If you are serious about chess it is 100% worth it. The puzzles and lessons are great for improving players
Is the Chess.com Membership worth it.
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Jan 12, 2023
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#3
It sounds like you're motivated to learn so, yes, it is absolutely worth it. There is a huge library of lessons, many of them specifically for beginners, covering basic chess principles, tactics, and openings. The lessons are clear and easy to understand and will definitely help you improve.
I recommend the Platinum level (currently $79.99) because in addition to lessons and puzzles you get unlimited game review so you can go back over your games and see how you could have played better. With Diamond ($119.99) you also get coach explanations and insights, but I have found these only moderately helpful.
Let us know what your parents say.
Feb 26, 2023
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#4
I agree with @Kbz10troy. I tried the diamond free trial. The two benefits are the coaches' explanations and the insights. The insights are useless. It's a bunch of stats like "W-D-L record against guys named Bob". It's just trivia. The coaches' explanations similarly are not helpful. It gives you nothing that you can really rely upon.
I would recommend Platinum. Game analyses, puzzles, and lessons are what you need from this site, and that gets you all of those unlimited.
Dec 3, 2024
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#6
In my opinion, it depends whether if you are motivated to play chess. Since if you bought the membership and don’t use it, its going to be pretty useless ngl. But did you know that you don’t really need to buy the membership just for puzzles. You can just go to linchess and get puzzles for free.
Apr 23, 2025
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#8
Put together a full write-up here: Is a Chess.com Premium Membership Worth it [2025]
Do not buy chess.com premium membership!!! Chess.com bans cheaters. Sometimes the cheat detector might ban innocent players. If chess.com bans your premium account, they will not give you a refund!!! Then you will be wasting money! So, do not buy chess.com premium membership!
Also, if you want to do puzzles, use lichess . org .
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I've just been getting into chess over the last few weeks and have found Chess.com as a great tool (compared to playing with my family). I want to get one of the memberships, but my parents don't want to get it without asking a "real" chess player if its worth it. So is it worth it, and which one is best?