ChessCube was founded in 2006 by Mark Levitt. We offer live chess play and chat, chess training videos and lectures, and ChessCube Cinema. We’re passionate about chess, and about creating the best online chess you can find.

In October 2009, ChessCube launched ChessCube Premium Memberships.

Community

ChessCube has over 720,000 registered users from over 230 countries. ChessCube’s community is managed by moderators who are ChessCube players themselves.

Products

Live Chess – play chess, watch games and chat with friends
ChessCube Shop – purchase video titles to improve your game
ChessCube Cinema – download the award winning desktop AIR application

Development

The ChessCube live chess is developed in Adobe Flex.

Team

Mark Levitt, CEO & Founder: Four-time SA Open chess champion, with many years history in Chess commerce, including: publishing, software and retail business. Levitt was also an early investor & CIO of search engine marketing company www.incubeta.com, and a founding member of TEIM Ventures.

Investors

ChessCube has secured $1.8m to date in venture capital. Investors include InVenFin, a subsidiary of Venfin Limited, Michael Leeman and Vinny Lingham.

Awards

ChessCube was a semifinalist in the Adobe MAX 2008 Awards.
ChessCube won the 2008 WP Sports Award: Media Award – Electronic.