What an amazing program! It helps me in my daily work, both at training camps and at tournaments! Vitality assistant for professionals and chess lovers!
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Best engines and now databases too I used to mainly analyze with Chessify, but recently started to use their website to have access to their databases too. They have added the ICCF db and update it a... See more
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Was interested in parsing a chess PDF into a PGN. Eventually found the Chessify site, which didn't run. It seemed necessary to install the Android app, which did work, leading to the fact that it's te... See more
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As a chess player, you're mainly limited to Windows because chess programs are not working on Mac. I like the idea of using a website instead of a program, cause then I can access my files and analyze... See more
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An all-encompassing website for chess training, recognized as № 1 by FIDE for its cloud engine analysis. Chessify is trusted by the World's top players, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, and Levon Aronian. We provide the biggest online game database and powerful cloud analysis with Stockfish, LCZero, and other strong engines.
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Chess Muscle
Developed by people who really care about their users, Chessify has the horsepower to do chess analysis no PC can. I'm currently analyzing with over 1000 cores, all working silently online!
25 November 2023
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Reply from chessify.me
Hi Carl! Big thanks for your awesome review and rating. We're stoked to keep upping Chessify for you. Thank you for all the support!
Super easy to use
Super easy to use, very comprehensive and helpful. Just what I needed. Thank you so much!!
25 November 2023
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Reply from chessify.me
Thank you so much. It's very encouraging for us to hear that our platform is truly helpful to chess enthusiasts like you. Your feedback keeps us motivated!
Master subscriber
Very quickly and precisely analyzing chess engine. Perfect for chess players on every level! If you have any problems you can easily get help. I would recommend it for everyone who takes chess at least a bit seriously!
25 November 2023
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Reply from chessify.me
We appreciate the glowing review and are happy to hear how Chessify is helping with your game analysis. Thanks for recommending our platform!
Honest review
I love the fact that chessify is easily compatible with all operating systems. Chessify also offers far better engines with the same price than the other companies.
24 November 2023
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Reply from chessify.me
Dear Anna, we're glad to hear that Chessify's compatibility and powerful engines are making a difference for you. Thanks for pointing out what sets us apart – your feedback is invaluable.
If you are serious about your chess
If you are serious about your chess, Chessify is a must
25 November 2023
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Reply from chessify.me
Hi, Frank! It's great to hear that Chessify is a key part of your chess routine. Thanks for the high praise and for choosing us as your go-to platform.
I paid a subscription but I spend time sending bug reports...
The chessify website offers users the option to store chess files in pgn format and analyze games with very strong cloud based chess engines.
Although the idea is good, the implementation so far is rather poor with the pgn user interface still in development and very buggy. When I informed their tech service of my problems, I was asked to record my screen and the bugs ! I was already a paying customer ! So if you feel like paying a membership to help chessify debug their user interface, this is the site for you !
I recommend waiting 1 year or 2 until their product is stable before spending any money on Chessify. At the moment, it's still very much work in progress...
24 November 2023
Unprompted review
Reply from chessify.me
Dear Laurent, thank you for taking the time to share your feedback on Chessify.
We acknowledge the issues you've encountered with the PGN editor, a relatively new addition to our platform, which we continuously work to improve. Over the last few months, we've implemented several updates, some of which were suggested by you. Notably, we've introduced features such as the ability to edit comments and a more intuitive piece movement functionality, allowing moves to be made by clicking on a square without selecting a piece first. Plus, we've fixed the bugs you reported, for which we are grateful.
While recording bugs may be tiresome, it greatly assists our development team in identifying and resolving issues more effectively. Still, we do understand that as a paying customer, you expect a seamless experience.
Please be assured that your feedback has been invaluable in evolving Chessify, and we hope you will see significant improvements in the near future. In the meantime, we would be grateful if you could reconsider your rating, reflecting on the recent updates and enhancements.
Thank you for using Chessify.
Chessify is the best option as a one…
Chessify is the best option as a one stop shop for chess analysis. You get reliable engines with both an interface to ChessBase and other programs and a web interface, competitive pricing, a very large database as part of the service, and very good customer service. Definitely recommend trying to all chess analytics needs.
23 November 2023
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Reply from chessify.me
Dear Pawel, thanks for such a detailed review! We're proud to know that our engines, database, and customer service are hitting the mark. Your recommendation means a lot to us.
Very helpful website for analyzing my own games
I found the website very helpful in terms of keeping my own game collections and analyzing them with pretty strong engines. I got the basic plan, which they call an "Amateur plan", and it covers all my needs as an online player.
21 November 2023
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Reply from chessify.me
Hi Betty! We're glad to hear that the Amateur plan is perfectly suiting your needs, and that you're finding our features so helpful. Thanks for sharing your experience.
VERY EXPENSIVE
6 March 2023
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Reply from chessify.me
We appreciate your feedback and are sorry to hear that you feel our service is expensive. We would like to point out that our prices are competitive within the industry, and we are not aware of any cheaper options available that offer unlimited cloud analysis of the same speed in addition to our other website features.
We would be happy to discuss your concerns further and understand why you feel our service is expensive. Please feel free to share more details with us about similar services. Thank you!
