Albert Cheng

Widgets are live! First ten people to show me a streak longer than my 85 days on your phone screen (Android or iOS!) and I’ll throw you a 💎 membership 😉

at least we texted back

I know no one cares about your fantasy team but I want to see some heartbreaking finals. I’m talking half a point or less

Yes, we actually made the banner. All 37,845 unique people who replied to this tweet earned their place in our banner and interactive site with one immortal message: Chess. 💚 Find your square: twitterbanner.chess.com

@chesscom chess

everyone who replies "chess" will be in our new twitter header next week

Our Q3 Board Report is out! Here are the standout moments and the numbers that shaped the last few months - plus a few surprises we didn’t see coming 👀 Full report: go.chess.com/Report_Q3_2025

In memory of Daniel Naroditsky ❤️

In a rare interview, the growth 🐐 behind @duolingo, @Grammarly, and @chesscom shares everything he's learned about growing consumer products. In my conversation with Albert Cheng (@Albertc248), we discuss: 🔸 What good retention looks like for a consumer subscription app in 2025 🔸 How showing premium features to free users doubled Grammarly’s upgrades to paid plans 🔸 How to use the explore-exploit framework to find new growth opportunities 🔸 Why “reverse trials” work better than time-based trials 🔸 The three pillars of successful gamification: core loop, metagame, and profile Listen now 👇 • YouTube: youtu.be/2BKmNmnEj9w • Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3nf1uZ… • Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how… Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for supporting the podcast: 🏆 @TrustVanta — Automate compliance. Simplify security: vanta.com/lenny 🏆 @Atlassian Jira Product Discovery — Confidence to build the right thing: atlassian.com/lenny 🏆 @MiroHQ — A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life: miro.com/lenny

🎧 🚀 Check out my new episode with @lennysan on growing consumer subscriptions! I've been fortunate to lead Growth at three of the world's most beloved subscription products - @duolingo, @Grammarly, and @chesscom. In this conversation I share the stories and tactical examples on the journey to running 1,000+ experiments per year, improving our velocity while uncovering counterintuitive insights along the way. Let me know what you think! And thanks Lenny for the thought-provoking questions! YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=2BKmNm… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3nf1uZ…

Upcoming podcast guests 🔥 - Stewart Butterfield (@stewart), co-founder Slack - Melanie Perkins (@MelanieCanva), CEO Canva - Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), co-founder a16z - Elena Verna (@ElenaVerna), Head of Growth Lovable - Robby Stein (@rmstein), Head of Google Search - Dylan Field (@zoink), CEO Figma - Chip Huyen (@chipro), author "AI Engineering" - Nicole Forsgren (@nicolefv), DevEx expert - Jason Droege (@jdroege), CEO Scale AI - Molly Graham (@molly_g), "Give away your legos" - Albert Cheng (@Albertc248), Head of Growth at Duo, Grammarly, Chess - Jason Cohen (@asmartbear), founder WPEngine

Product meeting this morning… look at our sexy widgets coming soon 😉 (couple weeks out!)

@kevinakwok @willdepue @DanielRensch Sure. DM me let's explore this!

@willdepue @DanielRensch Wait actually we should make this happen @Albertc248

all the chess dot com bots are so not fun to play against because they don’t feel real. can i train you guys a solid human-like bullet bot please that makes normal mistakes at each level? there’s already good papers on this @DanielRensch

Checkmate, QP ♟️ Last weekend, Quinten Post won the Chesstival Tournament in Las Vegas, donating all prize money to @ReadingPartners.

new crashout feature available now! (press F)

DEFENSE VS DEFENSE ♟️ Rudy Gobert pulled up to the Hoop Gambit event to play against Wemby 🤯🤯

From buckets to bishops, he does it all♟️ Quinten Post showed off his chess skills at Chesstival during Summer League, taking the W in the Blitz tournament—and donating the prize money to a charity of his choice.

An important update.

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