Community Blog Discussions - Ratings Are Broken#56 In order to avoid games with rating diff of 350-400 or more, you have to chose the right pairing system, and there is where the source of some problems is. Like an original Swiss pairs for 1st rnd the… | Yersinia_Pestis |
Community Blog Discussions - Ratings Are Broken#5 I guess the (initial value of the) k-factor on Lc fluctuates a bit according to games per date range played. This can counter balance influx of new, and the burnouts of declining players. Mr Sonas - a… | Yersinia_Pestis |
Lichess Feedback - Tournament pairing algorithm - Is more average opposition balancing a possible improvement ?#11 I think the pairing is based a fortiori on the game points you have when pressing 'ready'. you get paired with the first available matching points candidate. This might produce a 1900 vs 1250 (in case… | Yersinia_Pestis |
General Chess Discussion - Average blitz rating for players who have played 10000 or more blitz games on lichess.org.#3 not by api, but manually: find a month of data on https://database.lichess.org/ filter on # games, top x % and or game length > 10 moves or use the sql cmd qroup by ... calculate mean and s deviation … | Yersinia_Pestis |
General Chess Discussion - a tip about players 2000~2200#7 chosing to enter such closed positions as in game 2 is asking for Seeschlangen ( games > 99 moves) | Yersinia_Pestis |
General Chess Discussion - If a beginner had only one book to study chess from, what book would you recommend it be?#12 many reasons, but as beginners become better later on, they'll found out that many OTB games are decided / lost in the endgame. | Yersinia_Pestis |
General Chess Discussion - If a beginner had only one book to study chess from, what book would you recommend it be?#8 As said above: try any aspect of chess. Interesting for any1 < 2200: e.g. Max Euwe: that book about endgames with minor pieces, and endgames with mixed material. Tactics all levels: Jacow Neistadt: Za… | Yersinia_Pestis |
General Chess Discussion - Why do GM's not have someone else write the moves for them?#13 the rules are: 1 move the piece, 2 touch clock, 3 note move. Pre noting moves may distract the opponent. You have to note down a move before making a next move, unless you are in time trouble nearing … | Yersinia_Pestis |
General Chess Discussion - is it possible to have lichess email my PGNs when a game finishes?#2 downloading them might be done by using the add on selenium for firefox or cyberfox. but I don't know yet if it works for more a sequence of actions spanning more than 1 web page. gonna check it later… | Yersinia_Pestis |
General Chess Discussion - Openings Training#14 always adapt to the new situation on the board. play chess960 for a change. | Yersinia_Pestis |
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