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Video Lessons from Top Players Watch and listen as Grandmasters and top players explain chess to you! From openings to brilliant games to endgame technique, there are videos covering all chess topics. So sit back, put your feet up, and give your brain a workout! In-depth video analysis of games and positions A new lesson released almost every day! Video Lessons with Top Players	Unlimited	-	-
Free Chess Mentor Membership Time Premium Members get FREE Chess Mentor time (normally $12.95 a month or $99.95 per year)! Those who already subscribe to Chess Mentor receive a 5-15% discount! Click here to try Chess Mentor for FREE! ChessMentor Online Training	Unlimited	-	-
Computer Analysis Do you wonder why you lost a game? What were your critical mistakes and what winning moves did you miss? Our super-computers analyze your game and give you a fully-annotated report! Grandmaster-level computer game analysis Full notation on mistakes and blunders Computer Analysis of Games	Unlimited	25 /week	-
Chess.com TV Watch Chess.com TV for live broadcasts of major chess events, interviews with top players, weekly radio shows, game analysis, and much more! Click here to watch Chess.com TV! Chess.com TV - Live Shows	Unlimited	Unlimited	-
Game Explorer Search your games, your opponents' games, or millions of master chess games to see what openings are being playing with full win/draw/loss statistics! Or, look through a database of standard openings and discuss the opening with other Chess.com members. Access to millions of Master+ games Search through all games from Chess.com Ability to save your favorite openings/positions Platinum and Diamond Members have unlimited access. Gold Members have unlimited access to the Master+ Games and their own games, but limited access to other members' games. Basic Members are limited in their searches and cannot search their own games. Click here to check out the Game Explorer! Openings & Game Explorer	Unlimited	Unlimited	-
Tactics Trainer "Chess is 99% tactics!" Hone your tactics skills by spending time going through thousands and thousands of tactical positions where you are challenged to find the best moves! Track your "Tactics Rating" over time See full computer analysis of the moves Comment on tactics with other players Platinum/Diamond Members have unlimited access. Gold Members are limited to 25 problems per day. Basic Members are limited to 2 problems per day. Click here to check out the Tactics Trainer! Tactics Trainer	Unlimited	Unlimited	25 /day
Live Tournaments Live Tournaments start every 10 minutes, with your choice of popular bullet, blitz & rapid time-controls! Premium members can play in more tournaments! Live Tournaments	Unlimited	Unlimited	3 /day
Chess.com Turn-based Tournaments Compete in Official Chess.com turn-based tournaments or smaller round-robin tournaments. Premium Members can play in more turn-based tournaments. Premium Members can also run their own turn-based tournaments with more players, more options, and more total tournaments! Click here to see Chess.com Tournaments! Turn-Based Tournaments	Unlimited	Unlimited	10 /time
Performance Stats Check out rating and statistics for Turn-based and Live Chess! Premium Members can view graphs on rating, wins/losses, ranking, best wins, worst loss, and other stats including performance against other individual players. Basic members get rating, win/loss/draw, and time per move. Performance Stats	Full (all members)	Full (all members)	Self Only
Vacation Time Premium Members get more vacation days each year and a higher total vacation cap! Click here to read more about how Vacation Time works. Vacation Time	Max 90 Days	Max 90 Days	Max 60 Days
Computer Workout The Chess.com Computer Workout tool helps you improve your knowledge of key chess positions by setting you up to play them against the computer! Premium Members have access to ALL key chess positions. Basic members have access to a sample set of positions. Click here to start a Computer Workout! Computer Workout	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Games Archive Chess.com stores all of your games (Online Turn-based and Live) so you can download or access them at any time. Premium Members have access to ALL games ever played on Chess.com. Basic members have access to all games played within the last 30 days. Keep in mind, we never delete games, so once you subscribe, you will have access to all your old games once again! Click here to view your Game Archive! Games Archive	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Auto-Timeout Protection Premium Members get auto-timeout protection! If you are about to lose an Online (Turn-based) Chess game because of timeout you will automatically get put "on vacation". This can save you from silly losses and lost rating points due to timeouts! Auto-Timeout Protection
No Advertisements! Premium Members will not see any external ads on Chess.com (other than the main homepage) and will see very few internal ads (announcing new products and services). No Advertisements!
Vote Chess Vote Chess lets groups of players play against each other by voting for the best move! On Chess.com you either play against another random group of Chess.com Members, or everyone on Chess.com gets to play against a Master+ rated player! Premium Members will have access to some special exhibition games (such as Chess.com vs. Grandmaster!) that Basic members may not be able to play in. Click here to check out Vote Chess! Vote Chess	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Groups & Teams Become a part of a smaller group within Chess.com! Example groups/teams are those from certain countries or special interests, or just a group of friends! Groups get their own private forum, news, events, photos, and more. Group admins can customize just about every aspect of the group including who can join! Basic members can join groups but cannot manage them. Click here to view Groups! Groups & Teams	Unlimited	Create & Manage	Create & Manage
Design Theme Customization Want to change the way Chess.com looks or create a cool page that others can see when viewing your profile? You can customize 95% of the way Chess.com looks including the logo, font, background image, colors, etc! Basic members are limited to one theme. Click here to change your theme! Design Theme Customization	Unlimited	Unlimited	5 themes
3D Chess Pieces & Textured Boards Play with gorgeous 3D chess pieces made in several different colors and chessboards with wood, marble, and metal textures! 3D Chess Pieces & Boards
Faster Page Loading Time Premium Members get better site performance and faster page loading times. This comes from not having to load the code associated with showing ads. Faster Page Load Times
Interactive Maps Premium Members get access to interactive Google maps that show global locations for Chess.com members, guests, your opponents, titled players, events, clubs, and more! Basic members can only see their own location and guests. Click here to view the Interactive Maps! Interactive Maps
Special Icon by Name As a Premium Member you will get a special icon next to your name that will show up on your profile page, in your comments, when you are playing, and just about everywhere else! Gold Member Platinum Member Diamond Member Special Icon by Name
Fully Customize your Profile Page! As a Premium Member you can add just about anything you want to your profile page including more photos, links, videos, replayable chess games, etc! Now you can show people more about who you are! Games/Video on Profile
Private Premium Forum Premium Members get access to a private forum which helps to filter out some potential immaturity in the public forums. Private Forums
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