Few features for unpaid members.

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That is quite the addicting part of chess.com!

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sougataghosh wrote:

Man chess.com give everything they can. You can join unlimited clubs, join team matches, and votes chess. There are also events that you can watch directly on chess.com through live chess (I mean most of the high profile tournament games are showed in the chess.com live chess server) (As mentioned by @NelsonMoore) Also, even though it's 1 per day, you get to use PUZZLE RUSH and the NEW ANALYSIS (An awesome update btw!)! And yes, you can't watch fill videos, that can probably be fixed to 1 or 2 per day. You have 5 tactics, that's enough for a day, you can make full use of those tactics by analysing them (Yourself) to the fullest extent. I agree with the new lessons being limited to only the first lesson of each course, that's more than enough

You love the new features and want to use them more? Then ask your parents to give you a premium membership and let you improve. If they won't, be happy with what you get, don't always ask for more from chess.com just because YOUR family won't give you a premium membership. You know, the staff members here do a lot of work to bring the features that you love? Do you know they need money for that? And they also have families to take care of. And the money they get is (mostly, idk exactly) from the premium memberships. If they give out  many features to unpaid members, they'll receive a lot less money and can harm their life. And as @davidkaufmann said, there are 140+ people bringing all these new, amazing stuff. Think about them first, then yourself

I know im gonna get a membership soon 

also how do you close a topic

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You cannot close it, sad.png you gotta ask david for it happy.png

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im not advertising lichess but okay 

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Molybdenum8 wrote:

im not advertising lichess but okay 

Not directly. But you are talking about how good it is.

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oops i didnt know that ill just go practice tactics on [DATA EXPUNGED]

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MainframeSupertasker wrote:

And, there's a whole new world out there www.chess.com/4-player-chess Only chess.com hosts it!

Oh yeah, I even forgot to add 4 player chess and variants in my post! Of course they're fun!

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Very good explanation sougataghosh, I would like to add, when I was your age we had no computers, so I bought a bunch of chess books cheap ones so I can afford, like Winning Chess by Irving Chernev, Strategy in chess end game by Fred Reinfeld, Improving your chess by Fred Reinfeld, and most dear to me, How To Win Chess Games Quickly, buy none other then Fred Reinfeld.  Paper backs we called them!

IT is not easy using a book because setting up the plays on a chess set took time and a challenge with the different variations in a study game. But it got me up to 1600 USCF. Some times I feel the harder you work to achieve something the more gratification one feels ! fork.pngwink.png Good luck my friend !!

 

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aloha All 4pc fans grin.png

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Molybdenum8 wrote:

I've been playing on Chess.com for a while now and I love how easy it is to use. One problem I have with it is the fact that most of its features require a paid membership. For example, with an unpaid membership you can only use the tactics trainer for 5 puzzles every day. The purpose of Chess.com is to help people connect and get better at chess, is it not? I can't afford a membership because I'm too young to get a job (I'm in 7th grade) and that's why I can't reach the full chess experience. 

TL;DR I think Chess.com should offer more features to unpaid members, such as more daily tactics. 

you need to pay to watch videos, solve puzzles, practice drills, and study lessons. legit ill quit and use lichess if i must

also, im fine with ads because Chess.com needs money and ads give them some

Gold membership is $2.42 USD/month for the yearly plan $5 USD for monthly gold. Not too expensive. I'm sure there's a way to get some money for that, perhaps dog-walking or something

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What you need is a personal E-Wallet! if i had that, i'd pay for my own premium membership here.

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I think that it would be great if the features were improved a bit for kids and students who can't afford the membership, and advertising was added to offset the lost membership revenue. 

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I would like to add that this annual membership is about the best $50 I ever spent. I know it is still a work in progress, but overall it is a really outstanding website. 

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My only complaint is that the New Lessons are only 100% available for Diamond members...

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Yeah, they should try giving at least 1 new lesson in a week! And what about the videos... ugh...