Chess.com Membership

[s20Merlin]

Hey, I'd like to know if any of you have the Chess.com membership?

If so, which level of member and do you think it is worth it and why?

I interested in the game analyzer, what exactly does it do or say? Is it a good tool or really great tool?


Thanks for your input!

[smilingbill]

Hi, you should just probably ask about this in the 2+2 team thread since it's about the site as well. I actually don't know what the game analyzer does, but I wouldn't expect any mindblowing output. I haven't yet seen an algorithm that is able to create really instructional commentary.

[TexAg06]

I'm a chess.com Diamond member and really enjoy it. The diamond membership is their highest level (still somewhere around $100/year, very cheap for what it offers) and includes access to all of their features. I mainly use it for videos, but their Tactics Trainer is the best on the internet, hands down. I'd highly recommend getting a membership.

[s20Merlin]

Thanks Tex, what about the game analyser, is that usefull at all? And what exactly does it tell you?

[TexAg06]

I've never used the game analyzer, what is it? Is it a computer analysis feature or are you referring to the Game Explorer tool?

[Julebag]

The analyzer is pretty cool, but the Mentor is amazing. Vids are great too.

For 14 bucks a month, it's a steal IMO.

[Ajezz]

If by game analyzer you mean the computer analysis feature: it is worthless. No real analysis, it just (seemingly randomly) attaches ?! and ? to some moves and it doesn't give any meaningful commentary, just the first line of the engine evaluation. Getting the pgn and running it through Houdini yourself is a far better way if you want to learn something from your games.

Don't get me wrong: I think the site is worth the money, but only for the vids, the mentor, the tactics trainer and the tournaments; not for the computer analysis.

[NajdorfDefense]

Plus, you can get a free 10-day trial and 30-day MBG, that's ~6 weeks you don't have to pay for if you don't like it. Pretty good deal imo.

[BotOnTilt]

I recently started using the Ipad app (love it BTW), and after not signing up for a plan for a while I was offered a 10 day trial, so why not try it out?

IMO it doesn't seem too expensive, haven't yet watched any videos but I've been enjoying the tactics trainer. When I was on the free version I only got 3 tactics per day, which I always took, but now that I have unlimited I haven't been using it.