Hello, I am a beginner player and I just received my Chessup board today and love it! I was wondering if there are any ways to find players of similar level to play with or find to add as friend to play? Or should these all be done via Lichess or chess.com?
Hi and welcome!
The great thing about lichess and chess.com - is that they will match you with similarly skilled players.
Both platforms have a rating system. It will start at 1500 on lichess and 1200 on chess.com. And it will take a handful of games to adjust you to the right level.
Most beginners can expect to fall anywhere between 300 and 600 rating. From there it is a satisfying journey as you learn more and more about strategy and tactics, win more games, and rise in rating. You can also challenge the built in AI for practice.
We will be adding even more learning tools to the chessup platform (lessons and exercises) in coming months. Playing similar opponents is essential part of learning as well.
And if looking for other similar players with ChessUp - we will be adding a ChessUp group for chess.com users soon.