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
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/players-players.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/games-games.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clubs-clubs.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/tournaments-tournaments.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/matches-matches.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/countries-countries.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/puzzles-puzzles.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/leaderboards-leaderboards.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/streamers-streamers.yaml
  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-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/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'