Kasparovchess.com is the newest chess platform in the world and why you have to register on it.

 Okay, Garry Kasparov made time out of his day from fighting for democracy and against injustice to create his new chess platform. That should tell you all you need to know about how important this is for the chess world.


Why do we need yet another chess platform? Isn't chess.com, chess24.com, chessable.com, chessbase.com, and all the rest enough? Well no not really. Play Magnus has bought up almost everyone that isn't chess.com and chess.com, well we all know about chess.com it's bucks before books. So on one hand you have a Megalomanic chess world champion trying to own the entire chess world and on the other hand, you have a team of megalomanics who own the whole chess world trying to champion their own vision of the chess world, it's a tough choice. So Ex-world champion Garry Kasparov gives the free of mind a choice for where they invest their chess dollars for a valued return without the drama.

Garry Kasparov has been giving to chess for a long time without asking for anything in return, that was what KCF (Kasparov Chess Foundation) was about for me. As someone of African descent I well up because he did this from his own personal finances and sponsorship was given to some very good causes all around the well including Africa and South America, places neglected by the likes of chess.com and Play Magnus.

Kasparov is actually a really good teacher. We all saw that from his MasterClass despite him being restricted by their weird format he still produced something of value. I'd bet that now given the freedom to arrange his chess courses himself it will be worth even more value. I'm going to be pre-registering on his platform and I'm looking forward to more competition in the chess instructional platform ecosystem with Chessable (PlayMagnus) and Chess.com getting a run for their money.

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