Amazing website enjoy it
2 October 2022
Unprompted review
Overpriced, false advertising
Update: They emailed me about the high evals, apparently it is from the current development build of SF, so it won't last forever. Anyway, my other criticisms of the site still stand. They either need to allow people to run the cloud engine for 4-8 hours at a time, even while away from the machine. Or they need to reliably be at 100 MN/s speed if there is a short time limit. Otherwise what's the point of the service. If I want to run something at 15 MN/s for 10 minutes, there are far cheaper options.
I run the service with Chessify cloud running in ChessBase. I used it for a few months last year 2021, and just resubscribed for a month now in 2022. I wanted to augment the opening prep I do with my own machine.
They advertise up to 100 MN/s unlimited analysis for $36/month. What you more typically get is about 20 MN/s and your analysis will be cut off unpredictably after a time limit of 10 minutes to 1 hour.
I have my own machine with similar processing power, and I run the same engine, the current version of SF+NNUE. And I have a lot of experience running it and what certain positions evaluate at. Today chessify's analysis was returning numbers like +0.8 for the French defense, +1.2 for the Benoni, +0.7 for the Caro-Kann, +0.6 for the Sicilian, even at high depths. If you know anything about opening analysis you know these numbers are just plain wrong. I ran it over and over and it kept giving the erroneous evaluations.
I already felt the service was overpriced between the below advertised speeds, and the analysis time limits. I was willing to work around that. But if you can't trust the evaluations coming out of the cloud engine, the service is worth $0.
29 August 2022
Unprompted review
Reply from chessify.me
Hi, JK. Please note that we always use the latest development version of Stockfish. The differences in evaluation are caused by the new Stockfish version and have nothing to do with our sevice specifically. To be sure, you can download the latest dev version from https://abrok.eu/stockfish/ and compare it with the regular Stockfish 15 from stockfish.org. There is around 0.3 difference in evalution between the two versions. We also frequently consult with grandmasters to make sure that our analysis are working fine.
We've run Stockish 15 and the latest Stockfish dev version on a laptop locally for the same openings that you suggested, and here are the results.
French defense:
Stockfish 15 - 0.46 at depth 36 (740kN/s)
Dev version - 0.79 at depth 39 (747 kN/s)
Caro Kann:
Stockfish 15 - 0.43 at depth 30 (785kN/s)
Dev version - 0.78 at depth 32 (844 kN/s)
Benoni:
Stockfish 15 - 1.13 at depth 26 (813kN/s)
Dev version - 1.35 at depth 27 (820 kN/s)
The engines ran simultaniously for the same amount of time. Of course, the results will vary based on the engine's kN/s speed, however, the experiment is enough to show the difference between the 2 Stockfish versions.
As to the up to 100 MN/s unlimited analysis for $35/month, our pricing page does state that the server speed ranges from 25-100MN/s. Since we provide both the classical and NNUE versions of Stockfish, we calculate the speed by running the classical Stockfish 15 version on the initial position until depth 26. The speed can vary based on th position and the engine version.
Interuptions during analysis are mainly caused by unstable internet connection. The system stops the server if you don't make any moves during 2 hours. However, we are planning to show a pop-up to make sure that the user is active instead of stopping the server immediately.
We hope that this information is helpful to you and that you may reconsider your rating/review. If we can answer to more questions, please let us know.
Ten dollars a month is too much to stare at a load screen that doesn't go anywhere
Was interested in parsing a chess PDF into a PGN. Eventually found the Chessify site, which didn't run. It seemed necessary to install the Android app, which did work, leading to the fact that it's ten dollars a month to parse ten PDFs. They did offer me a trial, though, and a two-hour special deal. About half a day later, the site is still down, the two hours is up, and it's clear I have to type this PDF in myself.
15 August 2022
Unprompted review
Reply from chessify.me
Dear Ian,
We're sorry for the confusion. Please be informed that our website and mobile apps are not connected and offer different features.
The PDF scanner is available on our mobile app only. It will allow you to upload up to 10 books every month. Please note, however, that you'll still need to scan one diagram at a time.
Hope this helps. You may also contact us at support@chessify.me if you need any kind of assistance.
Have a good day!
Chessify
Very well done
Very well done. It does what it claims, plus nice design.
30 June 2022
Unprompted review
Reply from chessify.me
Dear Vladimir, thank you for the 5 stars!
I was on here to analyze games under a…
I was on here to analyze games under a free portal, but they false advertised a free server when it was only free the first 2 hours. Afterwards nothings free, in fact you could pay more for their SUBSCRIPTION than rent. I give the site an f minus. They are shady, their website is horrific to navigate, plus they want hundreds of dollars to go further. Sounds like a scam to me!
8 January 2022
Unprompted review
Reply from chessify.me
Hi!
Please note that the 2-hour trial refers only to the 200 coins which you receive by verifying your email. Afterwards, you can use our basic 1000 kN/s Stockfish analysis as much as you want.
Our subscription plans offer higher speeds for your analysis, however, you can still analyze with average speed Stockish for free. Please sign in to chessify.me/analysis -> find the Stockfish engine on the right side -> click on the arrow button next to the server -> choose 1MN/s -> and click on "Analyze" to start your free analysis.
We hope that you'll give our website another try. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best chess engine and application I've…
Best chess engine and application I've ever used! I'm absolutely loving it!
19 November 2021
Unprompted review
Reply from chessify.me
Thank you Tatev <3
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