Duolingo’s Mascot, Duo the Owl, Joins Chess.com to Capture Your Pawns in 12 Languages
01 Noviembre 2023 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Chess.com and Duolingo partner to combine the
fun of language learning and the thrill of chess for learners
around the world
Chess.com, the world’s largest chess site with a global
community of more than 150 million members, today announced a
partnership with Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL), the world’s leading
mobile learning platform. For the first time ever, Chess.com is
introducing multilingual player bots that allow users to interact
with opponents in more languages, including Spanish, French,
German, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Korean, Arabic,
Indonesian, and Russian. To celebrate, Duolingo’s delightful
characters are joining the game as playable multilingual bots.
Beginning today, Chess.com players will see familiar faces as
their automated opponents: the Duolingo World characters. Players
can face off against the sweet but hyper-competitive Zari, bored
and unimpressed Lily, refined and overconfident Oscar, frog-loving
chess prodigy in the making Junior, and of course, Duo the owl
himself. But Duo won’t make it easy… and when players interact with
Duo during the game, his aggressive personality might also come out
to play.
"Chess is arguably the most international game we have today,
and we hope language learning will surge synonymously with chess
play on Chess.com to reach even more international players,” said
Chess.com Chief Chess Officer Danny Rensch. “Duolingo and Chess.com
are two huge online communities that have so much in common, and
we’re excited to create unique opportunities that bring more people
together globally.”
"Duolingo learners and Chess.com's community of players are
dedicated, passionate, and want to learn by doing, which is exactly
how both platforms teach,” said George Audi, Global Head of
Business Development for Duolingo.“By bringing Duolingo's lovable
cast of characters, each with their unique and distinctive
personalities, to Chess.com as playable bots in multiple languages,
we're combining the joy of learning and practicing a language with
the thrill of improving your chess game. We hope November will be a
fun month for both communities to take their learning to the next
level."
Until December 2nd, Chess.com subscribers can claim two months
of free Super Duolingo, and Chess.com registered users can claim
one month of free Super Duolingo, allowing them to accelerate their
language learning skills at the same time that Chess.com has
provided a new playing ground for practice. Additionally, Duolingo
learners can join a chess-themed November monthly challenge and
earn a one-month Diamond Membership on Chess.com.
About Chess.com Chess.com is the world’s largest chess
site with a community of more than 150 million members from around
the world playing more than 10 million games every day. Chess.com
organizes and broadcasts the world’s biggest chess events featuring
multi-million-dollar prize funds captivating millions of viewers.
Chess.com is the 114th ranked site on the internet. In June 2023,
Chess.com was named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential
Companies.
About Duolingo Duolingo is the leading mobile learning
platform globally. Its flagship app has organically become the
world's most popular way to learn languages and the top-grossing
app in the Education category on both Google Play and the Apple App
Store. With technology at the core of everything it does, Duolingo
has consistently invested to provide learners a fun, engaging, and
effective learning experience while remaining committed to its
mission to develop the best education in the world and make it
universally available.
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