At ChessVODs, our mission has always been simple: Watch elite chess without the spoilers. But today, we’re taking that a step further. We’ve just rolled out a suite of personal features designed to help you track your progress, curate your favorite matches, and follow the players you love.
Here is a breakdown of what’s new in your ChessVODs Profile:
1. The Ultimate Rating System
Ever watch a 150-move grind and wish you could warn others, or find a tactical masterpiece that everyone needs to see? Now you can.
- Community Ratings: Every VOD now has a star rating.
- The “Masterpiece” Badge: Matches that maintain a high rating will automatically earn the 💎 Masterpiece badge, making it easier for the community to find the highest-quality games.
2. Never Lose Your Place: “Mark as Watched”
With hundreds of VODs, it’s easy to forget which rounds of a tournament you’ve already seen.
- Visual Tracking: Once you finish a video, it will be marked as “Watched” across the site.
- Resume Watching: Your profile will now show your most recent activity, so you can jump right back into a tournament exactly where you left off.
3. Curate Your Favorites
Build your own personal library of legendary chess.
- Favorite VODs: Click the heart icon on any match to save it to your dashboard. Whether it’s a theoretical novelty or a brilliant endgame, your favorites are always one click away.
- Follow Players & Tournaments: Are you a Magnus superfan? Do you only care about the Candidates? You can now “Follow” specific players and tournaments to get a customized view of the matches that matter most to you.
4. Your New Profile Dashboard
Your new profile page is the “Control Center” for your chess viewing. It consolidates your watched history, your highest-rated matches, and your followed content into one spoiler-free view:
Why we built this
Chess is better when it’s interactive. By rating matches and following tournaments, you aren’t just watching, you’re helping build the most curated, spoiler-free chess video archive on the internet.
Create your profile now to see your stats and start rating your favorite matches!