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Why would people ever choose to use chess.c*m over Lichess (reddthat.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Imagine for a moment that you could access any book in the world and read it on your device, and this was a service offered by the public library. The why would you give your time and money to Jeffrey Bezos and use audible for the exact same service? Is this even a choice? Can someone explain to me why anyone would use chess.c*m over Lichess?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Idk, chess.cum sounds pretty fun to me..

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

chess.com has cute profile pictures for its bots. Bullying "Martin" is just scientifically more fun than bullying "Stockfish Level 1".

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

IDK but @[email protected] has anarchy pieces so it is 10 000% better

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Never heard of Lichess before. I’ll try it out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I use both and I just think that chess.coms UI is superior to lichess. It just looks so much nicer. Obviously lichess gives you free puzzles and free analysis for all games which is arguably better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I built an API layer for Chess.c*m. I should release that. Made it to build an open source board, but never did the hardware part

[–] Jaydeep 3 points 1 year ago

I like the UI and the animations on chess.com app better, other than that, it's practically useless after 3 puzzles a day.

[–] RedditWanderer 1 points 1 year ago

Aren't the only premium parts of chess.com related to learing/classes and analysis? Pretty sure you can play for free

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Plus the post-gamr analysis tools are great! Tho a bit odd discovery-wise.