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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 intereste

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.

yardenshoham 11mo ago
Try https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chesscom-analysis-at-lich/bhjlkimpkkgkmfjlcfngmakenalgleap https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chesscom-analysis-a.... It allows free game overviews.
whatamidoingyo 11mo ago
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.
- zippyman55 11mo ago
  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.
_ache_ 11mo ago
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 https://github.com/LinkAnJarad/OpenChess-Insights
mna_ 11mo ago
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.
- zippyman55 11mo ago
  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.
  - mna_ 11mo ago
    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.

yardenshoham 11mo ago

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

whatamidoingyo 11mo ago

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.

zippyman55 11mo ago
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.

_ache_ 11mo ago

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

mna_ 11mo ago

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.

zippyman55 11mo ago
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.
- mna_ 11mo ago
  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.