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  1. Opportunity to punish this typ… JushBJJ2 I really hate players who play that aggressively (I'm talking about wh…
  2. my best game ever!! josevitor91 I don't think 21. ...Bxe3 was a bad move. 1) when piece up, trades a…
  3. Opportunity to punish this typ… BlackBishop9319 I hate it when people play like that. Both the opening, and the style …
  4. Opportunity to punish this typ… glassJo https://lichess.org/nuofPVubrN1h So i've done the computer analysis…
  5. Deathmatch: Leela vs. Stockfish kenzaburo 6 games are enough to give you a flavour on decent hardware.
  6. my best game ever!! MajorGiggles 6 ... Be6 1) It's your good bishop and his bad bishop, I don't like…
  7. Deathmatch: Leela vs. Stockfish gayweather 6 games is not enough, If they go to the trouble of hosting this why n…
  8. What caused me to lose this ga… MajorGiggles When you play 5+2 with low ratings, it's basically a "who makes the la…
  9. Deathmatch: Leela vs. Stockfish Luetage It's a nice idea. But why only post the time? A date would be welcome …
  10. how could i improve my positio… MajorGiggles Instantly, I went for Nb4...then I checked: apparently its only the 4t…
  11. Deathmatch: Leela vs. Stockfish Numberman768 Thanks to the people involved in making this happen, very cool.
  12. Deathmatch: Leela vs. Stockfish slimjew when is this going to happen?? tomorrow?
  13. Deathmatch: Leela vs. Stockfish biscuitfiend Is this standard Stockfish or is it the kind-of-weird, altered Stockfi…
  14. Deathmatch: Leela vs. Stockfish gayweather Leela is really good at shorter time controls which was recently prove…
  15. Deathmatch: Leela vs. Stockfish mmahmood31 How do you decide what hardware is fair? 1080 Ti + 2070 is a very odd …
  16. Please fix this bug in Opera. Scala I have automatic login (you know, the PC remember my nick and password…
  17. Deathmatch: Leela vs. Stockfish JohnJPershing Wow. With the TCEC, the Chess.com computer chess championship, and now…
  18. Deathmatch: Leela vs. Stockfish runtilmorrow second! i'm excited though. I think stockfish 10 will win though
  19. Bhopal International GM Chess … Link Good luck man. Is it possible for you to get a title with a good perfo…
  20. how could i improve my positio… lurarose 15... e4 This because it threatens the bishop, shuts down the mate thr…
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