[1] ChessCube.com was founded in 2007 by Mark Levitt, and offered live play, chat, and ChessCube Cinema.

In 2009, ChessCube hosted the world's first FIDE-rated online matches played in the South African Open 2009 where arbiters were present near the players' computers as supervisors.

[3] Mark Levitt, founder of ChessCube, was involved in chess publishing in the early 1990s.

From 1997 to 1998, Mark built the online Chess World for British Telecom's GamePlay.com, but GamePlay.com naturally dropped its board and card games in 1999 after it listed.

[5] Investors include InVenFin, a subsidiary of Venfin Limited, Michael Leeman and Vinny Lingham.

VIP members were adorned with a golden username instead of the usual grey as well as a crown under their mini-profile.

Similar to other sites, Grandmasters and other FIDE titled players automatically gained premium memberships.

Crowns can be used to enter specific tournaments and to buy things at a much lower "level" easier and permanently.

In July 2009, ChessCube sponsored the South African Open held at Wynberg Boys' High School.

After negotiating with FIDE, the World Chess Federation, several matches were played online using ChessCube.