The online chess platform Chess.com has entered into a partnership with Wurl to deliver its Chess TV FAST channel to new streaming platforms.
For the first time, elite events such as the Champions Chess Tour, Chess.com Global Chess Championship, the Speed Chess Championship and the World Chess Championship will be aired across the Chess TV FAST footprint.
Commenting on the development, Chess.com CEO, Erik Allebest said: “Our Chess.com community is incredibly robust, engaged and growing every single day. Chess has gone mainstream and its interest on a global scale is at an all-time high.
“We have a powerful chess platform that will help drive Chess TV into the FAST space and we’re looking forward to working with Wurl to make that happen”.
Through Wurl’s Global FAST Pass solution, Chess TV will be marketed to streamers worldwide. Global FAST Pass is the world’s largest Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) channel network, reaching more than 300 million viewers in 195 countries across 38 streamer brands.
