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What does each level of premium membership get me?

Learn about the different membership plans on Chess.com, what each one offers, and decide which is right for you!

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Premium plans on Chess.com

Thinking about becoming a Chess.com member? Take a look at the table below for an overview of each plan and its benefits, or scroll down for a detailed breakdown of every membership type and the features included!

The current plans are effective as of September 1st, 2022. If you signed up before this date, you will be on the classic plans. For more information, check out this article: September 1st plan changes.

Feature

UNLIMITED Chess

UNLIMITED Variants

UNLIMITED Puzzles

UNLIMITED Lessons

Unlock ALL Bots

No Ads

UNLIMITED Game Review

UNLIMITED Coach Explanations

UNLIMITED games vs. Coach

UNLIMITED Insights

2

3

5

5

Vacation days you can store

30

60

90

90

All premium plans include Endgames, Daily Puzzle Explanations, Video Library, Opening Explorer, Custom Flair, Drills, and Time-out Protection for Daily Games.

Basic/Free membership

This is the account that all members have upon signup. A free account comes with access to all of the following:

  • Learn from our lessons, the 'New to Chess' section of the Guide is free for all members. Plus you get one additional Lesson of your choice per week.

  • Practice with puzzles, 3 per day

  • Play Puzzle Rush and Puzzle Battle five times on your first day, then once each per day after that

  • 1 full game review analysis per day

  • Play unlimited chess, in all time settings, Daily, Rapid, Blitz and Bullet

  • Limited number of games against Coach per month

  • Play chess variants, such as 4 player chess, bughouse, 3-check, and more

  • Join tournaments

  • Create your own club

  • Create your own Classroom and invite your students to learn from you

  • See your position on leaderboards

  • Join a club or league

  • Play against the bots, choose from 20+ distinct personalities!

  • Unlock achievements and give and receive awards

  • Send cheers and badges to your friends and opponents

  • Browse your archive, all your games are saved there

  • Change your pieces, board, and background to a theme of your choosing

  • Watch ChessTV, read and create your own blog, read news, and browse articles

  • Post in the forums, play the daily puzzle, do limited drills, play solo chess, use the vision trainer

  • Browse our huge library of master games

  • Use the opening library and the opening explorer to look at the first 4 moves of any opening.

  • Practice Endgames, access the first position in each section under the 'practice' tab

  • Earn 2 vacation days per month and store up to 30 vacation days

Gold membership

A necessity for those looking to improve their chess! Gold accounts get everything a basic account gets, PLUS:

  • NO ADS

  • UNLIMITED access to all lessons

  • UNLIMITED access to our huge video library

  • UNLIMITED puzzles

  • UNLIMITED Puzzle Rush and Puzzle Battle

  • Unlock full use of opening explorer, look any number of moves deep! Use opening explorer to explore your own games!

  • Access all 100+ computer personalities

  • Enable open enrollment in your Classroom, no more need to invite each individual student!

  • Play multiple games at once. Host your own simul!

  • Manage up to 75 Daily tournaments at once!

  • All Drills unlocked

  • All Endgames positions unlocked

  • Earn 3 vacation days per month and store up to 60 vacation days

  • Automatic time-out protection for Daily games

  • Custom flair icons

  • UNLIMITED games against the Coach!

Platinum membership

The next level of membership, Platinum accounts get everything Basic and Gold accounts get PLUS:

  • UNLIMITED game review and analysis

  • Manage up to 100 Daily tournaments at once!

  • Earn 5 vacation days per month and store up to 90 vacation days!

  • Additional Custom flair icons!

Diamond membership

Diamond is the top tier membership, unlock the full potential of Chess.com! Diamond accounts get everything Basic, Gold and Platinum accounts get PLUS:

  • Unlimited Game Review PLUS get coach explanations on all of your moves!

  • Access the Insights feature to see stats and data on all your games!

  • Customize the analysis settings to get the most out of analysis!

  • Even more Custom flair icons!


Friends and Family Plan

The Friends & Family Plan allows up to six Chess.com members to share a Diamond yearly membership, giving everyone on the plan access to our highest-tier Premium features at one low price. One person signs up as the Primary Account holder and can invite up to five others to join as Secondary Accounts. Everyone in the plan enjoys the full benefits of a Diamond Membership —just as if they subscribed individually.

Check out this article for more information about the Friends and Family plan: Friends & Family Plan FAQ.

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