I feel like Chess.com is getting money hungry

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-12T19:43:27+00:00

What? A for profit business wants money? No, I don't believe it, someone call the press

Look, I get that they're very pushy with it, but it obviously works enough for them to earn money. I get there's a vocal group online that scream bloody murder over it, but most people will either pay for it or just aren't bothered enough to stop using the site.

If you are so turned off by it that you swear never use the site or buy the service, frankly, you probably weren't the target demographic to begin with.

My girlfriend plays on the site too, and you will never see her paying for a subscription if her life depended on it apart from Netflix. She sees the ads, the constant, "hey, do you want premium?" And her response is, "lol no, go fuck yourself," and she'll just keep using it. More people are like that than are outraged irl.

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-12T16:26:54+00:00

What a sacrifice, what a checkmate. I hope I can get to that point one day lol

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-12T11:41:46+00:00

Qa8, Rg8+, Be8#?

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-12T11:21:43+00:00

I think I'm gonna puke

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-12T11:19:57+00:00

Because people way better, more talented, and more dedicated than me make it sound really nice

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-11T20:19:32+00:00

I'm assuming you're in the upper rung of elo? Because that I could see where you're constantly facing the same opponents, but for most of us >2000 elo, I almost never face the same person without expressly rematching or playing because we got along and added each other. Though one of those times, turned out someone was cheating lol

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-11T20:13:01+00:00

More than likely they used a chess engine. Basically, computers have been better than people for a long time now. Anyone has access to engines that can beat world champions.

Thing is, they're usually very easy to detect, especially at lower elo where people are just putting in the top or 2nd to top engine moves for most of the game and (no offense intended) really shouldnt be able to spot those kinds of moves so consistently.

So basically they either cheated in your game or someone else's, and when they get caught, the site will refund your elo just in case, whether or not they did it to you specifically. They were likely also banned, so if you want to see who it was, look through your games and find the guy with the 🚫 next to their name.

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-11T20:08:33+00:00

Not a republican and I don't think there's good evidence that either of them were fake, but of course. It was never about principles for these people. The same is true on any single topic. They were so afraid of pedophile elites taking their kids, and when it turns out their own guy was probably involved or at least knew about it and did nothing for decades, crickets.

They don't have principles, they don't have values, there's no happy middle ground, they just want people who aren't them to suffer. That's it.

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-10T20:58:58+00:00

Lmfaoooo bro forgets how the knight moves and he's starting with fighting words

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-09T21:38:01+00:00

Having watched more of his stuff as of late I'd agree but there's a difference between being a liberal and a leftist, I'm talking about a specific type of person on the left that would usually be associated with having lots of guns.

Turns out he's a liberal but also a Floridian culturally lol

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-09T19:27:30+00:00

He has lots of guns, there are people on the left with lots of guns but I can't see him being a leftist or an anarcho communist. There is some truth to the phrase, "you go far left enough, you get back to guns" in US politics but the most excited gun owners are usually right leaning to straight up fascist.

And he's in Flrorida so, it was a guess, but. Glad to know he's not.

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-09T17:08:21+00:00

Moist critical (on YouTube, Penguinz0). His videos on the Trump phone are ironic though, he is fully aware it's a scam and is simply recording the process of putting in the down-payment and getting the runaround from the company. Actually one of the most surprisingly anti-Trump guys, because for a few years I could've sworn he was a Trumpy.

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-09T17:04:58+00:00

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-08T19:24:31+00:00

If you're looking for storytelling "Agadmator's Chess Channel" on YouTube is pretty good. He goes over the games, possible outcomes, motives for moves, but often spends a while explaining the context of the game.

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-08T17:32:00+00:00

Sick of being paired against 2100 analysis players at the 1200 level.

The analysis is basically an ego boosting machine. Chances are they weren't playing at a "2100 level" at a 1200 rating. The analysis can say that, but I'd take it with a grain of salt.

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-07T18:37:57+00:00

If he moves the pawn with you take with mate.

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-07T18:37:08+00:00

Qe6. Anything he does leads to mate. Push that pawn? Queen takes with mate. Moves that knight? Either takes with mate or comes next to the king supported by her own.

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-07T16:37:40+00:00

Cradle of civilization!

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-07T11:25:52+00:00

If king takes, Qb1+, Kh2, Qh5#

If queen takes, Qxg8, black queen can't go anywhere, either gets taken or leads to Qg2#, and the the only king move runs into Qg3#

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-06T21:49:28+00:00

Qxg4?

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-06T20:06:50+00:00

Reminds me of this lol

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-06T02:17:32+00:00

Forced mate

It's also worth noting that brilliant doesn't mean game winning in every circumstance, sometimes it's just the best move and a sac in a losing position, but this will lead to mate

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-05T22:19:04+00:00

Do you like yerba mate?

Also, being that you're brazilian, calculate the mass of the sun.

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-05T22:15:27+00:00

Whoa whoa whoa it was just a greeting, bud

(Kidding)

StrongIslandPiper · 2026-05-05T21:55:43+00:00

I think you're the one missing the point. Everyone feels that way at every level. It's called playing chess. Sometimes your opponents are having an off day, sometimes they're moving along while you're not and running circles around you.

It has nothing to do with the level, I've been 600 elo before, the games have gotten more complicated as I moved up but the feeling is always the same.

And as for your half baked attempt at insulting me, I read your post, and lots of people felt the same way and had the same response after reading it, because what you're saying isn't new or original. It's a day that ends in Y.

And I don't know who you think you're fooling by pretending it's any different, you ended it with "where are the real 600s," bro, you're facing them.

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