Comments on: Is Chessable all it’s cracked up to be? An honest review

By: AlekhinesCat

AlekhinesCat — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 06:22:18 +0000

Chess Position Trainer was out way before chessable. It has spaced learning. A big plus is, I would assert, that’s not online.

By: Mark McKenna

Mark McKenna — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:27:46 +0000

Not a word about the cost. $80 something to become a pro. $30 something to buy a course. $160-180 to get the remainder of the video of the course you’ve already purchased. That’s pretty steep.

By: Mistreaver

Mistreaver — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 19:33:31 +0000

In reply to Michael Cenkner. Hm, okay, fair points, I might not have taken that into consideration. Sorry :(

By: Michael Cenkner

Michael Cenkner — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 17:29:41 +0000

It’s not for beginners or early intermediate. Therefore I’d say there’s very little on Chessable for <1000.

-Some items are listed as OK for Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced, all three levels (?!?). That's liked Beginner Spanish thrown in with Don Quixote in the original, right? That's just annoying.

-The only item listed for Beginners not also listed for Intermediate is the basic moves of chess (?!).

-Intermediate I think is <1600, or let's say <1200. Who gets to that level with less than a year of play? Therefore there is a large gap between the Beginner and Intermediate. Grouping them together is as logical as grouping Intermediate and Advanced. That defeats the concept.

-After legal moves, Beginners such as myself (early Intermediate) need about five openings up to about 10 moves in with let's say three variations.

-Maybe this "early Intermediate" amount of stuff is there, I think the spaced repetition is great and I'll continue to check it out, BUT I'm having a hard time finding it – there's so much stuff.

-The challenge for a site like this is what NOT to include from chess's 500-year history and latest AI improvements. Fair enough. But the early Intermediate players maybe won't find on Chessable he "after the basics" stuff we need.

-Summary: Not for Beginners or Early Intermediate.

-I'll spend more time on it but these are my first thoughts.

, which runs counter to the spirit of John Bartholomew's extremely accessible and engaging video series.

By: Val

Val — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:14:39 +0000

Not a shred of anything critical about the website. So far for an “honest” review. Honest in reviews also means taking a balanced look and addressing the negative. Not in comments later and not mentioning something insignificant as well.