Why I Ditched Chess.com and Built My Own Chess Platform From Scratch 😤 Let me be brutally honest. I was a Chess.com user for 3 years. Then one day I opened my account and realized — I'm paying $15/month just to see my own game analysis. That was the moment I decided: I'll build it myself. The Problem With Existing Chess Platforms Chess.com — The Paywall Monster Game analysis? Paid. Advanced puzzles? Paid. Tournaments? Paid. Even seeing your OWN mistake highlights properly? Paid. They have 100 million users. They don't need your $15. But they take it anyway. Lichess — Great But Overwhelming Lichess is genuinely amazing and fully free. Respect to their team. But try showing it to your 45-year-old uncle who just wants to play a casual game. He'll close the tab in 10 seconds. Too many buttons. Too many options. Too much. Yahoo Chess (RIP 2014) 🕯️ You logged in. You saw a lobby. You clicked a game. You played. That's it. No tutorials. No rating graphs. No subscription prompts. Just pure chess.…