You've seen Amazon book comments.. here are ChessWorld.net reviews from customers! |
| Nickname | Comments | Rating | FIDE | |
 Stefanie_TN | The relatively low annual fee is the deciding factor for me. I play a lot of OTB chess, so I'm not willing to pay too much for online chess, be it live or correspondence. |  United States | 1935 | |
| babkjl | Analysis board is great to study potential moves. |  Canada | 1832 | |
| Reyn | In my opinion, ChessWorld is already the leader server-based chess. It's important to stay on the cutting edge though and make sure you're ahead of the competition. We should always think of ideas that will keep us that way. | Canada | 1279 | |
| WildDog | Also to have a better challenge than my 11-year old brother of whom can't play chess worth anything | United States | 1526 | |
| bwzins | The "overall quality" of the site, compared to others! | United States | 2050 | |
| oldindian | This is not a one man site "We the people" control it we are allowed to do things and make it what it is and this is why it is the best for ever and always and if I can make it beter I will | United States | 2298 | |
| dailylama | This site is an incredible live study course....if I want to practice 10 simultaneous sicilians to learn some of the paths each early path change leads to I can do it here. And over and over here until i feel extremely confident at least thru midgame. And if I want to study endgames I can have enough games at the stage of endgame to spend most of the day buried in live endgame practice. From the intense new experiments of the young chess players to the book chess of the old (me at least), this site seems to have the answers. It is a site where not improving my game is impossible. | United States | 1262 | |
| puff bartok | Best features - members tips, analyse and playthrough boards |  Scotland | 1164 | |
| DR. JohnL | Great job!!! I stumbled upon your site looking for a new forum to play chess. Immediately after registering, I was invited to play several games by full members. After seeing the endless options as I browsed through the site, I had to become a member! I don't know how you do it, but keep up the good work! Long live ChessWorld.net!!!!!!!!!! | United States | 1652 | |
| aughrim | ChessWorld.net is a great way to improve your chess. |  United Kingdom | 2029 | 1400 |
| Ice Cat | It is obvious that a lot of care and work went into this site. | United States | 1320 | |
| toolman | I'm able to set up invitation tournaments for my students, all start as guess members, but some have fallen in love with this site and move on to be full members. My biggest thrill is when they beat me. also ChessWorld figues rating. :) | United States | 1776 | |
| Doctor Death | It's only ten quid! Join teams, enter tournaments, have fun. Best ten quid you'll spend for your computer. Well worth it. |  England | 1098 | |
| jimEJD | I have a big, big gap in my IQ hence am completely at sea unless the maximum of information is there to help me understand first principles. | United Kingdom | 2559 | |
| sparky_uk | i could have ticked several of the above this site is the best and i hope will remain so for a very long time! | England | 1299 | |
| GolfSuper | This is a phenomenal site! Well done! Keith Angilly | United States | 1944 | |
| Bobo Onizuka | I am learning so much to improve my game through the various pages on chess in general. | Canada | 1524 | |
| azdback | I Belong to two other Chess servers as a full member and I belive that ChessWorld.net is the best. Ranjohn | United States | 1668 | |
| azdback | I Belong to two other Chess servers as a full member and I belive that ChessWorld.net is the best. Ranjohn | United States | 1668 | |
| Viscount Naseby | I've made ChessWorld.net my homepage, and I'm here almost every day. I love the many features, and especially like that, unlike real-time chess, I'm not obligated to sit out a whole game at once. With that said, however, I think the biggest improvement you could make for now is a real-time feature. Great site, great features, keep up the good work! | United States | 1204 | |
| leithal | I play moves each day and I would sorely miss that part of my day so much. Thank you again for the wonderful service that you provide. Long live chessWorld.net! | Scotland | 1172 | |
| Sporty | I am enjoying playing chess for myself without the aggravation of having anything to do with the organisation. Thanks for your efforts to maintain a great site !! | United Kingdom | 1640 | |
| poolking | There are many benefits on the list but I would like to say this is a great site for people who enjoy the game of chess. I could be wrong, but I haven't heard of any chess leagues(LIVE) in my little area of the world(except for high school leagues and I am a bit to old for that). This site is awesome because you can play a different person every three or four minutes, instead of waiting to play the few people you know who enjoy the game every three or four months, years, decades, etc. My hats off to Kingscrusher and everyone else who has made this site successful. I know for the $15.00 a year I pay to be a member of this site, It is the best $15.00 I will ever spend for 365 days of happiness. | United States | 939 | |
| TexasJoe | This chess site is trouble free, compared to others that seem to be down often. | United States | 1261 | |
