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I see gold membership that way, but not platinum and diamond. Of course, it really depends on whether you'll ever actually USE the features in either..
Is 'Premium Membership' useful?
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GatheredDust wrote:
lol
I see gold membership that way, but not platinum and diamond. Of course, it really depends on whether you'll ever actually USE the features in either..
Agree, I think gold option has been put up just to make the other two look good...
How often do you use the Diamond membership features?
I disagree with the opinion about the gold membership. Its a good membership when you don't need more than 25 tactics, dont watch the life shows and do not use the game explorer, further it's almost equal to the platinum membership.
However because the platinum membership is only an euro extra per month I would say don't do so silly and just upgrade to platinum instead of gold.
Thats the reason why I started with platinum. Then I discovered chess mentor and noticed that I could learn a lot with it and thats the reason why I upgraded to Diamont. Chess mentor is really a nice way to learn basic checkmates and the more advanced ones, pawn king endgames, positional knowledge etc.
I upgraded a month ago and have a total training time of 28.65 hrs with the chessmentor 
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Just for the videos I wouldn't upgrade. A lot of them have bad sound quality, however some of them are usefull and I did make a to watch list with about 10 videos.
Aug 7, 2011
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DanaEileithyia wrote:
I disagree with the opinion about the gold membership. Its a good membership when you don't need more than 25 tactics, dont watch the life shows and do not use the game explorer, further it's almost equal to the platinum membership.
However because the platinum membership is only an euro extra per month I would say don't do so silly and just upgrade to platinum instead of gold.
Thats the reason why I started with platinum. Then I discovered chess mentor and noticed that I could learn a lot with it and thats the reason why I upgraded to Diamont. Chess mentor is really a nice way to learn basic checkmates and the more advanced ones, pawn king endgames, positional knowledge etc.
I upgraded a month ago and have a total training time of 28.65 hrs with the chessmentor .
Just for the videos I wouldn't upgrade. A lot of them have bad sound quality, however some of them are usefull and I did make a to watch list with about 10 videos.
Diamond membership is a great value and a great price ! The chess mentor features and educational value cant be beat. A diamond membership is 99.00 a year . In US dollars that is .27 a day !
MsJean wrote:
DanaEileithyia wrote:
I disagree with the opinion about the gold membership. Its a good membership when you don't need more than 25 tactics, dont watch the life shows and do not use the game explorer, further it's almost equal to the platinum membership.
However because the platinum membership is only an euro extra per month I would say don't do so silly and just upgrade to platinum instead of gold.
Thats the reason why I started with platinum. Then I discovered chess mentor and noticed that I could learn a lot with it and thats the reason why I upgraded to Diamont. Chess mentor is really a nice way to learn basic checkmates and the more advanced ones, pawn king endgames, positional knowledge etc.
I upgraded a month ago and have a total training time of 28.65 hrs with the chessmentor .
Just for the videos I wouldn't upgrade. A lot of them have bad sound quality, however some of them are usefull and I did make a to watch list with about 10 videos.
Diamond membership is a great value and a great price ! The chess mentor features and educational value cant be beat. A diamond membership is 99.00 a year . In US dollars that is .27 a day !
Hello Ms.Jean
I appreciate you financial argument, however is it not a talent killer in terms of not encouraging amateurs to think independently and influencing then with pre-existing notions, and thereby hindering the advanvement of the great game that is Chess...
DanaEileithyia wrote:
I disagree with the opinion about the gold membership. Its a good membership when you don't need more than 25 tactics, dont watch the life shows and do not use the game explorer, further it's almost equal to the platinum membership.
However because the platinum membership is only an euro extra per month I would say don't do so silly and just upgrade to platinum instead of gold.
Thats the reason why I started with platinum. Then I discovered chess mentor and noticed that I could learn a lot with it and thats the reason why I upgraded to Diamont. Chess mentor is really a nice way to learn basic checkmates and the more advanced ones, pawn king endgames, positional knowledge etc.
I upgraded a month ago and have a total training time of 28.65 hrs with the chessmentor .
Just for the videos I wouldn't upgrade. A lot of them have bad sound quality, however some of them are usefull and I did make a to watch list with about 10 videos.
Hey Dana
That is precisely the reason why I opted for the platinum membership, and just like you I clicked above 25hours in the first month, but once my school started, the number plumetted to sub-5hours...
Gold's good for me, i just like the extra tournaments :)
Aug 7, 2011
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rooperi wrote:
Gold's good for me, i just like the extra tournaments :)
yeah me too also I go for the tactics trainer, videos no good for me.
rooperi wrote:
Gold's good for me, i just like the extra tournaments :)
Cool...
kco wrote:
rooperi wrote:
Gold's good for me, i just like the extra tournaments :)
yeah me too also I go for the tactics trainer, videos no good for me.
You must be a really good tactical player...
Aug 8, 2011
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ichart wrote:
MsJean wrote:
DanaEileithyia wrote:
I disagree with the opinion about the gold membership. Its a good membership when you don't need more than 25 tactics, dont watch the life shows and do not use the game explorer, further it's almost equal to the platinum membership.
However because the platinum membership is only an euro extra per month I would say don't do so silly and just upgrade to platinum instead of gold.
Thats the reason why I started with platinum. Then I discovered chess mentor and noticed that I could learn a lot with it and thats the reason why I upgraded to Diamont. Chess mentor is really a nice way to learn basic checkmates and the more advanced ones, pawn king endgames, positional knowledge etc.
I upgraded a month ago and have a total training time of 28.65 hrs with the chessmentor .
Just for the videos I wouldn't upgrade. A lot of them have bad sound quality, however some of them are usefull and I did make a to watch list with about 10 videos.
Diamond membership is a great value and a great price ! The chess mentor features and educational value cant be beat. A diamond membership is 99.00 a year . In US dollars that is .27 a day !
Hello Ms.Jean
I appreciate you financial argument, however is it not a talent killer in terms of not encouraging amateurs to think independently and influencing then with pre-existing notions, and thereby hindering the advanvement of the great game that is Chess...
WELL SAID 
MsJean wrote:
ichart wrote:
MsJean wrote:
DanaEileithyia wrote:
I disagree with the opinion about the gold membership. Its a good membership when you don't need more than 25 tactics, dont watch the life shows and do not use the game explorer, further it's almost equal to the platinum membership.
However because the platinum membership is only an euro extra per month I would say don't do so silly and just upgrade to platinum instead of gold.
Thats the reason why I started with platinum. Then I discovered chess mentor and noticed that I could learn a lot with it and thats the reason why I upgraded to Diamont. Chess mentor is really a nice way to learn basic checkmates and the more advanced ones, pawn king endgames, positional knowledge etc.
I upgraded a month ago and have a total training time of 28.65 hrs with the chessmentor .
Just for the videos I wouldn't upgrade. A lot of them have bad sound quality, however some of them are usefull and I did make a to watch list with about 10 videos.
Diamond membership is a great value and a great price ! The chess mentor features and educational value cant be beat. A diamond membership is 99.00 a year . In US dollars that is .27 a day !
Hello Ms.Jean
I appreciate you financial argument, however is it not a talent killer in terms of not encouraging amateurs to think independently and influencing then with pre-existing notions, and thereby hindering the advanvement of the great game that is Chess...
WELL SAID
Thank you...
Honestly, I just paid for a Gold membership because I wanted to support the site.
Hello All
What is your take on the Premium Membership offered on chess.com by itself, and also when compared to similar memberships offered by other sites?
Do you see tangible value in it?
Or is it just to remove ads from our profiles...
Ichart.