Originally posted by RabbitColdLittlemcniff is a member and reckons the site is brilliant.
Is anyone a member of this site? I am thinking of subscribing. If you are any feedback of the site would be nice.
Thanks
http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=72360&page=9
It appears to be a magic site!
I think it's excellent.
The forum is very slow...a post a week would be busy...but the GM who runs the site does respond to questions here....so there is virtually nothing of topic and only genuine issues seem to be raised and I'm happy with this.
There is a set of tactics puzzles taken from real games posted each month...graded beginer..intermediate and advanced. I find the beginer puzzles hard and simply can't solve most of the hard ones. Also you can't get an instant answer as on CTS as you have to complete 10 or so puzzles before the solutions are made available. But the games are referenced so you can look up the whole game. This is the section I use the most.
There are sections on endings, openings and strategy and more.
Whilst it isn't cutting edge web design the content is, I think, exceptionally good especially if you're willing to put some work in. I can't guarantee the site will be to your taste but it's certainly worth considering.
I used to subscribe there. It has its good points. To get the most from the site you need to be willing to utilize the ChessBase program (or compatible) as some of the content is downloadable and in that format.
There is also content from Daniel King, akin to his 'How Good Is Your Chess' publications. This was the content I liked the most, but as time rolled on the new issues of HGIYC were becoming less and less frequent. There is supposed to be one every two weeks, but they are regularly quite late.
The monthly tactics puzzles will vary a great deal in difficulty. There are months where the beginner puzzles are truly beginner, and other months where you can't really tell the difference between the beginner and the advanced. This probably stems from the problems being selected by a GM who genuinely thinks the puzzle is easy.
It is a good site, now with lots of material since it has been up and running for a while and Tony Kosten (the GM doing it now) leaves older material online. By subscribing you will not only get current content, but also access to content posted to date (for everything except HGIYC).
I ultimately left because I was looking for something else, but it is a worthwhile site that isn't terribly expensive.