Chess.com Is Dying...

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Why Is Chess.com dying? Well. I have an answer. In the early chess, there wan'st tecnlogy to create a new chess online game. When chess.com was created, everything changed: They was  more things that chess here, not only chess. But, now, chess.com is getting old. Lot of new online chess games are created. ever the developers from this game created a ChessKid! Well, resuming that chess.com is dying because of it's age, and of it's time it takes for an update to come. Do you think chess.com is dying? Please share your opinion!

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the site is fine as it is. the staff is always present for any problem and always responds.

the problem with chess.com is that it is paid, and there are other platforms (without naming names) that give the same services for free. On the other hand, these platforms have a completely absent stuff. On the other hand, you can't have everything in life

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It's hardly dying, but it's future is definitely under threat. Mismanagement, increasing toxicity and a growing intolerance of newer, weaker players, are all causing this place to stagnate and become an echo chamber for the elites and for trolls. Make no mistake, steps have to be taken now to safeguard its future.

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Online chess is not a good option for making money there are several ways to make money efficiently,people come here just to play and have fun happy.png try joining some betting sites XD

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@1

"most of them Deleted their accounts or Quitted" ++ And then made a new account...

"Noob Players can also play torunaments whith people of their same level for Real Money"
++ Noob players should improve, not play for money.

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@2
"the problem with chess.com is that it is paid, and there are other platforms (without naming names) that give the same services for free."
++ The basic, unpaid service of chess.com is free too.
There is no free lunch: somebody has to pay something for the service.
Chess.com lives from paid memberships and adds.
Other platforms live from voluntary donations.
No service can go on for nothing.

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tygxc wrote:

@1

"most of them Deleted their accounts or Quitted" ++ And then made a new account...

"Noob Players can also play torunaments whith people of their same level for Real Money"
++ Noob players should improve, not play for money.

But What If Noob Players Can't Improove?

Avatar of TheNameofNames

Can anyone talk to how good lichess is I'm suddenly curious if shi hits the fan here if ill be happy on lichess

Avatar of PlayByDay

Pretty sure chess.com grew in amount of both free and paid users since before 2020 so what is this all about? Maybe we'll see a small dip from the top of the post-netflix-during-lockdown peak but that's it.

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bolt48 wrote:
tygxc wrote:

@1

"most of them Deleted their accounts or Quitted" ++ And then made a new account...

"Noob Players can also play torunaments whith people of their same level for Real Money"
++ Noob players should improve, not play for money.

But What If Noob Players Can't Improove?

Then they're going to lose a lot of money.

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bolt48 wrote:

So, Chess.com Is Dying. *Snip unsubstantiated data*

But weren't you leaving anyway?

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-com-community/im-leaving-blogs-forums-72127887

Or at least taking a break?

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-com-community/im-taking-a-break-71828959

Avatar of AtaChess68
I think the queen is a bit op. If they nerf it just a bit then the og’s will come back for sure.
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TheNameofNames wrote:

Can anyone talk to how good lichess is I'm suddenly curious if shi hits the fan here if ill be happy on lichess

Lichess has lot of lags

Avatar of 1g1yy

Wow, how did I miss seeing this gem!  Lol.

Chess.com is not dying. Don't start writing a eulogy any time soon.  I've played in USTCL matches here against people with Chesskids mentioned in their profiles.  I don't know much about it, but it seems like it's working from what I can tell. 

I'm all for being negative, it's great for conversation. But please at least have a few facts sprinkled in with the rhetoric.  

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wonderk wrote:

the problem with chess.com is that it is paid, and there are other platforms (without naming names) that give the same services for free. 

You're making a real stretch there to say they offer the "same services". No, in fact they don't.  They do offer some similar services,but you're exaggerating quite a bit.  Furthermore, if there's all these sites that offer the same thing for free, why are you here? 

NervesofButter wrote:

HAHAHAHAHAHA....This is the internet pal.  Facts are not required here.  Just have an opinion and shout down anyone that does not agree with your opinion.

Lol. Yea, you have a point there. 

I've been known to have a grievance or two, but I try to base it on something real.  I don't even know what this guy is upset about.  Money tournaments for noob players?  Online?  Lmao!  Yea, Hikaru and Danya will be playing on their speedrun accounts! At a time there's question if they can police the Sinquefield Cup, they'll need to staff up to track 100000 users in these events.  For free of course! Lol. 

How ridiculous can it get here... Chess players are supposed to able to 'think', at least a little...

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speedupthesurfer wrote:

Chess.com has a lot of problems for sure.

Yep, Thats True

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speedupthesurfer wrote:

Chess.com has a lot of problems for sure.

And it would be nice if all of them could be fixed, but "fixed" is often a matter of opinion. 

They do have some problems, but not nearly as many problems as they have great things going for them. 

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1g1yy wrote:
speedupthesurfer wrote:

Chess.com has a lot of problems for sure.

And it would be nice if all of them could be fixed, but "fixed" is often a matter of opinion. 

They do have some problems, but not nearly as many problems as they have great things going for them. 

That's Also True, ChessKid Has More problems that chess.com. For Example the Puzzle Battle massive problem on 2021, Afecting all players to reset them if they weren't conected. But Chess.com, has some bugs that The company knows, But dosen't have time to fix

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if shi hits the fan

plz use 'if feces makes contact w/ the propeller'...& i tyia.

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bolt48 wrote:
 

That's Also True, ChessKid Has More problems that chess.com. For Example the Puzzle Battle massive problem on 2021, Afecting all players to reset them if they weren't conected. But Chess.com, has some bugs that The company knows, But dosen't have time to fix

But It will be good if chesskid has a Report button aswell