| The Warrior | For only 10 GB pounds membership a year, even someone like myself who is unemployed can afford that! wow! | England | 1658 | |
| stirling_newberry | Good work so far, the move confirmation feature alone is worth the price of admission. But then, I lost a couple of games from a slip of the hand... | United States | 2003 | 1500 |
| T-bonics | The notepad and analyze functions are very, very nice. You can make moves from work, from home, wherever, and you always have your notes with you. I also like the different time limits as an option. | Canada | 1113 | |
| Handy | Fantastic. Keep on improving. I get especially attached to the rating system which creates a good competitive edge. | United Kingdom | 1884 | |
| Swedemas | Greate server, but I think you are makeing changes to often, which make it difficult/confusing to use. I think a simple stable server is better than a changing complex one. Thanks. |  Sweden | 1994 | |
| MRMOE | great job so far guys. | United States | 1279 | |
| flemmeister | Fantastic job. Keep up the GREAT work. | Canada | 1655 | |
| jfs | The ability to play many games simultaneously, differentiates this Site. I like that. I wanted to play rated games and only members have the option in choosing their opponents. Good tactic! Price = good value at this time. E-mail driven, nice feature. |  South Africa | 2797 | |
| Bobs | - Best site of this nature - hands down. I play on 3 other simmiliar sites and they don't compare. - The best thing about this site is that there are never any access problems. - Most of the features are probably a waste of effort as most players probably only use a few of them. - The silliest thing about the site is the whining about the rating system. The whiners can be divided into 2 general groups - those who don't understand the concept and those who want to achieve high ratings by always playing and beating weaker players. - The worst thing about the site is the high number of people who repeatly time out and that there is no penalty for this, they can keep starting new games. Bobs | Canada | 2027 | |
| Kebmolog | This is a great site, but you do change it a lot. Settle down some time. |  Australia | 1817 | |
| Dingbat | That was a fairly naff selection to choose ONE from :-) I appreciate the fact that Chessworld.net doesn't try to sell me anything (banners, pop-ups, inappropriate whizzy graphics, etc). Also, there is a genuine community of peers. It's a pleasure to belong. | United Kingdom | 1693 | |
| Canuck | esp like the analysis board | Canada | 1668 | |
| fastgameeddie | I decided to try membership of a couple of turn based chess sites and see what they are like. You can only really compare if you full access to all of a sites features. | England | 2660 | |
| cathy_49 | Thank you for making this site the best email site I look forward to many great games of chess here and I do play here almost everyday!! | United States | 1134 | |
| Tommy C | I was initially reluctant to pay the joining fee. On reflection, this site does offer a service so it's hardly outrageous to ask a fee; in cyberspace, we've all got too used to getting everything for free. ChessWorld.net is a great chess site and well worth the tenner joining fee. | United Kingdom | 877 | |
| c_nolan | I suggest you correct the program so that more than one of the above may be selected! (big grin) | United States | 1548 | |
| bsargent62 | never played email chess just starting to enjoy the benifits of full member. chessworld is certainly loaded with many usefull ways for me to improve my game.i no that my blitz gms will improve because of chessworld . | Australia | 2231 | |
| Ugoy Ugoy | Plus - it is good value for money and I know I'm investing in the future because the webmaster is endeavouring to make this server the best in the world and is always seeking new ways to do it: I know my money is being put to good use for the internet chess playing people of the Universe... | England | 2771 | |
| Podsnap | Churchill said that Americans and Brits are one people divided by a common language. The english in Canada is closer to american than anything else. For you a game score, for me a move list, (written on a score sheet). There may be others. Bob T | Canada | 1106 | |
| cbordian | I enjoy your web site a lot. I tried a couple of others but they really were not as good. That said, here are two requests that you probably hear all the time (even though it looks like you got the play-through game software elsewhere). The Java play through feature should: a. Show captured pieces b. Remove en pessant-captured pawns from the board! | United States | 1800 | |
| AndyP | KingCrusher; Nice work, especially all the .asp code. | United States | 1329 | |
| 2herwluv | Great site Tryfon, I wanted to click all the above. Better than ICC I think, which is why I didn't re-new there. Hey that holiday feature got to go, being abused I think. | United States | 1687 | |
| Nukem | Its just better then the rest | United States | 1879 | |
| Trash Talker | I would like to see a reduction in the number of images used on the game pages so that they load faster for those of us with slower connections. At least make this an option. I'm especially thinking of the control buttons on the RHS. Also, Netscape 4.5 seems to be no longer supported and that is disappointing. I don't like to be forced into using MSIE. :( | United States | 1224 | |
