About ChessTV
Chess should feel live, human, and easy to enter.
ChessTV is a platform for live chess rooms. The core idea is simple: when two people play online, the board should not feel isolated from the players. The clock, camera, chat, moves, and room history should live together.
Rooms are private and personal. A creator invites one friend, approves the join request, and both players start games from the same room. The point is not only to make a move, but to see the reaction, hear the pause, and keep the match feeling human.
Camera beside the board
The player is visible while the board, moves, clocks, and controls stay central.
Private by default
Rooms are invite-only. The creator approves the second player before room content appears.
Games stay in the room
Rematches, results, clocks, and history remain connected instead of disappearing after one game.
What we are building
A chess room, not just a chessboard.
Room creation
Create a private room and share one link with a friend.
Join approval
The invited player requests access, and the creator accepts or rejects the request.
Game offers
Players choose time control and color before a game starts.
Live play
The board, cameras, chat, clocks, draw offers, resignations, and game history live together.
Founder
Built from a lifelong relationship with chess.
ChessTV was founded by Nihad Ibrahimli, who grew up in a small town in Azerbaijan and started playing chess at the age of five through a free, community-run chess school.
What began as a way to keep a child busy became a foundation for discipline, pressure management, and strategic thinking. Chess opened doors far beyond where he started, and that experience shapes the way ChessTV is being built.
The product combines chess experience with modern software design: make the room clear, make the interaction human, and make the system strong enough for a global chess audience.
Direction
Chess with emotions on camera.
ChessTV starts with the most human version of online chess: two players in a private room, seeing each other and playing a real game. The board matters, but so does the face across from it.
The ChessTV idea
To make ChessTV the natural place for chess with a camera: private games between friends, serious matches, room histories, time controls, chat, and the emotion that makes a game feel alive.
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