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Chess.com Matches API

Daily and live team match details

Chess.com Matches API is one of 10 APIs that Chess.com publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Matches. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 3 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2026-05-25.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.chess.com/pub.

6 operations 6 paths 0 schemas 6 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2026-05-25
Base URL
https://api.chess.com/pub/
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 6 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Matches 6

Daily and live team match details

GET
/player/{username}/matches
Get Player Team Matches
getPlayerMatches 1 param → 200
GET
/club/{url-ID}/matches
Get Club Matches
getClubMatches 1 param → 200
GET
/match/{ID}
Get Daily Team Match
getDailyMatch 1 param → 200
GET
/match/{ID}/{board}
Get Daily Team Match Board
getDailyMatchBoard 2 params → 200
GET
/match/live/{ID}
Get Live Team Match
getLiveMatch 1 param → 200
GET
/match/live/{ID}/{board}
Get Live Team Match Board
getLiveMatchBoard 2 params → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

chess-com-matches-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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