| davidscott | I have also tried playchess.de and redhotpawn.com. I tried playchess about a year ago and then tried again recently. Both times I have games interrupted because of server problems, not here. Redhotpawn does not offer tournaments and I like that part of ChessWorld. | United States | 1039 | |
| londoner62 | I am the recipient of a good value, well laid out site which is extremely player friendly. I have only one bug-bear (ref. my forums-londoner62) but that is trivial in the grand scheme. | England | 1472 | |
| The Dragon Reborn | I wanted to be a member for a few reasons: 1. So I could play in tournaments. 2. I can't play as much otb as I would like against strong opposition, so this is where I play. 3. I wanted to try my hand at correspondence chess | United States | 1634 | 1500 |
| Duke of Wellington | Enables me to demolish people all round the world. | England | 1959 | |
| William5097 | Because ChessWorld.net does NOT have much down time! | United States | 1959 | |
| friendly fire 72 | Great chess site!!! Keep up the great work! I tell everyone I know about it!! Art (Friendly Fire 72) | United States | 1742 | |
| zamsky | I can't afford to do much else in the evenings after work and TV is mostly sugar. |  Vietnam | 1380 | |
| dro | I could click on a few of the obove options given but since you only allow one I might aswell make some comment regarding the site. Yes, it is very addictive! Yes, we know that the webmaster puts in a lot (must be huge) of effort in this websit!!!! Yes, I am here virtually every day of my life. But, the main reason is that I hope my membership fee does go for the improvement and costs involved in this site. I really do think this the best of the web right now (regarding features and contents). It gives me a lot of pleasure that would otherwise be denied to me. Last but not least if there is anything I can do to help regarding the site (sorry I'm not a programmer) just let me know. |  Wales | 2162 | |
| alapin | i could click on 6 | United Kingdom | 2715 | |
| The Viper | Being able to choose more than one reason why to have full membership! At the moment can only select one...but virtually all apply! Keep up the good work! | United Kingdom | 1575 | |
| terminatorii | I want to be able to play as many individual games as I choose for any one time, and also join tournaments and teams upon invitation. And ALL the other choices listed above apply as well. | United States | 1651 | |
| MERCYS EYES | GOOD PEOPLE LIKE KINGSCRUSHER ARE HERE ALMOST EVERYDAY. THIS IS A CHESSNUTS HEAVEN! A WAY TO PLAY THE GAME ALL AROUND THE WORLD, ANYTIME, MANY THANKS TO YOU ALL. FROM YOUR FRIEND MERCYS EYES. | United States | 2095 | |
| Decus Tutamen | The poll would have been more reflective of me if I'd been able to check more than one choice. Chessworld is a great site, very addictive, and I'm enjoying playing opponents worldwide. I also appreciate the effort put in by the webmasters. I really like the speed of email - and the fact that (compared to the postal system) moves tend not to get lost. I played postal chess for 30 years, and ran ICCF tournaments for 6, but gave it all up due to pressure of work in the early 90's. Now retired, I spend a couple of hours each day on this site with my games. Its terrific value and great fun - and all those administrative chores involved in running tourneys and producing reports are all computerised. Congratulations on a fabulous job and best wishes for continued success. | Canada | 2762 | |
| Hammersong | Great site - very addicting :) One Suggestion: can the refresh button be higher on the page. Thanks again for the great site, keep up the great work. | United States | 1615 | |
| Soulpower 74 | Guess I am a chessaholic...I always wanted to play chess by mail but it was too expensive..I love the convience of simply clicking and moving..Perhaps it is the best thing since sliced bread..Ernie Johnson (USA) | United States | 2019 | 2000 |
| mike1745 | ChessWorld.net provides a great service at a low cost. I don't have much money and I only know one or two people that play the game. This site allows me to find people to play and continue to learn the game. Thanks! | United States | 1682 | |
| howlin wilf | I have not always had success contacting you and getting a reply to various questions.But it's been £10 well spent,you seem to be making great efforts to improve the site and come across very friendly.Cheers! | England | 1125 | |
| Gone | Thanks for a great site. | United Kingdom | 2126 | |
| clabbydhu | I,m sure my chess has improved over the short period I,ve been here.highly recommended.! | Scotland | 1441 | |
| lonny | I enjoy meeting people from all over the world and playing chess. | United States | 2088 | |
| Meke | All of the above! The second best thing is the nice star... | United States | 1380 | |
| Hangvar | The country leagues and the fact that the webmasters listen actively to the members feedback. | Sweden | 1706 | |
| Ken | Could u explain the joke about the annual chess move | United Kingdom | 1668 | |
| Impulsive | Ease of use along with excellent and clear features, which ensures that I can play and learn in a rewarding and constructive environment. Keep up the good work, although it must be getty pretty hard to improve upon. Regards. | United Kingdom | 1178 | |
| Adrian2153 | I could have tick a few more,but you dont let us. Great site. | Australia | 1617 |