Chess.com Officially Acquires Play Magnus, Carlsen Signs As Ambassador - www.chess.com/news/view/chesscom-acquires-pmg #chess
Good or bad for chess?
Good or bad for chess?
As I've said on r/chess "Lichess becomes the most important chess site in a world where an attempt to build a monopoly is underway."
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@userfriendly2 said in #3:
> Why is that? Do you think they will start charging people to Play chess? As in just to play games? That's the only real change I can see that would negatively impact my own experience.
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> As it stands now I do 1 free lesson per week on chesscom and 3 puzzles per day and I play a similar amount of games as I do here- this is their free account now and it's plenty for me. If that doesn't change then I'm not too fussed about it.
I genuinely think that if there were no alternative sites, they might. The way chess dot com works, limiting you to five games a day if you don't have a premium membership wouldn't be a surprise.
> Why is that? Do you think they will start charging people to Play chess? As in just to play games? That's the only real change I can see that would negatively impact my own experience.
>
> As it stands now I do 1 free lesson per week on chesscom and 3 puzzles per day and I play a similar amount of games as I do here- this is their free account now and it's plenty for me. If that doesn't change then I'm not too fussed about it.
I genuinely think that if there were no alternative sites, they might. The way chess dot com works, limiting you to five games a day if you don't have a premium membership wouldn't be a surprise.
@userfriendly2 said in #3:
> Why is that? Do you think they will start charging people to Play chess? As in just to play games? That's the only real change I can see that would negatively impact my own experience.
>
> As it stands now I do 1 free lesson per week on chesscom and 3 puzzles per day and I play a similar amount of games as I do here- this is their free account now and it's plenty for me. If that doesn't change then I'm not too fussed about it.
@Hedgehog1963 said in #4:
> I genuinely think that if there were no alternative sites, they might. The way chess dot com works, limiting you to five games a day if you don't have a premium membership wouldn't be a surprise.
it's not just the web site chess.com, it's the tournaments chess.com either host themselves or are a sponsor. for the people wanting to try to make a living with chess, their career lives or dies with chess.com.
you don't get to chose where you were born. if you were born in russia and live in russia, regardless of your beliefs, you can't play on chess.com. I'm not sure about otb tournaments.
for casual players it doesn't matter too much what chess.com does.
> Why is that? Do you think they will start charging people to Play chess? As in just to play games? That's the only real change I can see that would negatively impact my own experience.
>
> As it stands now I do 1 free lesson per week on chesscom and 3 puzzles per day and I play a similar amount of games as I do here- this is their free account now and it's plenty for me. If that doesn't change then I'm not too fussed about it.
@Hedgehog1963 said in #4:
> I genuinely think that if there were no alternative sites, they might. The way chess dot com works, limiting you to five games a day if you don't have a premium membership wouldn't be a surprise.
it's not just the web site chess.com, it's the tournaments chess.com either host themselves or are a sponsor. for the people wanting to try to make a living with chess, their career lives or dies with chess.com.
you don't get to chose where you were born. if you were born in russia and live in russia, regardless of your beliefs, you can't play on chess.com. I'm not sure about otb tournaments.
for casual players it doesn't matter too much what chess.com does.
@h2b2 said in #5:
> you don't get to chose where you were born. if you were born in russia and live in russia, regardless of your beliefs, you can't play on chess.com. I'm not sure about otb tournaments.
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Is that because of sanctions on Russia and that by hosting tournaments and potentially having to send prizemoney to Russian people within Russia they might be in breach of those sanctions?
I know the Russian flag is Blacked out on chess.com but there are definitely many russians still playing regularly on the site
> you don't get to chose where you were born. if you were born in russia and live in russia, regardless of your beliefs, you can't play on chess.com. I'm not sure about otb tournaments.
>
Is that because of sanctions on Russia and that by hosting tournaments and potentially having to send prizemoney to Russian people within Russia they might be in breach of those sanctions?
I know the Russian flag is Blacked out on chess.com but there are definitely many russians still playing regularly on the site
I guess. I just read something, I think here, that russians can't play on chess.com. I don't know any details or even if it's true.
it's not just russians that are affected by chess.com, though. everyone that wants to take chess serious has to bend over to them. chess.com have shown they are willing to ban someone if an individual they are friends tells them to ban them.
there's no independent body to appeal to. chess.com are the legislators, judges and police. for their web site, that's how it probably should be, but for tournaments, I don't believe that's a good thing for the players that take chess seriously.
it's not just russians that are affected by chess.com, though. everyone that wants to take chess serious has to bend over to them. chess.com have shown they are willing to ban someone if an individual they are friends tells them to ban them.
there's no independent body to appeal to. chess.com are the legislators, judges and police. for their web site, that's how it probably should be, but for tournaments, I don't believe that's a good thing for the players that take chess seriously.
I just hope chess.com is not going to mess up chessable. I really do!
@h2b2 said in #7:
> I guess. I just read something, I think here, that russians can't play on chess.com. I don't know any details or even if it's true.
Chess.com got banned in Russia after Karjakin had complained to Roskomnadzor about it. They actually only meant to ban the page(s) where chess.com explained their stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but because you can't selectively ban pages of a TLS secured website, the whole chess.com domain was effectively blocked.
That's the last thing I remember about it. Maybe there has been some development since then.
> there's no independent body to appeal to. chess.com are the legislators, judges and police. for their web site, that's how it probably should be, but for tournaments, I don't believe that's a good thing for the players that take chess seriously.
It is definitely not a good thing if a for profit company (private or publicly traded, it does not matter) gets to control all or nearly all professional online competitions.
> I guess. I just read something, I think here, that russians can't play on chess.com. I don't know any details or even if it's true.
Chess.com got banned in Russia after Karjakin had complained to Roskomnadzor about it. They actually only meant to ban the page(s) where chess.com explained their stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but because you can't selectively ban pages of a TLS secured website, the whole chess.com domain was effectively blocked.
That's the last thing I remember about it. Maybe there has been some development since then.
> there's no independent body to appeal to. chess.com are the legislators, judges and police. for their web site, that's how it probably should be, but for tournaments, I don't believe that's a good thing for the players that take chess seriously.
It is definitely not a good thing if a for profit company (private or publicly traded, it does not matter) gets to control all or nearly all professional online competitions.
@Hedgehog1963 said in #4:
> the way chess dot com works, limiting you to five games a day if you don't have a premium membership wouldn't be a surprise.
If you are a free user Chess.com WANTS you to be annoyed. So they wont limit the # of games. They WANT you to play your first brilliant move on your 100th game of the day, then try to analyze or see which move is brilliant and be told you need Diamond to do it.
They WANT you to PLAY and PLAY and PLAY and never stop playing. They want you to be addicted like that 600 lb Candy Crush woman on TV with mold growing on her. Because thats how they will sell you Chess.com Blue Checkmark, and Chess.com Diamond Membership,
> the way chess dot com works, limiting you to five games a day if you don't have a premium membership wouldn't be a surprise.
If you are a free user Chess.com WANTS you to be annoyed. So they wont limit the # of games. They WANT you to play your first brilliant move on your 100th game of the day, then try to analyze or see which move is brilliant and be told you need Diamond to do it.
They WANT you to PLAY and PLAY and PLAY and never stop playing. They want you to be addicted like that 600 lb Candy Crush woman on TV with mold growing on her. Because thats how they will sell you Chess.com Blue Checkmark, and Chess.com Diamond Membership,
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