New free chess site

Hi,

I discovered a cool chess site:

www.shredderchess.net/

try gg

Maybe lichess could improve to that site in graphics gg

kidding? the graphics on the site you mention, are medieval compared to the stylish modernity of lichess

but perhaps you wanted to say: "maybe lichess could improve that site in graphics".
I think - with every day 3000+ players online - and 2 people who work on this, it's just a matter of time until Thibault and Clarkey suffer from their first burn out. So there will be no time left to improve your site (and all the other sites..). But thanks for asking..

Even a post like this makes me like lichess better. Why?
Because you could have a post like this on lichess.
Some sites wouldn't allow you to advertise other chess sites. Lichess is not afraid to have people check out the competition.

"[...] it's just a matter of time until Thibault and Clarkey suffer from their first burn out."

Thanks for the encouraging words, but working on lichess is actually one of the more relaxing things that I get to do. It's not like we're working to a deadline here.

Well I looked at the site. Although they cannot compare to lichess, it is not that bad altogether. Especially for its being quite young. Also it shows that online chess looks interesting enough for people to put a lot of effort in. And that is sure a good sign for the future of chess.

#6 Agreed. There has never been a better time to play chess than right now!

A lot of engines there to play with for free.

I strongly disagree. There is no money in chess: a handfull top players are rich, the top 20 have a nice living standard, behind that level there is amazing poverty like in no other sport. It needs only small money in chess to get a GM for private lessons, in any other sport this would be an illusion (or can you imagine a top 100 WTA tennis player to book for lessons?). I know an IM from Austria who still keeps working for a local insurance company as he makes with this lousy job more money then with winning prizes in otb tourneys.

Same with chess sites. The market is absolutely overcrowded with very little money in it, many sites are for sale (chesshere.com) or has already disappeared through the years. Chesscube once had a 1,7 million $ financing by a south african venture fund and when the fund discovered that they will never get a single cent back, chesscube started with premium memberships and fired nearly all the stuff. Chess.com is profitable (financed by the owner Erik on his own) but that's IMHO the only one out there. Playchess.com uses the playing site to sell their engines, that's synergy. ICC has run out of money, chesshere is out of money, chesscube is out of money...the list is endless. Chess24 is as far as I know, financed gy some GMs - they soon will discover what everybody knows after some years: to run a chess site is one of the worst ideas.

Wow, how can someone even reference that shredderchess site. It's the worst I've seen since yahoo chess.