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Chess.com API

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Public Chess.com data — player profiles (title, country, followers, join date), rating stats across rapid, blitz, bullet and daily with win/loss/draw records and personal bests, and the live leaderboards. Great for chess apps, dashboards, coaching tools, streamers and esports analytics.

api.oanor.com/chess-api
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Machine-readable spec so AI agents can integrate this API.

/api/chess-api/openapi.json
/api/chess-api/llms.txt

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API health

healthy
Uptime
100.00%
Server probes · 24h
Avg latency
930 ms
Server probes · 24h
Subscribers
4,058
active
Total calls
54
last 7 days
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Pricing

Pick a tier — billed monthly, cancel anytime.

Free

Free

  • 8,000 calls / month
  • 2 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • No credit card
  • 8,000 calls/mo at 2 rps
  • Player profile + rating stats endpoints
  • Personal/non-commercial use
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Basic

€8.00 /month

  • 120,000 calls / month
  • 8 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 120,000 calls/mo at 8 rps
  • All endpoints incl. leaderboards
  • Commercial use allowed
  • Email support
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Pro

€22.00 /month

  • 600,000 calls / month
  • 20 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 600,000 calls/mo at 20 rps
  • Normalized multi-format rating aggregation
  • Priority email support
  • 99.9% uptime target
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Mega

€59.00 /month

  • 2,500,000 calls / month
  • 50 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 2,500,000 calls/mo at 50 rps
  • Highest priority queue + leaderboard refresh
  • SLA with response guarantee
  • Dedicated support channel
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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about pricing, quotas, and integration.

How do I get an API key for Chess.com API?
Sign up for free at oanor.com, generate an API key from the developer dashboard, and call Chess.com API with the x-oanor-key header. No credit card needed for the free tier.
What's the rate limit for Chess.com API?
Free tier allows 1 request per second. Paid plans scale up to 50 requests per second on the Mega tier. Hard limits return HTTP 429 above the quota — no surprise overage charges.
How much does Chess.com API cost?
Chess.com API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €8.00 / month with higher quotas and faster rate limits.
Can I cancel my subscription anytime?
Yes. Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime from your billing dashboard. No long-term contracts and no cancellation fee.
Is Chess.com API GDPR-compliant?
All requests to Chess.com API go through our EU-based gateway. Your upstream API key never leaves our server and no personal data is shared with the upstream provider beyond the request you send.

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Code snippets

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curl https://api.oanor.com/chess-api/SOME_PATH \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
const res = await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/chess-api/SOME_PATH", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
const data = await res.json();
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/chess-api/SOME_PATH");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
r = requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/chess-api/SOME_PATH",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
print(r.json())

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