What is "Chess.com Verification"
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Iris_for_the_Pin
Feb 13, 2023
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I see this on some members' profiles.
Feb 13, 2023
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156iris156 wrote:
I see this on some members' profiles.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-chesscom-verified
The program is currently on hold now.
Feb 13, 2023
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Thank you! I had done a search of the forums but nothing came up. Probably because I searched for "verification" instead of "verified".
You pay $8 a month to get a blue checkmark.
Feb 13, 2023
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654Psyfox wrote:
You pay $8 a month to get a blue checkmark.
Well, it was $15 on the initial check and $10 a year after 
Feb 15, 2023
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It was a scheme to have people pay for a first class account, making the rest of us second class accounts.
Feb 15, 2023
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Hedgehog1963 wrote:
It was a scheme to have people pay for a first class account, making the rest of us second class accounts.
It was a process and entry cost to give access to the CGC events and monthly cash prize events.
Martin_Stahl wrote:
156iris156 wrote:
I see this on some members' profiles.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-chesscom-verified
The program is currently on hold now.
Waiting for the updates
Feb 16, 2023
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Martin_Stahl wrote:
Hedgehog1963 wrote:
It was a scheme to have people pay for a first class account, making the rest of us second class accounts.
It was a process and entry cost to give access to the CGC events and monthly cash prize events.
Because obviously paying chess.com for membership already wasn't enough. You gotta pay more for the front of the plane.
Feb 16, 2023
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Hedgehog1963 wrote:
Martin_Stahl wrote:
Hedgehog1963 wrote:
It was a scheme to have people pay for a first class account, making the rest of us second class accounts.
It was a process and entry cost to give access to the CGC events and monthly cash prize events.
Because obviously paying chess.com for membership already wasn't enough. You gotta pay more for the front of the plane.
It's not any different than paying for a federation membership and then paying to enter tournaments.
Premium memberships get access to site features. Verified was a method to gain access to prize events and preferred pairings with other verified members.
Feb 16, 2023
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Martin_Stahl wrote:
Hedgehog1963 wrote:
Martin_Stahl wrote:
Hedgehog1963 wrote:
It was a scheme to have people pay for a first class account, making the rest of us second class accounts.
It was a process and entry cost to give access to the CGC events and monthly cash prize events.
Because obviously paying chess.com for membership already wasn't enough. You gotta pay more for the front of the plane.
It's not any different than paying for a federation membership and then paying to enter tournaments.
Premium memberships get access to site features. Verified was a method to gain access to prize events and preferred pairings with other verified members.
In the first class part of chess.com, you can opt to play only other first class players.
Feb 16, 2023
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Hedgehog1963 wrote:
Martin_Stahl wrote:
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Premium memberships get access to site features. Verified was a method to gain access to prize events and preferred pairings with other verified members.
In the first class part of chess.com, you can opt to play only other first class players.
Not exclusive pairings but preferred. That was going to be one of the perks of being verified but is only really useful if a petty large number of members do it.