Play chess online with Chess24 - Revision and user guide
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| Play chess online with Chess24 - Revision and user guide |
I have many reasons why chess24.com is the website from which I make my first review. Of all the internet sites related to chess, chess24 is not just another site. It is simply the site.
Chess24, is not only a complete place to play or learn, but they also have a human team of the highest level, including current world top players, such as Anand, Svidler or Vallejo. In addition, unlike many other sites, its modern and elegant design offers the user a great experience.
As the site is huge, I am going to limit myself to review some of the most important parts, to give you an idea.
The online chess game area
It can be played against humans or machines, at different rates.
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| It can be played against humans or machines, at different rates. |
The game interface is nice and the last movement is highlighted, as well as the available squares for the piece we want to move.
Chess Tactic Training Section
As in many other sites (lichess.org for example), there is the fast and classic mode, although this one also scores more for solving fast.
The problem interface is similar to the game interface. The difficulty of the problems is adjusted to your level, and there is the possibility of requesting a hint in exchange for 20 seconds, which actually consists of pointing out the piece to move. As in other places, valid alternative plays are contemplated that do not count as a failure, but you are required to find the best alternative, although for some reason I have perceived that in chess24 the problems are usually a single solution.
In the free version you have 5 problems per day. At the end of the session you can review the problems, see the mistakes made and the solutions to the problems.
Chess game rankings and achievements
It could not miss an area where you can see "how good we are" compared to the rest of the world.
But since world rankings tend to be a little depressing for most, there is the achievement zone of those that are unlocked just for being "a good user".
Chess News at Chess24
There is very updated and high quality chess content. In addition, there is the option for users to leave comments about the different chess news.An important aspect is that the human team behind chess24 generates different content daily in the 3 languages (English, Spanish, German), so if you know more than one of those languages you can see more information and news in other languages.
But what I like most about the news section is the exquisite visual presentation. Not only is the design as elegant as the rest of the web when it comes to presenting photographs, results tables, etc., but when presenting commented games, an ideal interaction has been worked out, anchoring the dashboard to the top of the browser to continue the game while we scroll through the rest of the game's comments.
Video Chess Courses
The platform offers a series of chess courses and chess video tutorials, with the help of highly relevant figures in current chess, and dealing with very specific topics. Most of the material is paid, but you can see free samples that usually include the first 2 videos of each series.
Synchronization between the 3 main areas of each video is very successful: video, board and exercises.
See Chess24 chess courses videos
Our profile on Chess24
As a registered user (you don't have to be a premium), you have a fairly complete profile area, which includes things like your games played, your statistics, your friends or your messages with other users.Tournament broadcasting
And this is almost the best part of Chess24. From chess24 they broadcast live all the rounds of the main tournaments and even other lesser-known tournaments. With high-rise commentators and a dashboard where you can view each game live, see the analysis engine rating for the top 3 variants in each position, and even try different variants in your own browser and view the engine rating on them.
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