Of course I can remove all chess symbols and make all users equal. And then I will close the site at all because it costs me more than $200 each month just to run it. When I find a sponsor to pay all my expenses related to BrainKing.com, I will make all features available for free.

please please don't close the site fencer :( you will have a lot of unhappier people! i personally think you do a great job, there are just the odd few who have their say.. most of us appreciate what you are doing, i wish i could afford to sponsor you!!! as i am sure a lot more of us could too :)

Don't worry about that :-) I've just wanted to explain why it is necessary to have several levels of membership.

i too would love to help sponser this site but at the moment i just do not have the money to do it. i think the site is great

Don't get me wrong, Fencer!
I only meant it's not a good idea to use chess pieces to belittle non-paying members. (How about colors or numbers instead?) I wasn't saying you shouldn't have the option for people to pay and help support the site. I understand that a site needs money to keep goin'! And this site beats the goat out of IYT. If you could stop the server trouble, maybe take into consideration my suggestion of a different type of "membership level" representation, then it would be as perfect as can be (in an imperfect universe)! :·)