Chess.com

Endeavor Group, the sports and entertainment conglomerate, has made a major move into chess, announcing a strategic investment into the leading gaming platform for the sport, today (Thursday).

Chess.com, a leading chess gaming platform, has partnered with smart TV distribution and marketing firm Wurl to deliver its free ad-supported streaming (FAST) channel, Chess TV, to new streaming platforms

Leading chess gaming platform Chess.com has had an $82m (NOK 798,885,386) offer accepted to acquire Play Magnus Group,  the chess company co-founded by world chess champion Magnus Carlsen.