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chess24.com was an Internet chess server in English and ten other languages, established in 2014 [1] by German grandmaster Jan Gustafsson and Enrique Guzman. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Chess24 also provided live coverage of major international chess tournaments, and hosted their own online tournaments, including the Magnus Carlsen Invitational .
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The Olympiad was broadcast live on FIDE's official YouTube channel, with commentary by grandmasters Judit Polgár and Mihail Marin. [132] In India, television broadcast was on the Doordarshan channel. [133] Chess24 provided online streaming commentary by grandmasters Peter Leko and Peter Svidler. [72]
In 2014, the site announced that over a billion live games had been played on the site, including 100 million correspondence games. [13] In January 2016, Chess.com announced a two-year overhaul of its "v3" interface. [ 14 ]
Online chess has existed in various forms including PLATO and play-by-email since the dawn of the Internet in the 1970s. The first Internet server designed for online chess was the Internet Chess Club (known at the time as ICS), which started operation in 1992. [1]
In 2019, Play Magnus AS merged with the chess website chess24, consolidating into the Play Magnus Group. Following the merge, the holding company of the two former chess24 owners (Jan Gustafsson and Enrique Guzman) became the largest shareholders in Play Magnus Group. [7] [8] In October 2020, Play Magnus Group was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
The games were broadcast live at a number of sites including Playchess and the Internet Chess Club (with live expert commentary provided by Chess.FM). A major feature of the tournament was the use of a different scoring system, sometimes referred to as "Bilbao Rules"; players earn three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss.
Gustafsson was involved in the Chess24.com project, for which he was a host and analyst; the chess historian, Edward Winter, named him as one of the top five Internet chess broadcasters. [8] [9] He is also a poker player and in 2007 co-authored a book on poker together with Dutch professional poker player, Marcel Lüske. [10]