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Title: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: the joint on November 26, 2013, 10:54:34 PM I scored a win. I emailed Chess.com through my account and convinced them to accept Bitcoin as payment.
Enjoy! :D Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Lauda on November 26, 2013, 11:15:47 PM I don't see it on the website yet?
Good job anyhow, solid user base! Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: markjamrobin on November 26, 2013, 11:17:54 PM I don't see it on the website yet? Good job anyhow, solid user base! Yes, perhaps the largest online chess site in the world. I noticed they were on the Gambit board for BitNopoly. Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: the joint on November 26, 2013, 11:18:25 PM I don't see it on the website yet? Good job anyhow, solid user base! http://support.chess.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/226/0/can-i-purchase-a-membership-through-bitcoin (http://support.chess.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/226/0/can-i-purchase-a-membership-through-bitcoin) Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Jace on November 26, 2013, 11:57:16 PM Awesome! I contacted them quite a while ago about this. And I guess so did many others. Perhaps your inquiry was the last straw. Good job! ;D
Now, let's consider which yearly plan I'll take. Looking forward to play my first Bitcoin-funded game of chess. Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: the joint on November 27, 2013, 12:07:14 AM Awesome! I contacted them quite a while ago about this. And I guess so did many others. Perhaps your inquiry was the last straw. Good job! ;D Now, let's consider which yearly plan I'll take. Looking forward to play my first Bitcoin-funded game of chess. No, I'm sure we all contributed. I was just excited when they emailed me to tell me about it :D By the way, PM me your chess.com handle if you want to play a match. But take it easy on me, I'm learning :) Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Kouye on November 27, 2013, 12:26:18 AM Congratulations. Also been trying this, with no real success so far, but I'd love if we could keep an email template updated for non-native people like me who are bound to write senseless shit and scare people out rather than help. ;D
Made a post here, could you pretty please share your approach? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=329105.0 Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: corebob on November 27, 2013, 12:27:52 AM Nice job!
Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Jace on November 27, 2013, 01:09:04 AM (this was supposed to be a PM ;))
Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: TooDumbForBitcoin on November 27, 2013, 01:38:28 AM Deep Blue responds, "7A94 0408 B86C 3077!"
Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: maurya78 on November 27, 2013, 09:17:59 AM Cool, appreciate the commitment and making this happen
Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: anonymous_acc on November 30, 2013, 05:41:36 PM Does anybody know place, or will be that place a chess.com, to play for money ( bitcoin )?
Or any alt-coins. To make a bet, e.g. 5BTC, look for opponent with bet at least 10BTC, who agree to play with me for only my 5BTC, 5 vs 10, i win, profit 10BTC. Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: the joint on November 30, 2013, 05:47:58 PM Does anybody know place, or will be that place a chess.com, to play for money ( bitcoin )? Or any alt-coins. To make a bet, e.g. 5BTC, look for opponent with bet at least 10BTC, who agree to play with me for only my 5BTC, 5 vs 10, i win, profit 10BTC. This has been discussed before, but as far as I know nothing ever came of it. The problem is preventing cheating. Even if your opponent isn't directly using an engine to beat you, he could just imitate your moves against a chess engine on a 2nd computer and move according to the engine's responses. Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: anonymous_acc on December 01, 2013, 09:22:29 AM @the joint, what about bullets? You know 2+1, game for time, tournaments, etc.
Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: 2bfree on January 07, 2014, 06:55:29 PM congrats, I"m looking at it says it's free to play is the bitcoin for some premium service?
Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: the joint on January 07, 2014, 11:29:47 PM congrats, I"m looking at it says it's free to play is the bitcoin for some premium service? They have various levels of subscription memberships which give you access to engine analysis, video lessons, etc. To play is free. Title: Re: Chess.com Accepts Bitcoin! Post by: the joint on January 07, 2014, 11:31:51 PM @the joint, what about bullets? You know 2+1, game for time, tournaments, etc. That might be doable, but do you really want to bet on a game and be subject to lag, mouse slips, etc.? |