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Erik Allebest

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Building a $200M Bootstrapped Chess Empire with Chess.com CEO Erik Allebest

Sarah GuoErik Allebest

Chess.com is on track for a little over $200 million in revenue this year with 10M DAU, 40–50M MAU and 250M+ registered members, achieved without primary capital after a $56K 2005 domain purchase.Cash-flow-funded product and community compounding lifted the baseline through successive demand waves, while the secondary-only CVC deal and General Atlantic reinvestment improved operational maturity.Gambit and the billion-player ambition extend expansion paths, while cheating enforcement and AI governance remain risks to monitor.