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· 0 checks — Desktop Lighthouse audit -- Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO category breakdown.Detailed Report
Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.
Performance
Insights
Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
A forced reflow occurs when JavaScript queries geometric properties (such as offsetWidth) after styles have been invalidated by a change to the DOM state. This can result in poor performance. Learn more about forced reflows and possible mitigations.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Resource Size | Est Savings | |
|---|---|---|---|
div.landing-page-hero-wrapper > section.landing-page-pair-container > div.landing-page-hero-image-container > img.landing-page-image div.landing-page-hero-wrapper > section.landing-page-pair-container > div.landing-page-hero-image-container > img.landing-page-image | /image/configurator/index_page_hero__1__1775208443885.gif | 2.3 MiB | 2.2 MiB |
div.landing-page-feature-wrapper > section.landing-page-pair-container > div.landing-page-feature-image-container > img.landing-page-image div.landing-page-feature-wrapper > section.landing-page-pair-container > div.landing-page-feature-image-container > img.landing-page-image | assets-configurator.chess.com/image/configurator/lessons_1770392199153.webp | 134.0 KiB | 123.8 KiB |
fide candidates 2026 participants: tan, divya, hikaru, fabiano div.landing-page-feature-wrapper > section.landing-page-pair-container > div.landing-page-feature-image-container > img.landing-page-image | /image/configurator/fide_candidates_2026_1774562902040.webp | 74.0 KiB | 68.3 KiB |
div.landing-page-feature-wrapper > section.landing-page-pair-container > div.landing-page-feature-image-container > img.landing-page-image div.landing-page-feature-wrapper > section.landing-page-pair-container > div.landing-page-feature-image-container > img.landing-page-image | assets-configurator.chess.com/image/configurator/puzzles_1765899040725.webp | 74.8 KiB | 52.0 KiB |
div.landing-page-feature-wrapper > section.landing-page-pair-container > div.landing-page-feature-image-container > img.landing-page-image div.landing-page-feature-wrapper > section.landing-page-pair-container > div.landing-page-feature-image-container > img.landing-page-image | assets-configurator.chess.com/image/configurator/watch_1765899051211.webp | 65.9 KiB | 45.8 KiB |
div.landing-page-app-wrapper > section.landing-page-app-pair-container > div.landing-page-app-image-container > img.landing-page-image div.landing-page-app-wrapper > section.landing-page-app-pair-container > div.landing-page-app-image-container > img.landing-page-image | assets-configurator.chess.com/image/configurator/app_1765899068381.webp | 41.5 KiB | 31.0 KiB |
div.landing-page-feature-wrapper > section.landing-page-pair-container > div.landing-page-feature-image-container > img.landing-page-image div.landing-page-feature-wrapper > section.landing-page-pair-container > div.landing-page-feature-image-container > img.landing-page-image | assets-configurator.chess.com/image/configurator/bots_1765899028922.webp | 31.8 KiB | 22.1 KiB |
Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Transfer Size | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| www.chess.com/themes/css?board_size=200&pieces_size=150 | 2.5 KiB | 118 ms |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/content-global-styles.kPRlgeTGAJ.css | 6.9 KiB | 118 ms |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/common.BJosL-lxOz.css | 5.8 KiB | 118 ms |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/common.Bqr9xl7ZzD.css | 2.6 KiB | 208 ms |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/common.BMS34xsG_l.css | 1.3 KiB | 118 ms |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/common.CBAHqPT0WD.css | 1.2 KiB | 208 ms |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/common.BWsl97BVS5.css | 1.1 KiB | 208 ms |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/common.BOMnQFRB9M.css | 2.2 KiB | 208 ms |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/navigation-global-styles.tDEySEdWu0.css | 4.9 KiB | 208 ms |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/sprites-global-styles.DdqrBI4Lhc.css | 4.2 KiB | 118 ms |
Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.
Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Time Spent |
|---|---|
| chess.com/ | 248 ms |
| www.chess.com/ | 0.0 ms |
Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Diagnostics
Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Transfer Size | Est Savings |
|---|---|---|
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/js/vue.dll.c1ed70f2.js | 212.4 KiB | 162.6 KiB |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/js/web.chunk.client.c501b5ae.js | 105.0 KiB | 99.2 KiB |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/js/web.chunk.client.cc4f64ab.js | 105.0 KiB | 99.2 KiB |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/js/landing-page.client.c273ac3d.js | 76.3 KiB | 57.4 KiB |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/common.AO98t6A9Lx.chunk.js | 44.8 KiB | 41.6 KiB |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/vendors/vue.runtime.esm-bundler.CsWIWiQsn3.js | 52.0 KiB | 33.1 KiB |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/common.tcMo54zQ4X.chunk.js | 37.2 KiB | 32.7 KiB |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/common.BBWXPFjHfi.chunk.js | 31.6 KiB | 30.4 KiB |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/js/web.chunk.client.f3acd298.js | 45.9 KiB | 27.4 KiB |
Minifying JavaScript files can reduce payload sizes and script parse time. Learn how to minify JavaScript.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Transfer Size | Est Savings |
|---|---|---|
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/vendors/vue.runtime.esm-bundler.CsWIWiQsn3.js | 52.0 KiB | 15.5 KiB |
| www.chess.com/bundles/app/vite/vendors/pinia.4a481b7372.js | 29.5 KiB | 9.1 KiB |
Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.
Accessibility
These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.
Navigation
A value greater than 0 implies an explicit navigation ordering. Although technically valid, this often creates frustrating experiences for users who rely on assistive technologies. Learn more about the `tabindex` attribute.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
Skip to content div.base-sidebar > nav#sidebar-main-menu > div#skip-to-content-container > a.cc-button-component |
These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.
Best practices
Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
User Agreement nav > ul.navigation-footer-pages-component > li.navigation-footer-page-component > a.navigation-footer-page-link |
Privacy Policy nav > ul.navigation-footer-pages-component > li.navigation-footer-page-component > a.navigation-footer-page-link |
Compliance nav > ul.navigation-footer-pages-component > li.navigation-footer-page-component > a.navigation-footer-page-link |
Chess.com © 2026 nav > ul.navigation-footer-pages-component > li.navigation-footer-page-component > a.navigation-footer-page-link |
These items highlight common accessibility best practices.
Visible text labels that do not match the accessible name can result in a confusing experience for screen reader users. Learn more about accessible names.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
English div.base-sidebar > nav#sidebar-main-menu > div.sidebar-footer-auth-buttons > button.cc-button-component |
Best Practices
General
Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Source | Description |
|---|---|
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 () |
Source maps translate minified code to the original source code. This helps developers debug in production. In addition, Lighthouse is able to provide further insights. Consider deploying source maps to take advantage of these benefits. Learn more about source maps.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
SEO
These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.