The reason I am frustrated!

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absk-kr-singh
Hey guys, I am quite a bit frustrated these days because of chess.com. I don't feel like playing chess here anymore. I spent a lot of time here only to improve very little. As a beginner in chess I would like to solve dozens on puzzles every day, but chess.com restricts me to do only couple of tactical puzzles per day. Secondly, there is no good tutorial which I can read/watch for free. It asks me every time to buy the premium membership. Almost all the cool features of chess.com is paid. It is kind of a big turn-off to any beginner who still needs to develop his interest in chess. I know I have to buy the premium membership here to get access to all the features of chess.com, but why to spend money when you huge number of quality tutorials, unlimited puzzles from live games, deep engine analysis, all for FREE? Yes, I am indicating to a very popular open source chess website. IMO chess.com is not as good as that website is. I find myself improving at chess enormously on that website. Therefore, I am planning to close my account here and become a frequent player on that website. I am going to get lots of negative replies now, I don't care. I was here to improve my game and in due time I found another redource where I could have improved 10 times faster. Thanks!
MarkGrubb

The gold membership (lowest cost) isn't too expensive. It can be paid monthly which makes it feel even cheaper, couple of pounds in the uk which is the same price as two loaves of bread. If you find you are losing interest in chess you can just cancel. I'm a beginner with gold membership and find it is plenty for starting out.