# Chess.com Player Profile & Rating Stats Scraper (Free) (`fit_melon/chess-com-player-stats-scraper`) Actor

Bulk scrape Chess.com player profiles and ratings: rapid, blitz, bullet and daily Elo, peak ratings, win/loss/draw records with win rate, title, country and followers. Free chess data export.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fit_melon/chess-com-player-stats-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [D N](https://apify.com/fit_melon) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Other
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Chess.com Player Profile & Rating Stats Scraper (Free)

Bulk export **Chess.com player data** as clean JSON: profile (real name, GM/IM title, country, location, followers, league, streamer status, join date) plus full **rating statistics** for rapid, blitz, bullet, daily and Chess960 — current Elo, peak Elo with the date and game link, and win/loss/draw records with computed **win rate**.

Feed it a list of usernames and get a tidy table back. Perfect for **chess analytics, club dashboards, tournament research or leaderboards**. This actor is **100% free** — you only pay your own Apify platform usage.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `usernames` | array of strings | *(required)* | Chess.com usernames. Profile URLs and `@handles` are normalized automatically. |
| `includeStats` | boolean | `true` | Also fetch ratings and win/loss/draw records per time control. |

### Output

One dataset item per player, always with an explicit `status` field (`found`, `not_found` or `error`) — the actor never crashes on an unknown username.

```json
{
  "status": "found",
  "query": "hikaru",
  "username": "hikaru",
  "playerId": 15448422,
  "name": "Hikaru Nakamura",
  "title": "GM",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "location": "Florida",
  "followers": 1401036,
  "accountStatus": "premium",
  "league": "Legend",
  "isStreamer": true,
  "twitchUrl": "https://twitch.tv/gmhikaru",
  "joined": "2014-01-06T20:00:58.000Z",
  "lastOnline": "2026-07-13T10:35:20.000Z",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.chess.com/member/Hikaru",
  "totalGames": 565,
  "peakFormat": "rapid",
  "peakRating": 2927,
  "fideRating": 2802,
  "tacticsHighest": 3350,
  "puzzleRushBest": 62,
  "formats": {
    "rapid": {
      "currentRating": 2839,
      "currentRatingDate": "2025-10-21T18:45:06.000Z",
      "bestRating": 2927,
      "bestRatingDate": "2022-02-26T18:48:34.000Z",
      "bestGameUrl": "https://www.chess.com/game/live/141332265952",
      "record": { "win": 201, "loss": 67, "draw": 209, "total": 477, "winRate": 42.1 }
    }
  },
  "error": null
}
```

### Use cases

- **Chess analytics & dashboards** — track a roster of players' ratings over time by scheduling this actor.
- **Club or team leaderboards** — pull every member's peak rating and game count in one run.
- **Tournament & opponent research** — check titles, formats played and win rates before a match.
- **Content & journalism** — sourced, up-to-date numbers on top players for articles and videos.

### Limitations & fair use

- Uses the official **public** [Chess.com Published-Data API](https://www.chess.com/news/view/published-data-api). Only public profile data is available — no private games or emails.
- The API is read-only and rate-limited; this actor applies a polite delay between requests and retries up to 3 times with backoff. Very large username lists will run proportionally longer.
- `downloads`-style live values (`lastOnline`, ratings) are point-in-time snapshots. Schedule the actor if you need a time series.
- Data belongs to Chess.com and its users; respect their [terms of service](https://www.chess.com/legal/terms) when redistributing.

### More actors by this developer

Browse the full collection of free data and enrichment actors: **[apify.com/fit_melon](https://apify.com/fit_melon)**

# Actor input Schema

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

Chess.com usernames to look up. Profile URLs (https://www.chess.com/member/name) and @handles are accepted too. One dataset item per player.

## `includeStats` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, also fetches ratings and win/loss/draw records for rapid, blitz, bullet and daily. Adds one extra request per player.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "hikaru",
    "magnuscarlsen"
  ],
  "includeStats": true
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "usernames": [
        "hikaru",
        "magnuscarlsen"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fit_melon/chess-com-player-stats-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "usernames": [
        "hikaru",
        "magnuscarlsen",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fit_melon/chess-com-player-stats-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "usernames": [
    "hikaru",
    "magnuscarlsen"
  ]
}' |
apify call fit_melon/chess-com-player-stats-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,fit_melon/chess-com-player-stats-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/gRTDHvMkN4lrEBiwl/builds/coz7C0n2X6oEsWFja/openapi.json