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SIGNUP |
$4.95 / month
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$29.95 / year
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$79.95 / year
SIGNUP |
$499.95 lifetime
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Unlimited Live Chess
Chess.com has the best browser-based online chess available anywhere! Live Chess includes:
- ratings (blitz, standard, long)
- easy matching for opponents
- play against the computer
- chat with other players
- great user interface with NO DOWNLOADS!
Click here to play Live Chess!
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Unlimited Online Chess
Online Chess lets you play chess at YOUR pace - make your moves right away, or take a few days to think about it - no pressure! Chess.com Online Chess includes:
- unlimited # of concurrent games
- ratings and statistics
- easy matching for opponents
- great user interface with NO DOWNLOADS!
Click here to play Online Chess!
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Chess.com Online Tournaments
Compete in Official Chess.com site-wide tournaments or smaller round-robin tournaments. Premium Members can play in more tournaments and they can run bigger tournaments with more players, more options, and more total tournaments!
Click here to see Chess.com Tournaments!
Tournaments |
Limited |
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Tactics Trainer
"Chess is 99% tactics!" Hone your tactics skills by spending time going through thousands and thousands of tactical positions where you are challenged to find the best moves!
- track your "Tactics Rating" over time
- see full computer analysis of the moves
- comment on tactics with other players
Premium Members have unlimited access. Basic Members are limited to 3 problems per day.
Click here to check out the Tactics Trainer!
Tactics Trainer |
3 per day |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Game Explorer
Search your games, your opponents' games, or millions of master chess games to see what openings are being playing with full win/draw/loss statistics! Or, look through a database of standard openings and discuss the opening with other Chess.com members.
- access to millions of Master+ games
- also search through all games from Chess.com
- ability to save your favorite openings/positions
Premium Members have unlimited access. Basic Members are limited in their searches and cannot search their own games.
Click here to check out the Game Explorer!
Openings & Game Explorer
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Vote Chess
Vote Chess let's groups of players play against each other by voting for the best move! On Chess.com you either play against another random group of Chess.com Members, or everyone on Chess.com gets to play against a Master+ rated player!
Premium Members will have access to some special exhibition games (such as Chess.com vs. Grandmaster!) that Basic members may not be able to play in.
Click here to check out Vote Chess!
Vote Chess |
Most games |
All games |
All games |
Games Archive
Chess.com stores all of your games (Online Turn-based and Live) so you can download or access them at any time.
Premium Members have access to ALL games ever played on Chess.com. Basic members have access to all games played within the last 30 days. Keep in my mind, we never delete games, so once you subscribe, you will have access to all your old games once again!
Click here to view your Game Archive!
Games Archive |
Last 30 days
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Groups & Teams
Become a part of a smaller group within Chess.com! Example groups/teams are those from certain countries or special interests, or just a group of friends! Groups get their own private forum, news, events, photos, and more. Group admins can customize just about every aspect of the group including who can join!
Basic members can join groups but cannot manage them.
Click here to view Groups!
Groups & Teams |
Join only |
Create & Manage |
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Performance Stats
Check out rating and statistics for Turn-based and Live Chess! Premium Members can view graphs on rating, wins/losses, ranking, best wins, worst loss, and other stats including performance against other individual players. Basic members get rating, win/loss/draw, and time per move.
Performance Stats |
Limited |
Full (self) |
Full (all members) |
Chess.com Email
Get a "YOURNAME@chess.com" email address to show how much you love chess. And it is such a cool email address! In comparison, @yahoo @msn @gmail just seem silly :)
All members get FREE webmail!
Premium members get additional storage and POPmail access (for use with Outlook, Gmail, etc).
Create your @chess.com email address now!
Chess.com Email |
250MB Webmail |
500MB
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2GB
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Design Theme Customization
Want to change the way Chess.com looks or create a cool page that others can see when viewing your profile? You can customize 95% of the way Chess.com looks including the logo, font, background image, colors, etc!
Basic members are limited to one theme.
Click here to change your theme!
Design Theme Customization |
1 theme |
5 themes |
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Vacation Time |
Max 30 days
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Max 90 Days |
Auto-Timeout Protection
Premium Members get auto-timeout protection! If you are about to lose an Online (Turn-based) Chess game because of timeout you will automatically get put "on vacation". This can save you from silly losses and lost rating points due to timeouts!
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No Ads!!
Premium Members will not see any external ads on Chess.com (other than the main homepage) and will see very few internal ads (announcing new products and services).
Basic members will see all ads, but we don't ever do popups!
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Faster Page Loading Time
Premium Members get better site performance and faster page loading times. This comes from not having to load the code associated with showing ads.
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Interactive Maps Premium Members get access to interactive Google maps that show global locations for Chess.com members, guests, your opponents, titled players, events, clubs, and more! Basic members can only see their own location and guests.
Click here to view the Interactive Maps!
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Special Icon by Name
As a Premium Member you will get a special icon next to your name that will show up on your profile page, in your comments, when you are playing, and just about everywhere else!
Silver Member
Gold Member
Platinum Member
Diamond Member
Beginning in 2009 icons will also show the number of years you have been a subscriber!
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Fully Customize your Profile Page!
As a Premium Member you can add just about anything you want to your profile page including more photos, links, videos, replayable chess games, etc! Now you can show people more about who you are!
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Private Premium Forums
Premium Members get access to private forums which help to filter out some potential immaturity in the public forums. The GOLD forum is for all Premium Members, while the PLATINUM forum is for Platinum/Diamond members only.
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Chess.com T-shirt Platinum and Diamond Members get a 100% cotton Chess.com T-shirt with the logo on front and back. Available in sizes S,M,L,XL,XXL. A $19.95 value!
T-Shirts are for first-year subscriptions only.
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Gift Membership Platinum and Diamond Members get to give one free Gold Membership to another Chess.com member each year! Invite a friend to join up and give them immediate Premium Member status! (A $29.95 value!)
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Free Chess Mentor Membership Time
Premium Members get FREE Chess Mentor time (normally $12.95 a month or $99.95 per year)! Those who already subscribe to Chess Mentor receive a 5-15% discount!
Click here to try Chess Mentor for FREE!
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30 minutes/month
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3 hours/year
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8 hours/year
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50 hours
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Free |
$4.95 / month |
$29.95 / year |
$79.95 / year |
$499.95 lifetime |
- Silver and Gold get the same benefits but silver is paid monthly and gold is paid yearly. Platinum and Diamond get the same benefits but Platinum is paid yearly and Diamond is a one-time payment for a lifetime of membership!
- Yes! Send your payment to: Chess.com, PO Box 60400, Palo Alto, CA 94306. Make sure to include your member name with your payment.