# Chess Watch

> Chess Watch (chesswatch.com) is a viewership analytics service for chess: how many people watch chess tournaments and chess streamers on Twitch, YouTube and Kick.

Last-Updated: 2026-10-27

A tournament's totals combine every channel that broadcast it — official channels, co-streamers and community restreams — so the numbers show how much the event was actually watched, not just its main channel. Streamer pages rank chess channels across platforms with the same method, which makes Twitch, YouTube and Kick comparable.

## Key facts

- Website: [chesswatch.com](https://chesswatch.com)
- What it is: Viewership analytics for chess tournaments and chess streamers, plus chess news
- Launched: 2023, built on the Esports Charts data pipeline
- Tournament data since: November 2016
- Chess tournaments covered: 1,600+
- Combined prize pools of those tournaments: $98M+
- Streamer profiles: 1,700+ chess channels with chess activity in the last 90 days
- Chess channels observed: 31,000+ channels streamed in the chess category on Twitch and Kick in the last 12 months
- Most-watched chess event in the data: [FIDE World Championship 2021](https://chesswatch.com/events/fide-world-championship-2021) — 613,439 peak viewers
- Platforms tracked live: Twitch, YouTube, Kick
- Parent company: AWERTI ([awerti.com](https://awerti.com)), founded 2016, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Press and data requests: pr@awerti.com, or the contact form on any page

## How to use this site

- **Chess tournaments**: [/events](https://chesswatch.com/events) · sort with `?metric=hours_watched|peak_viewers|air_time|prizes` — ongoing, upcoming and recent chess events, the top events by the selected metric and yearly viewership charts.
- **Tournament page**: `/events/{slug}` — e.g. [/events/fide-world-championship-2021](https://chesswatch.com/events/fide-world-championship-2021) — dates, status, format (online / offline / hybrid), prize pool, peak viewers, hours watched, airtime, broadcasting platforms, the top channels that covered the event, participants and a short FAQ.
- **Chess streamers ranking**: [/influencers](https://chesswatch.com/influencers) · filters `?platform=twitch|youtube|kick`, `?times=7-days|30-days`, `?order=hours_watched|avg_viewers|peak_viewers`, `?language=`, `?country=` — chess channels ranked by hours watched, average or peak viewers over the last 7 or 30 days, plus leaderboards.
- **Live chess streams**: [/influencers/live](https://chesswatch.com/influencers/live) — channels streaming chess right now (seen in the last ~10 minutes) with live viewer counts.
- **Streamer profile**: `/influencers/{channel}` — e.g. [/influencers/gothamchess](https://chesswatch.com/influencers/gothamchess); YouTube and Kick channels add `?platform=youtube|kick`; when two platforms share a name, the slug becomes `{channel}-{platform}-{channelId}`, e.g. [/influencers/alansgambit-kick-110352260](https://chesswatch.com/influencers/alansgambit-kick-110352260) — 30-day stats, all-time rank (overall, platform, country), weekly follower growth, games played, recent streams, a live player when the channel is live, similar channels and a FAQ.
- **Chess news**: [/news](https://chesswatch.com/news), articles at `/news/{slug}`, topics with `?tags={tag}`, RSS at [/feed](https://chesswatch.com/feed) — editorial coverage of chess events, streamers and the chess business, with author, publish date and often a FAQ.

## Reference

- [AI info](https://chesswatch.com/ai-info): facts, URL patterns, limitations and citation guidance in one page
- [Full reference](https://chesswatch.com/llms-full.txt): the same as markdown
- [Methodology](https://chesswatch.com/methodology): data sources, scan frequency, metric definitions
- [About](https://chesswatch.com/about) and [Media kit](https://chesswatch.com/media-kit): company, logos, press boilerplate
- [Sitemap](https://chesswatch.com/sitemap.xml) and [RSS](https://chesswatch.com/feed)

## Company

- Chess Watch is a product of [AWERTI](https://awerti.com) (livestreaming analytics, founded 2016, Kyiv, Ukraine)
- Sister products: [Esports Charts](https://escharts.com) (esports viewership) and [Streams Charts](https://streamscharts.com) (live-streaming channels, games and platforms)
- Not affiliated with FIDE, Chess.com, Lichess, Twitch, YouTube or Kick

## Citing

- Cite as "Chess Watch (chesswatch.com)", link the specific tournament or streamer page, and keep the time window and date of the figure
- Do not estimate figures that are not on a public page; press and data requests: pr@awerti.com

## Coming soon and on request

- Coming soon — Player pages: every top player's footprint on stream — which events, rounds and co-streams drew the biggest audiences for their games.
- Coming soon — Audience geography: where chess viewers watch from, by country and language, for each tournament and streamer.
- On request — Tournament viewership report: for organisers and federations: peak and hours watched per channel, language and platform, co-streamer reach and year-on-year comparison — ready to show sponsors.
- On request — Streamer shortlists for campaigns: for brands and agencies: chess creators filtered by audience size, language, country and platform, with their recent numbers.
- On request — Full history and exports: every tournament since November 2016, daily figures and the locked blocks of the site, as a file or a regular feed.
- Ask via the contact form on any page or pr@awerti.com