I have been to no other chess sites, so I'm just going to list things people like here:
Tournaments
Live Chess
Vote Chess
Articles
Blogs
Forms, with nice people in it too
Tactic Trainer
Chess Mentor
Groups
If you don't want to make a commitement, don't. Just give it a little bit, it's free.
they have that as well, and i have been paying for the unlimited. I am trying to compare them and was looking for insight from any others that are on both
I is not on the other one, cos this site got everything I ever wanted from a chess site an' a bloody sight more than I expected 
Along with everything shadowslayer said, I have also found that the game explorer feature is very helpful for opening study and preparation.
Hello people
I am trying to decide the benefit with this site over icc. So i figured the best way is to let you the members and staff explain why this site is better. Lately i have found things on this site, that i am less happy with. I love the international players, and the ability to play them alot.
The aspect i am not sure i like is that cheaters when caught, do not not have wins or rating deducted at once from any current tournaments or games that they are in playing in at once. The archived games are all there, for someone or a computer to fix. As someone said to me when I said , I didn't know cheating was going on , i mean we aren't playing for prize money as far as iknow "why". But it seems it wasn't caught for awhile, and guy got back on site after he was. I know they claim we have blockers for it , but i don't want to waste time always looking for them.
I have been told the other site has stronger players and ratings on that site tend to be closer to the real skill level of person you are playing. So before i make a year commitement, please tell me why this site is better.
Thank you