Ideas, Openings & Improvement

CVC Capital Partners just bought into the world's largest chess platform. Here is why a private equity firm known for sports and gaming deals wants a piece of chess.

CEO Erik Allebest says Chess.com's ad business is undermonetised relative to its audience. Here is the math behind the platform's push for eight-figure ad growth.

The database that has powered professional chess preparation since 1986 now belongs to a Kazakhstan-based fintech conglomerate. Here is what that actually changes.

Two very different investors reached the same conclusion about chess this year. Here is the underlying trend connecting the Chess.com and ChessBase deals.