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  1. Forcing mate in 28 moves PavlikPaja It is in fact a mate in 16: 32. ... Qf3+ 33.Kd2 e3+ 34.fxe3 Rg2+ 35.Kd…
  2. How your loss and gains are de… ADCKOE_3APEBO What engine calls "mistakes", "blunders" etc. is quite irrelevant to y…
  3. 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…
  4. Low Game completion Rate General-Advance Banning I think, if it happens x amount of times. I think the ban dura…
  5. Greek Gift Sacrifice chess_king3 I don't know how to change analysis privileges at the end.
  6. Low Game completion Rate endoskey Recently played against a player that left in a losing position. The u…
  7. No sound in game? honkskillet Hi. I have a weird issue where there is no sound in the game as a pla…
  8. How your loss and gains are de… Shiaxou No problem, @nuffsed81 ;)
  9. How your loss and gains are de… nuffsed81 @Shiaxou Thanks that answers it perfectly. It makes sense because the…
  10. Greek Gift Sacrifice ModafinilxRitalin What #4 @Slugy says Put chapter 6 at the start, correct Qh5 insted …
  11. Youtube links in my profile estratego I've a bit problem. I want to show in my profile this: "My City (t…
  12. Titled player toplists Alex_slow Cool stuff. Thanks!
  13. Greek Gift Sacrifice cheddarman1 Mistakes from which side?
  14. Greek Gift Sacrifice Slugy I would put chapter 6 as chapter 2 because it is very easy and what we…
  15. Greek Gift Sacrifice cheddarman1 @Blundergus That's not a greek gift sacrifice. That's you attacking h7…
  16. Greek Gift Sacrifice Blundergus First game I played here, I zapped somebody with it. This win inflate…
  17. Greek Gift Sacrifice chess_king3 https://lichess.org/study/jyc2V3WY I'm trying to work on a study, c…
  18. Titled player toplists lishadowapps Bots are treated as a bit second class citizens here on lichess. There…
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