Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
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Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
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Re: Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
#2The community first chess platform is lichess, which doesn't even get a mention because it is non-profit.
This thing sounds like some botched together platform with Kasparov's name attached to add legitimacy.
It will 100% fail.
Re: Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
#3The community first chess platform is lichess, which doesn't even get a mention because it is non-profit. This thing sounds like some botched together platform with Kasparov's name attached to add legitimacy. It will 100% fail.
100%. Lichess is an astounding achievement of FOSS and I wish it got more love in general. I can't think of any other open-source website with as much traffic and with as much complex functionality.
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#4The idea of a domain-specific Udemy with appropiate instructor filtering has been done 100 times already.
Which doesn't mean it's going to fail. It just means that there's nothing new about it. It's all about good execution and management, and nothing about innovation, like I feel this article tries to paint it.
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#5I read about this man and his chess stuff religiously when I was a kid. Loved it and it’s pet of what got me into chess.
I’m pretty happy he is making a platform like this, it’s bound to be excellent.
Re: Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
#6Chess.com not only ran forums but held community events like collaborative games vs master players early on. This just seems to be copying the community aspect of MOOCs and incorporating that into a chess course promoted by a strong brand (Garry Kasparov). It's pretty derivative.
Re: Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
#7The community first chess platform is lichess, which doesn't even get a mention because it is non-profit. This thing sounds like some botched together platform with Kasparov's name attached to add legitimacy. It will 100% fail.
Seriously. Lichess is solid, featureful, has a huge userbase, and enjoys buy-in at the highest levels: Magnus Carlsen plays there under the alias DrNykterstein. https://lichess.org/@/DrNykterstein
Re: Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
#8The community first chess platform is lichess, which doesn't even get a mention because it is non-profit. This thing sounds like some botched together platform with Kasparov's name attached to add legitimacy. It will 100% fail.
Yes, lichess is by far the best platform and a great example of an open source project. The founder had an AMA on reddit a few days ago, it was a very wholesome read - https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/mpasyl/i_started_lic...
Re: Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
#9The idea of a domain-specific Udemy with appropiate instructor filtering has been done 100 times already. Which doesn't mean it's going to fail. It just means that there's nothing new about it. It's all about good execution and management, and nothing about innovation, like I feel this article tries to paint it.
Yes, and while Kasparov has branding potential, any of the top 5 current Super GMs do too, and they're already present in Lichess, chess.com, Twitch, Youtube, etc.
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#10I would anticipate that if the site had actually launched, I could register and play right now.
But as it stands, I can only pre-register. For a chance to be one of 6400 players granted early access.