ChessGames.com is a large chess community on the Internet, with over 87,000 members. The site maintains a large atabase of historical chess games where every game has a distinct message board for comments and analysis. Basic membership is free and the site is open to players at all levels of ability. ChessGames.com is a non-playing site where members discuss chess and analyze positions without playing chess real-time, except for team contests and consultation challenges. The site's membership has been very successful representing "The World" when competing against Grandmasters. The site features allow study of openings, endgames and sacrifices, including the specific opening repertoire of every Grandmaster in the database.