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  1. Bug: Studies in Forum posts homo-ludens-x https://i.imgur.com/Gpc4JN2.png This is how the diagram in https://…
  2. Lichess for the blind Toadofsky From translate.google.com : Hello, please, who speaks English trans…
  3. Caro-Kann ujcn Another plan is associated with an attack on the position of the black…
  4. Custom start date does not wor… lzap80 Hello, latest Chrome stable, Linux. The "Custom start date" no longer …
  5. Exemplary Games: GridGinkgo vs… Atomic__player nice
  6. Cancel the game when the site … ummmwhatever That isn't the case. I've had this happen several times and this is th…
  7. Cancel the game when the site … qqqqqqqq1 https://lichess.org/qa/4006/why-was-my-game-aborted they do, it's h…
  8. Exemplary Games: GridGinkgo vs… Professor74 @FoxKing #4 It would seem like it's impossible for an engine to make …
  9. Cancel the game when the site … ummmwhatever They don't do this. I've been playing here for a year and it's infrequ…
  10. Cancel the game when the site … qqqqqqqq1 They already do this and it's so annoying. I'm like a queen and a rook…
  11. Opponent leaves the game early… Chessty_McBiggins Yes, years ago it was the case that it was impossible to do this. I ca…
  12. Opponent leaves the game early… z0000z Why is that possible? I'm sitting there waiting for the time to go dow…
  13. Cancel the game when the site … ummmwhatever Seems like a feature that should *really* be implemented, and for a lo…
  14. Greek Gift Sacrifice Blundergus In the final move in lesson 6, I think Qe1 works as well as Rde1.
  15. Annoying time bug PauloSantoro I just lost a match (not the first time) because the game freezes, I c…
  16. Forcing mate in 28 moves PavlikPaja It is in fact a mate in 16: 32. ... Qf3+ 33.Kd2 e3+ 34.fxe3 Rg2+ 35.Kd…
  17. How your loss and gains are de… ADCKOE_3APEBO What engine calls "mistakes", "blunders" etc. is quite irrelevant to y…
  18. How your loss and gains are de… ddu_du_ddu_du "It makes sense because they did lose bad so the system may have picke…
  19. Low Game completion Rate General-Advance Banning I think, if it happens x amount of times. I think the ban dura…
  20. Greek Gift Sacrifice chess_king3 I don't know how to change analysis privileges at the end.
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