Can you Trade Member Points for Items ?

UPDATE MEMBER_POINT SET POINTS = -1000 WHERE PLAYER_ID = (SELECT ID FROM PLAYER WHERE USERNAME = 'OZZIE_C_COBBLEPOT');

COMMIT;

Don't get lost in the flak, Ninja.  When you can snatch the pebble from Ozzie's hand, you will be contacted.

Then you will be issued the decoder ring...and all will become clear.

When I get to 1000, I'm going to get the rare tali billi laser chess sharks deluxe edition.

when i get 1000, I have no idea what i want to do . 

I think you can get a chess-themed ninja uniform at 1000

What good is an anything-themed ninja uniform?  No-one ever sees a ninja, and if they do it's because they're about to die.

Now that's real ultimate power.

In a forum I saw they were giving out free chess.com t-shirts if you got 1000 points but it ended sometime in 2009....

Make that ended in 2007.

The first rule of member point topics is never mention the t-shirt. erik does not need to be reminded of this mistake every time. He might have to shut the site down to escape it.

The first rule of chess.com is, you do not talk about the t-shirts.  The second rule of chess.com is, you DO NOT talk about the t-shirts.  If someone resigns, goes limp, times out, the game is over.  Two guys or gals to a game.  One game at a time.  No shirts, no shoes.  Games will go on as long as they have to.  If this is your first night at chess.com, you have to play.

It's a swell idea but I'm not holding my breath waiting for it to happen. After all, people get to play here for free and even get a few perks for free.

When I'm done holding my breath, can I trade in my member points for rating points?

Rigamagician, is it OK to talk about Fight Club here?

Dear Sir/M,
I am Mr.David Mark. an Auditor of a CHESS CLUB OF THE NORTH 
INTERNATIONAL,ABUJA
(FCT). I have the courage to Crave indulgence for 
this important business
believing that you will never let me down 
either now or in the future. Some
years ago, an American Grandmaster 
consultant/ contractor with the Nigeria National
Chess Corporation,
made a numbered time (fixed)deposit for twelve calendar
months, valued 
12M.C.C (TWELVE MILLION CHESS.COM POINTS) in an account. On maturity,
The 
bank sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no 
reply.
After a month, The bank sent another reminder and finally his 
contract
employers, the Nigerian National Chess Corporation wrote 
to inform that he died without MAKING A WILL or TAKING VACATION TIME, and all attempts 
by the U.S.C.F. to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I 
therefore, made further investigation and
discovered that the 
beneficiary was an immigrant from Hungaries and only recently
obtained 
American citizenship. He did not decla re any kin or relations in all
his official documents, including his Chess.com account. This  total
amount12M.C.C (TWELVE MILLION CHESS.COM POINTS)
is still sitting as
dormant Account. No one will ever come forward to claim 
it, and according to
F.I.D.E. policy, after some years, the 
money will revert to the
ownership of the Nigerian Government if the 
account owner is certified dead. This
is the situation, and my proposal 
is that I am looking for a foreigner who will
stand in as the next of 
kin to beneficiary, and OPEN a CHESS.COM Account abroad to
facilitate the 
transfer of these points. This is simple, all you have to do is to
OPEN 
an account anywhere in the world and send me its detail for me to 
arrange
the proper point transfer paperwork, and facilitate the 
transfer.The points will
then be paid into this Account for us to share 
in the ratio of 60% for me, 35 %
for you and 5% for expenses that might 
come up during transfer process. There is
no risk at all, and all the 
paper work for this transaction will be done by me
using my position 
and connections in the chess clubs of Nigeria. This business
transaction is guaranteed.
If you are
interested, please reply immediately through my personal email sending 
the
following details: (1) Your Full Name/Address (2) Your Private 
Telephone/fax
Number. Please observe the utmost confidentiality, and be 
rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of 
us because I shall require your
assistance to invest some of my share 
in your country. I look forward to your
earliest reply.
Yours,
Mr.David 
Mark. 

I'm saving up 4000 points for a chess-coloured Zebra.

 They are scammer, report it to the chess.com now. 

+100

lol

why shouldn't you talk about the t-shirts ? 

try and answer this question: How many members here got more than 1000 points ? 

well, a lot 

yeah  bloody alots and if erik has given every members a t-shirt he would have been bankrupt aged ago.

Unfortunately mine are entirely of the worthless variety.

I'm saving up for the novelty comb as well. Too bad chess.com only has 1 left in stock.