Membership Options

Choose the chess experience that's best for you and your individual needs.

 

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GUEST MEMBER

ARENA MEMBER

PLATINUM MEMBER

 
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FREE

25€/year

50€/year

Status

     
National Fed online Membership
-
YES
YES
FIDE online Membership
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-
YES

Services

     
Premium Chess play zone
YES
YES
YES
FIDE online rating
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-
YES
National online rating
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YES
YES
Anticheating : Ace-Guard™ Protection
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YES
YES
Streamed transmission and broadcasting
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YES
YES
Live Video Lessons
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YES
YES
One-to-one Lessons
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YES
YES
VOD lessons
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YES
YES
Chat
-
YES
YES
Engine Analysis
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YES
YES
Full Games Archive
Limited
YES
YES
Fully customizable user interface
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YES
YES

Events

     
Challenges
Limited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Sit and Go tournaments
Limited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Daily tournaments
Limited
Unlimited
Unlimited
FIDE online titles
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-
YES
National online titles
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YES
YES
Master challenges and simuls
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Unlimited
Unlimited
Special tournaments with prizes (§)
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YES
YES
FIDE online championships and tournaments (§)
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-
YES
National online championships and tournaments
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YES
YES
 

FREE

25€/year

50€/year

 
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(§) Some organizer could claim for an additional participation fee

The Online Arena applicactions requires Java please check the technical requirements

Guest Member

Ideal for the more casual player interested in playing friendly games in a fun and relaxed chess environment with limited services. Optional upgrade to Arena Member is available at anytime

Arena Member

With Arena Membership you will enjoy a full array of services, including challenge games and matches, unlimited Sit & Go tournaments, teaching and training, events broadcasting, post-game analysis with the engine of your choice, full games archive, great graphics, a reliable downloadable app to avoid browser hassles 5 seconds before you are about to checkmate, and much more.

Two big pluses of Arena Membership are unrivalled cheating protection (Ace-Guard Protection) and free national federation online arena membership with official fed ratings when available, giving you access to your country’s best events, players, programs, coaches and local news 24 hours a day – 7 days a week. The other big bonus of Arena Membership is that it is essential for participation in special events such as cup competitions.

Requirements

Operating System: Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP3, Mac OS X 10.5+, Linux
Java version: Latest
Internet Browsers: IE8 or later, Firefox 3.x or later, Chrome 4.x or later, Safari 4.x or later
Membership: Further personal informations will be requested to complete Premium Chess and Fide Online Arena memberships. Data ara managed according to the site's privacy policy.
Fide Online Arena: The generation of new Fide Id numbers requires the upload of a personal identification document scan.

 

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