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  1. How play blind chess online? Toadofsky Also, as of this week puzzles can also be played in blindfold mode: ht…
  2. How play blind chess online? nayf Great suggestion, thanks. Yes, I found it now in the stockfish setting…
  3. Brick wall ceiling, no point p… IM lovlas Also it might be worth keeping in mind that chess is supposed to be fu…
  4. Ability to hide opponents elo?… v3j I've been wanting this for a long time, too. Since Lichess doesn't (ye…
  5. Query about puzzle 71873 nayf So stockfish agrees with me ;-) I guess the computer selects puzzle…
  6. Brick wall ceiling, no point p… Miinow ^ I also think bullet is destructive for learning. There's only a cert…
  7. Brick wall ceiling, no point p… rickrenegade I think bullet is destructive too for learning. I banged out 20,000 ga…
  8. Brick wall ceiling, no point p… rickrenegade @coffehcat I do think everyone has a ceiling and it's a blend of inte…
  9. How is this positionally won? Miinow The main positional compensation is the monster dark square bishop. Bl…
  10. How is this positionally won? CoffehCat At the point of the sacrifice: i) White, through the unopposed knight…
  11. Funny Thing! Archaeon You like funny cat videos? First it's funny enough that God carefully…
  12. How confident can I reasonbly … zorba7676 Well, you are alive, you are a set of cells, amino acids, bacteria and…
  13. Playing bullet with slow Inter… zorba7676 you will lose every game, dont do that with you poor internet.
  14. Brick wall ceiling, no point p… zorba7676 well, study is the key, do you best, i not study and, 1500 is my limit.
  15. Is there a way to decrease the… Sieglindehans imo u i would never run with lower depth. the reason is simple: why wo…
  16. Is there a way to decrease the… elpaciente Thanks for your answers. The reason I asked is that to low level playe…
  17. Brick wall ceiling, no point p… CoffehCat @rickrenegade: I guess it depends; for me I consciously noticed that m…
  18. What is it I can't think of? Archaeon What possible practical value is there in attempting to answer the que…
  19. Playing bullet with slow Inter… konst2013 Play in bullet with slow surf the Internet is thus meaningless here co…
  20. Brick wall ceiling, no point p… IM lovlas Everyone does in some way. Every single person has periods where nothi…
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