Chess.com
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Connect Chess.com to PostHog to sync your data into the PostHog data warehouse for analysis and modeling.
Sync the games and ratings of a list of Chess.com players.
Chess.com publishes this data without a key. The tables identify each player by an opaque key. They hold no username, game link, or moves.
After you add a username, resync the games table to load that player's earlier games.
Configuration
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
Chess.com usernamesType: textarea Required: True | The username of each player, separated by commas or new lines. |
Linking Chess.com to PostHog
- Go to the Data pipeline page in PostHog
- Click New source and select Chess.com
- Fill in the required configuration fields
- Click Next, select the tables you want to sync, and then press Import
Supported tables
| Table | Description | Sync method | Incremental field | Primary key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
games | One row for each finished game of a listed Chess.com player. | Incremental, Full refresh | end_time | — |
ratings | One row per listed player and game speed, with the current rating and record. | Full refresh | — | — |