Is the Chess.com diamond membship worth the price?

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So, I was just wondering if anyone had upgraded to diamond and if it was worth the extra cost. I've been playing for about a year and a half now, I'm around 500/900 blitz/rapid and would like to get up to like 1000/1500 eventually.

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You just joined.  What do you like to do?  Puzzles? Lessons? Watch videos?  Do drills?

There is a lot to try out.

I think that the 7 day free trial is a very good option, if you can simply remember to cancel it before 168 hours pass if you decide you don't want it.

A lot of people don't seem to understand that a week is a defined period of time.

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I’m going through the trial personally, I’d say it was worth it if the app was more stable. Mine crashes a lot on iPhone12
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You should definitely try out the free trial on a good week. Go explore new openings and take lessons. It has helped me a lot on thinking about my next move. If you come to like diamond, you should just buy it.

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If you want to get better at chess, unlimited use of tactics trainer, this sites' lessons, and the videos are all great resources for helping you get there. A diamond membership buys such things.

Avatar of wakuvvaku

Yes, would recommend.

Avatar of Ian_Rastall

Yes, it's worth it.

Avatar of WinnerWilliam
Worth it 😀 yup
Avatar of tuuque
Yes
Avatar of Lvl1Skeleton

I'm super tempted to get it, there seems to be so many amazing resources to take advantage of. Ultimately, you get out what you put in. :)

Avatar of sarah112234

Worth it? Yes.. necessary to get better at chess? No

Avatar of JBabkes

Definitely Worth It.

Avatar of Ian_Rastall

One benefit of a diamond membership that often goes unnoticed is the ability to download a PGN for every video. Not all of them are annotated, and not all annotations are the same. But Sam Copeland, for instance, puts so much effort into his PGNs that if you collect them you essentially have a chess publication by a titled player that you can browse in ChessBase or HIARCS. They can be just as useful, if not more useful, than the videos themselves, depending on your needs.

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x_Clau wrote:
s1helly wrote:

So, I was just wondering if anyone had upgraded to diamond and if it was worth the extra cost. I've been playing for about a year and a half now, I'm around 500/900 blitz/rapid and would like to get up to like 1000/1500 eventually.

NO, no suscription is worth a penny, chess,com does not even hear your complaints, you can report 300 cheaters in a day but they don't take any, unless of course you are nakamura or some other big chess streamer, thats why they are being sued

 

With all due respect, you have not been here long enough to know any of what you assert.

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s1helly wrote:

So, I was just wondering if anyone had upgraded to diamond and if it was worth the extra cost. I've been playing for about a year and a half now, I'm around 500/900 blitz/rapid and would like to get up to like 1000/1500 eventually. https://routerlogin.uno/

I got this,..

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Ziryab wrote:
x_Clau wrote:
s1helly wrote:

So, I was just wondering if anyone had upgraded to diamond and if it was worth the extra cost. I've been playing for about a year and a half now, I'm around 500/900 blitz/rapid and would like to get up to like 1000/1500 eventually.

NO, no suscription is worth a penny, chess,com does not even hear your complaints, you can report 300 cheaters in a day but they don't take any, unless of course you are nakamura or some other big chess streamer, thats why they are being sued

 

With all due respect, you have not been here long enough to know any of what you assert.

 

And seem to have left since this post.

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I reported a cheater about 3 years ago and they haven’t been reported.

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s1helly wrote:

So, I was just wondering if anyone had upgraded to diamond and if it was worth the extra cost. I've been playing for about a year and a half now, I'm around 500/900 blitz/rapid and would like to get up to like 1000/1500 eventually.

It’s not worth it if you only use the site for three weeks.

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I think the diamond is really useful because there is free game review. I like free game review because Think about It,if you play more than one game a day,and you don’t have a person to review with,or the person is busy, you can use the free game review to review your games. And, there are of course a lot of other nice things that you get. Including no adds and free lessons.
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It is very worth it if you use it fully.