i was just wondering how many of us there are now? Best $29 i have ever spent!! i am totally hooked on this site, i even deleted blitzin off my pc now as i just dont want to visit ICC anymore, this site simply blows ICC out of the water as far as an all round site goes, once the live bit is ironed out there will be no competition at all!! well done erik and co. :-)))

How many a Premium? You! Me... And Erik!

glad to hear it you are enjoying it! how many paying members are there? honestly - not enough. i expected to be able to at least cover costs. still, i'm having a good time. i just wish more people would say "$30 or $80 for Chess.com??? that's the cheapest price per hour entertainment available!!" i think it is :)

is a preuim member a silver or gold or just platium and diamond

Great site!  I'm enjoying the unlimited Tactics trainer, about an hour into my 3 hours of Mentor, and Explorer.

Unlimited tourny entries, start tournies, multiple conditional moves, etc. etc.

Dvaud does recommend!

lukeyboy_xx wrote:

is a preuim member a silver or gold or just platium and diamond

All of them. 

is it just me, or has the price for diamond membership droped like 50 $

Love the site, the depth of features here is unmatched. I particularly like the tactics trainer, play vs. the computer, current chess news on login. How many premium members are there? No idea, but I have switched my membership from chessworld.net and am not sorry. Keep up the good work! How long before live chess becomes available to those of us who use IE as our browser?

DEAR  STAFF,   I  LOVE  THIS  SITE  AND APPRECIATE  THAT  YOU  GUYS AND  WOMEN  ARE DEDICATED  TO MAKING IT  EVEN  BETTER.

I  AM  PARTIALLY DISABLED AND  ENJOY   USING  YOUR   OPENING  EXPLORE

AND I  SUBSRIBE TO  CHESS MENTOR

IN  CLOSING  YOU  TACTICS  TRAINER  IS  FABULOUS  AND  THWE  OTHER  MEMBERS  YOU  MEET ON THIS  SITE  ARE  DOWN  TO  EARTH  AND I  GET  GREAT  FEEDBACK FROM  THEIR VAST  KNOWLEDGE  IN  THE AREA  OF  CHESS

I  CAN USE  MY LEFT  HAND,  BUT I AM  SPENDING  HOURS ON YOUR  SITE

IT  WOULD  BE GREAT   TO HAVE  A  CHESS MASTER  ON  THE SITE FOR  A  FREE QUESTION  AND ANSWER   COLUMN

                                THANKS   TONY  SOLIS  (antne003)

Agreed.  Best cash I've spent, and by FAR the best chess site on the web!  I have more fun here than I do at the local chess club :)

Keep up the great work, chess.com staff!

--Spence

Executive Officer

Dominion Gaming

www.dominiongaming.net

we're so glad you enjoy the site! thank you for your support! :) yes, we know we need more masters on the site...

Cannot agree more with the comments above.

If you like Chess and use this site regulary, then why not pay the $29.

I dont normally pay for site access unless it is worth doing or is very good, Chess.com is just superb. Great community and the layout is great.

Keep the site going, support Chess.com, become a premium member.

WOOT just subscribed. So glad I was finaly able to do this. Not only cuz of the features but cuz ive been wanting to support this website for a while. I recently found out how much it would cost to make a website of good quality, getting the name out, and maintaining one and its not cheap.

So thank you for making this sight, and im glad that I can finaly show my apperitation where it counts XD.

I second the posts above. It's a great site, and it deserves support! We cannot expect people to work always for the glory...

Also: I *love* seeing here what I loved in WorldChessNetwork (God bless the poor dead thing), in particular the "Vote Chess" (that in WCN was called Community Challenge). I also love the "Online chess" feature, because I am trying to improve, and I recognize I need to ponder on each and every move, if I want to increase my depth of analysis.

And this seems a very nice community which, in the end, is the most important thing!

Kudos to all!

Andrea

YAY, Newly premiumed have acess to this forum.

On a value for money basis, it's one of the best investments I ever made.

I mean I must be down to $.0001 per hour by now and I'm only about half way through my year!

I did the math: platinum membership costs less than 1¢ per hour. I've never seen prices like that before! (22¢/day, for platinum)

I am one now

Love the site. It's the one and only place I've looked . I don't shop around because it has anything I want. The staff works well and fast to correct problems. (I've had only one and the response was good.) 

I also joined just to support the site and am now loving the extra features.  I'm relatively new to regular chess and couldn't be happier!