| General Chess Discussion - I hung my Queen on for 2 moves and opponent hangs mate in 2#4 "Always assume you opponent will play the best move." “Playing with computers is not like playing with humans; they'll play solid chess then make random blunder.“ Therefore, your human opponent never … | lement |
| General Chess Discussion - i discovered an Opening variation in the Kings knight opening. (Normal variation)#17 I put this into a study for others whos eyes get lost in sea of (): https://lichess.org/study/iN77vsOv As far as black's actions at 1900 go, 1800-2000 blitz/bullet/classical black doesn't pick the bes… | lement |
| Off-Topic Discussion - What could make child cheat at chess. Or is it pretenders putting in false age.#31 Seems like that's overthinking it, I say. People like when numbers go up (as Cookieclicker showed long time ago), and they also like triumphing over others/don't want to admit a loss (and bragging, po… | lement |
| General Chess Discussion - A post-mortem of the 2020 Candidates Tournament #31 It credits Dvorkovich for not hiding behind a level of anonymity when stating his opinion. The finishing expression suggests both that this is unusual for FIDE board, and that he opens himself up to f… | lement |
| General Chess Discussion - chess popularity men vs women#33 While you at-ed me, I'm afraid I don't understand whether you're saying you agree with me or disagree with me or something else. Looks like both? That seems unlikely, so could you please clarify if yo… | lement |
| General Chess Discussion - chess popularity men vs women#23 Yeah, I think on purely emotional level I'm going to agree with #17. As a guy, if I walked to an event with 2 guys and 100+ women (or people older/younger than me, or all dressed in carnival clothes, … | lement |
| Lichess Feedback - First Move Wait Time is an Abomination#28 Last time I played in lichess marathon, somewhere between 20 and 25% of the games I played had one player or another fail to move in time. Generally my opponents, but not always. Sometimes, the rest o… | lement |
| General Chess Discussion - Congratulations Lance#33 Gongratz to Lance5500 - being the unquestioned best at marathons; playing more rated regular chess games in a day than I do in my whole time on lichess, each of them better than my best. And not just … | lement |
| Game analysis - How likely is a game with 0 inaccuracies to be played by a U2000 human?#17 Depends on strength of opposition. 11 mistakes isn't exactly a strong opposition...I have a 2 ACPL game myself :p I generally also consider move times; Irwin consider PV, blur and style as well. As fa… | lement |
| General Chess Discussion - BULLET CORRESPONDENCE CHESS#4 Bullet is hardly impossible to cheat; iirc thinkabit (former li #1 bullet) was one, for example. | lement |
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