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  1. How to avoid tactical blunders Muleskinner I played black in this OTB game yesterday. Time-control was 90min+30se…
  2. Remis bug or? Juuro Threefold repetition. Moves 86, 88 and 90.
  3. Remis bug or? biehtar https://lichess.org/ZHasrO3M In that game it says it ended remis. …
  4. Correspondence games nikzal Some weird Nd5 sicilian. Resulted in my opponent trading 2 pieces for …
  5. Correspondence games nikzal For this, all I say is that French is off board for me, at least for a…
  6. Correspondence games nikzal I allowed my opponent to play Marshall. There was no danger for me at …
  7. The pawn bug CM Sarg0n Learning the rules prior to playing could help. See „en passant“.
  8. Correspondence games nikzal Here I faced Pirc. Very wild after 4. g4. Short this one, because oppo…
  9. 2018 Spring Marathon p3ntory wait i wrote 2018 instead of 2019 .-.
  10. The pawn bug CM Sarg0n Groundhog Day part 2: the Return of the Giant Pawn Bug
  11. Why is this a mistake? FreeLies Thanks @jonesmh :) Makes sense
  12. Correspondence games nikzal Hello, My buddy got me playing some correspondence. As I think at l…
  13. The pawn bug onrvtn Hi, Sometimes, When you play with pawn two forward, the pawn is goi…
  14. Unique ways of playing against… matecheck2006 Against c4, maybe play King's Indian or in short play Nf6. This is wha…
  15. The pawn bug onrvtn Hi, Sometimes, When you play with pawn two forward, the pawn is goi…
  16. Why is this a mistake? jonesmh After 17. Rb6 Nd5 18. exd5 Nc4+ 19. Kf2 Nxb6 20. c4, White has 3 passe…
  17. Why is this a mistake? TastyTanya After Ned7 (the fork) your knight can take on d7 and after that you mo…
  18. Why is this a mistake? FreeLies https://lichess.org/B1L6fwaF/white#33 In move 17 why should the rook …
  19. 2018 Spring Marathon TFA Exciting! Thanks for the link.
  20. 2018 Spring Marathon p3ntory https://lichess.org/tournament/spring19 nice
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