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chess.com

Category: Games

Scanned: May 11, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC · First seen: May 11, 2026 · Threat Engines: 1 / 92 · Times Scanned: 1
90 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of chess.com Captured May 11, 2026
https://chess.com
Screenshot of chess.com
31 years
Extremely Popular - #864 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Flagged by 1 of 92 engine
✓ Valid (TLS)
Cloudflare, Inc.
Toronto, Canada
cloudflare
Unknown
104.18.140.67
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered August 11, 1994
Expires July 2, 2027
Name Servers DAN.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Cloudflare, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 92 security engines checked
1
1 of 92 engines flagged this website Flagged by 1 security vendor at the time of scanning
Not flagged Flagged
Flagged by 1 of 92 engines
Direct Threat Database Sources
View detailed engine results on VirusTotal
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
26 files scanned
No threats
26
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
0
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
www.chess.com.http-redirect 78 B No threats
www.chess.com/about 149.9 KB No threats
www.chess.com/et 118.0 KB No threats
www.chess.com/el 123.2 KB No threats
www.chess.com/es 118.4 KB No threats
www.chess.com/ca 118.3 KB No threats
www.chess.com/az 118.3 KB No threats
www.chess.com/fa 122.1 KB No threats
www.chess.com/events 95.5 KB No threats
www.chess.com/fi 118.2 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
933
External Links
All Clean
5
Iframes
Clean
24
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
http://chess.comNot flagged
http://chess.com/Not flagged
http://chess.com/bundles/app/css/design-system.client.f7807427.cssNot flagged
http://chess.com/bundles/app/css/design-system.client.f7807427.rtl.cssNot flagged
http://chess.com/bundles/app/css/index.client.ec8e4b3b.cssNot flagged
http://chess.com/bundles/app/css/index.client.ec8e4b3b.rtl.cssNot flagged
http://chess.com/bundles/app/css/layout.client.e6cf3206.cssNot flagged
http://chess.com/bundles/app/css/layout.client.e6cf3206.rtl.cssNot flagged
http://chess.com/bundles/app/css/main.client.6382904c.cssNot flagged
http://chess.com/bundles/app/css/main.client.6382904c.rtl.cssNot flagged
http://chess.com/bundles/app/css/navigation-aggregate-landing.client.9b917e8b.cssNot flagged
http://chess.com/bundles/app/css/navigation-footer.client.e665d0a1.cssNot flagged
http://chess.com/bundles/app/css/navigation-footer.client.e665d0a1.rtl.cssNot flagged
http://chess.com/bundles/app/js/client/es6-translations/es6-translation.af_ZA.ec4b678d.jsNot flagged
http://chess.com/bundles/app/js/client/es6-translations/es6-translation.ar_AR.9d39778c.jsNot flagged
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forms.gleNot flagged
github.comNot flagged
images.chesscomfiles.comNot flagged
new.uschess.orgNot flagged
play.google.comNot flagged
securepubads.g.doubleclick.netNot flagged
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<iframe width%3D"560" height%3D"314" class%3D"video-defer video-defer-placeholder" src%3D"https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/video-placeholder.9e5d549f.svg" data-src%3D"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/m6G2np2tshY" allowfullscreen%3D"allowfullscreen">Not flagged
<iframe width%3D"560" height%3D"315" class%3D"video-defer video-defer-placeholder" src%3D"https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/video-placeholder.9e5d549f.svg" data-src%3D"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UDNJ1WInLkY?si%3DmIZwkzdAASsxK6c_" title%3D"YouTube video player" frameborder%3D"0" allow%3D"accelerometer%3B autoplay%3B clipboard-write%3B encrypted-media%3B gyroscope%3B picture-in-picture%3B web-share" referrerpolicy%3D"strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen%3D"allowfullscreen">Not flagged
<iframe width%3D"560" height%3D"315" class%3D"video-defer video-defer-placeholder" src%3D"https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/video-placeholder.9e5d549f.svg" data-src%3D"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/knvySXCNfd8" frameborder%3D"0" allow%3D"accelerometer%3B autoplay%3B encrypted-media%3B gyroscope%3B picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen%3D"allowfullscreen">Not flagged
<iframe width%3D"560" height%3D"315" class%3D"video-defer video-defer-placeholder" src%3D"https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/video-placeholder.9e5d549f.svg" data-src%3D"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/lYR09lIBsek" frameborder%3D"0" allow%3D"accelerometer%3B autoplay%3B encrypted-media%3B gyroscope%3B picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen%3D"allowfullscreen">Not flagged
<iframe width%3D"560" height%3D"315" class%3D"video-defer video-defer-placeholder" src%3D"https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/video-placeholder.9e5d549f.svg" data-src%3D"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/w7qBx7-zjNk" frameborder%3D"0" allow%3D"accelerometer%3B autoplay%3B encrypted-media%3B gyroscope%3B picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen%3D"allowfullscreen">Not flagged
chess.com Overview

Description of chess.com

Chess.com appears to be a long-established online chess platform focused on playing chess games in a web browser and mobile apps. The homepage and metadata indicate services such as live play, puzzles, lessons, training tools, videos, and community features, which aligns with its classification by multiple web-categorization providers as a games website. Its very high traffic ranking also suggests it is a widely used mainstream destination in the online gaming and chess-learning space.

Based on the domain name, page content, and linked properties, the site appears to be operated as a large digital platform rather than a simple hobby page or single-purpose landing page. The presence of support pages, mobile app listings, social media references, and educational/community sections suggests a mature service with a broad user base and supporting infrastructure.

Safety Assessment for chess.com

Scan results are largely favorable at the time of this scan. The domain was flagged by 1 out of 92 security engines, while the remaining engines did not report detections. Malware scanning indicated a clean result, with 0 flagged files out of 26 scanned, and the reviewed external links and referenced domains were not flagged. In addition, blacklist and threat-database checks were clean across the listed providers.

Context also matters here: the domain is more than 30 years old, ranks highly in web traffic, and the visible content matches the expected purpose of a well-known chess platform rather than showing common phishing or scam patterns. A single isolated engine detection without corroboration from malware scans or blacklist listings may represent a low-confidence or erroneous classification rather than a confirmed threat.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan, aside from one isolated security-engine flag that does not appear to be supported by the broader scan results.

Technical Description

The site is served over HTTPS with a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by a major certificate authority, and the certificate was valid through 2026-07-08 at the time of the scan. DNS points to Cloudflare nameservers, and the resolved server IP is associated with Cloudflare infrastructure, which suggests the site uses a large content delivery and protection network. The web server was identified as Cloudflare, and the observed hosting location was Toronto, Canada.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses may not benefit from that additional layer of authenticity protection. No major technical security issues were evident from the provided scan data, and the malware scan did not identify suspicious files or flagged outbound resources at the time of review.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://chess.com/
200 https://www.chess.com/
Website Insights
#864
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: Games
Rank History (30 days)
Mar 30 May 10
11 cookies detected
Essential11
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
11 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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