025
The Tavern
on discord
We do fun group videocall parties, everyone on camera. Most are IT people, students and entrepreneurs. Anxious? Newcomers immediately feel very welcome in The Tavern! RULES: - MUST be face on cam in our calls. Always. - MUST be an adult (18 or older)18K members
ChatEvents36 views / month
Chess.com
on discord
Welcome to the official Chess.com Discord server. Join in to talk about chess, connect and learn from other fellow chess lovers.161K members
ChatPairingEventsNewsletterPaidCourses19 views / month
Chess Academy
on discord
Chess Academy is the largest educational chess server boasting Official Discord Partnership status. With almost 40,000 members, we are the most active, yet educational chess-focused server. Chat with top GMs, IMs, and players of a diverse background from all over the world, or take part in one of our lectures hosted by our instructors.52K members
ChatApplyEventsPaidCourses27 views / month
Vidit's Chess Club
on discord
Official server of India's top chess player GM Vidit Gujrathi. Be a part of our community and join us in amazing events.16K members
ChatEvents14 views / month
Chesspage University
on skool
I make chess videos (funny and educating). Watch my videos right now to improve at chess faster and easier at the same time. My favorite opening is the Halloween Gambit, you should try it.913 members
ForumPaidCourses26 views / month
Indian Chess Organisation
on discord
Join the official Discord Server of Indian Chess Organisation and take part in various events like movie watching, tournaments, quize, workshops and many more and get a chance to win exciting prizes.206 members
ForumChatEventsCourses11 views / month
The Q Chess Club
on discord
The Q Chess Club is a welcoming online chess community for players of all skill levels. We host regular tournaments, strategy discussions, and friendly games to help members improve. With a supportive global membership, you'll find coaching sessions, ranking roles, and lively debates about openings and endgames.104 members
ChatEvents12 views / month
ChessGames.com
Chessgames.com is a database of chess games combined with discussion forums, forming the internet's oldest and best chess learning community. You can register to Chessgames.com for free, however we also sell Premium Memberships which provide even more powerful features and enhancements to the normal account.341K members
ForumPairingEventsPaid6 views / month
ChessTempo
The ChessTempo forum is suggested to be by far, the best Chess forum in existence. With higher rated players and plenty of resources and tools, it’s the perfect place for players to hang out at. They even have training diaries that can be utilized to track progress and improve further.2.1M members
ForumPaidCourses6 views / month
r/Chess
on reddit
All about the game of chess, including discussions on professional tournaments, game analysis and theory. If you are new to the game, check out /r/chessbeginners and before posting here please read our rules: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/wiki/index.1.8M members
Forum8 views / month
r/chessbeginners
on reddit
A place for new chess players to hang out, ask questions, discover tactics, get advice from others and learn more about the game: This is the r/chessbeginners subreddit.396K members
Forum2 views / month
Chess
on twitter
Everything Chess.2K members
Forum2 views / month
Chess Night
on twitter
A community where people find their Chess partners, learn, play and grow together.252 members
Forum2 views / month
ChessTips
on twitter
Sharing chess knowledge and information with each other680 members
Forum2 views / month
Chess players
on linkedin
This is group for chess players to expand our network of people and ideas.12K members
Forum2 views / month
Maths & Unusual Chess
on linkedin
Mathematics, Chess Problems, ChessBoard Puzzles, Math Chess and unusual aspects of the chess world...6K members
Forum2 views / month
INTERNATIONAL CHESS COMMUNITY
on facebook
Dear members, this is just not a web page in a social networking platform/site. This is a community. The chess community! Your participation in the the team's tournaments will be an advancement to this chess community. Your Chess Community.15K members
Forumchess Move of the day
on facebook
This is a Facebook group dedicated to chess that also offers WhatsApp and Telegram groups for networking.205K members
Forum3 views / month
Online Chess Master
on facebook
This is a place where all chess players are welcome. From beginners to advanced. A place to teach and learn, tell about our experiences and share our mutual knowledge.99K members
Forum2 views / month
Universal Chess
on facebook
Universal Chess. Uniting the whole wide world through Chess.161K members
Forum2 views / month
r/AnarchyChess
on reddit
Chess shitposting at its finest598K members
Forum4 views / month
FAQ
Community size
- Tiny: 0 communities (<20 members)
- Small: 0 communities (20-100 members)
- Medium: 5 communities (100-1,000 members)
- Large: 2 communities (1,000-10,000 members)
- Huge: 6 communities (10,000-100,000 members)
- Massive: 6 communities (100,000-1M members)
- Gigantic: 2 communities (1M+ members)
Community features
Community platforms
- Discord: 6 communities
- Facebook: 4 communities
- Reddit: 3 communities
- X / Twitter: 3 communities
- LinkedIn: 2 communities
- Skool: 1 communities