“i like the auto search function most about this site. on crappy sites like yahoo i have to sit and wait forever for a game. i also love the picture of what pieces have been lost. it brilliantly shows what you have and what you don't.”
“The ability to scramble up to the internet and select a playing partner of the calibre you want and start a game right away. The ratings, country leagues and tournaments keep the excitement in the games to a very high degree.”
“The site has an easy navigation and much more than that an overall appeal that its user-friendly, that someone has thought about a lot before putting this site. Its also serving a novel cause of bringing the chess community together.”
“I like being able to play and chat with people from all over the world. Just think what Morphy, Steinitz, Capablanca and other great senior grand masters would have done if they had the internet at their disposal.”
“The site is designed well for a limited number of clicks making the navigation wonderful. The ability to find other users of similar ranking is intuitive.”
“Good opponents from the world are available at all the time. All the features are very good. By setting facility we can choose weak,equal or strong opponent. All types of game like 1 minute to 60+ minutes possible. Good chating facility, help of computer for analysing the game, just watching games of other players, Chat club, many many tournaments, facility of Rated/Unrated games...and what not. Very good site.”
“I like the extra non-common online chess features, such as club forum, admin support, tournaments, player awards and recognition, Fischer Random Chess option, report Chat Abuse option, and many others.”
“I've been playing at instantchess on and off since freshman year of college in 2001. I'm learning the country flags by putting the mouse pointer on them on the opening page. How cool! Thanks guys, I'll throw you some money every so often for my subscription.”
“This site provides everything a chess player or learner needs. Competition, chat, openings reports and the ability to watch others in action are the things that I love most.”
“It's very aesthetically pleasing as well as inviting in it's setup. I used to play correspondence Chess by 'snail-mail' as a kid in the pre-computer/internet days - although I have to add that I'm not as old as that sounds...merely a young 44. Basically, it was one move per postage stamp. Could take months(!) to finish a game! This is great!”
“I like the simplicity of InstantChess. This is a great place for the class level amateur player and I enjoy it very much. I have made some good friends here.”
“My Internet connection is via satellite and this is the only chess site I have played on where the long delay don't have any impact on the game. Thank you for that.”
