Chess.com Regional Pricing: A Case Study

Re:Chess.com Regional Pricing: A Case Study by InsomniacL on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @11:58AM (#45504801)

They priced me out of a subscription.

£15 a month in the UK for an online chess game is crazy.

I've paid for 3 months but this is my last.

I'm only interested in Game review, but there are about 50 other sub-categories on their site that i don't use.

Only their top tier of membership provides game review and to be honest it's not even that good.

The game review is about the top 'computer' move, not what a human should do, and not one at my elo or to advance my elo.

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Re:Chess.com Regional Pricing: A Case Study by yardenshoham on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @03:50PM (#45507952)

Try https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chesscom-analysis-a.... It allows free game overviews.

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Re:Chess.com Regional Pricing: A Case Study by whatamidoingyo on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @04:28PM (#45508401)

Lichess is incredible. I canceled my membership and deleted my chess.com account due to frustrations from disconnects and laggy movement. Lichess doesn't have these issues. It just feels way better to play vs chess.com.

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Re:Chess.com Regional Pricing: A Case Study by zippyman55 on Saturday October 11, 2025 @05:32PM (#45552886)

agreed! i have a chess.com account but lichess.org is really great at no cost. It does not have the news feeds and the GM tie-ins, but its chess is first rate.

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Re:Chess.com Regional Pricing: A Case Study by _ache_ on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @06:30PM (#45509750)

Assuming you can self-host, you may be interested in OpenChess-Insights, abandonned but still working (on Linux, small error L420 in template/analysis.html).

It's a interesting PoC.

https://github.com/LinkAnJarad/OpenChess-Insights

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Re:Chess.com Regional Pricing: A Case Study by mna_ on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @04:41AM (#45513649)

Chess.com's game review is rubbish. Make an account on Lichess and play there instead. Lichess has engine analysis too and it's completely free.

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Re:Chess.com Regional Pricing: A Case Study by zippyman55 on Saturday October 11, 2025 @05:33PM (#45552896)

The game review is so weird. 1. e4. Comment: You have made a strategic move taking control of the center..... Tell me something I do not know. So many generic comments, almost useless.

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Re:Chess.com Regional Pricing: A Case Study by mna_ on Sunday October 12, 2025 @03:29AM (#45556078)

They're buttering you up, so you stay on the site and look at adverts and/or buy premium subscriptions. None of that nonsense on Lichess, which is run on donations, not ads/subscriptions.

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