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.…