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Keith Denning

Keith is an avid chess player and instructor, and long time instructor for Chess Institute of Canada.

Toronto Wales

Member since Mar 23, 2020

Active

Game completion rate: 93%

Time spent playing: 1 day, 15 hours and 41 minutes

Time on TV: 4 minutes

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Activity883 games22

2 wins1 loss
Played 3 Blitz games150441
Competed in 1 tournament
Ranked #302 (top 41%) with 3 games in Hourly Blitz Arena

Highscore: 22
Played one run of Puzzle Storm
Highscore: 12
Played 2 runs of Puzzle Streak
Posted 1 message in Fire, Water, Air & Earth
This belongs in off topic discussion.
Posted 1 message in What is your favoutite anime
This belongs in off topic discussion.
Posted 1 message in How is it decided what variants are added?
#2 is basically correct. This question has been answered a number of times before. Lichess has no plans to add more …
Posted 1 message in 1500 beats 2100+ . Gets reported and banned before the tourney is fini…
Public shaming is against forum policy. You reported a suspected cheater, using the appropriate channels. Nothing mor…
Posted 1 message in delete a study
Clicking on the three horizontal lines to the left of the board will bring up the "Edit Study" dialog. Scroll down and c…
Posted 2 messages in I just played a 1630 who had zero inaccuracies, zero blunders, and zer…
Please refrain from making public accusations, even veiled ones. I had a look at your game, along with about a dozen oth…
Public shaming is not permitted in the forums. lichess.org/report
Posted 1 message in I stalemated :(
This is a classic zugzwang. Never push the pawn in situations like this. Get the King to a key square first. Somethin…
Posted 1 message in How to play well in Crazyhouse?
One mistake that novice Crazyhouse players make is to ignore the pieces in their stash. Use them! Use them to drop ma…
Posted 1 message in Dababy
This does not belong in General Chess Discussion. (Probably doesn't belong in Off-Topic either...)
Posted 1 message in Advertising (?
If your studies are public, everyone who looks at studies will be able to see them.
Posted 2 messages in Feature Request: Chat moderation option for simul host
Or perhaps an option to turn the chat off. That option exists in arenas, etc.
Fair enough, but it is a part of the suite of tools available to TDs. Temporary bans for poor behaviour, or closing the …
Posted 1 message in Rating reseted
@Parth0512 This means that your rating deviation for that rating has risen about 110. Rating deviation increases ove…
Played 2 moves in 2 correspondence games
Game vs jamesB009 (1463)
Game vs fbazylak (1526?)
Created 1 new study
Game study

Highscore: 22
Played 2 runs of Puzzle Streak
2 losses
Played 2 Rapid games170746
Posted 1 message in Rating
Looking at some of your games, your opponents just took advantage of your mistakes and blunders. It is easy to play a…
Posted 1 message in Why am I so bad at blitz and moderate at bullet?
It's fairly easy to be accurate when your opponent makes repeated blunders.
Posted 2 messages in 4 wrong Puzzles
I'm not sure about all of these, but #2. lichess.org/training/dku9r is just fine. The forced mate in four is superior…
For most chess positions, if there is a mate in four, there are very likely to be longer checkmating sequences, that are…
Posted 1 message in Violating the rules question
Please appeal at : lichess.org/appeal#help-root
Posted 1 message in Suggestion for not getting tournament points when opponent does not mo…
People who enter a tournament have a certain obligation to pay attention to the start of their games. Just like in real …
Posted 1 message in Possible bug swiss last round
This does appear to be a bug. The game shows up in the player's profile as being a game from the tournament, but does no…
Posted 1 message in Puzzle problem
At different depths Stockfish can arrive at different assessments of a position. This is normal. The puzzle itself se…
Played 1 move in 1 correspondence game
Game vs jamesB009 (1463)
Competed in 1 tournament
Ranked #494 (top 98%) with 2 games in Hourly Rapid Arena

Posted 1 message in Need to speak to a mod or someone official please
You can block this person so they cannot communicate with you, and you can also report them here: https://lichess.org/re…
Posted 1 message in Why do some players show poor sportsmanship in casual games?
Kids are mean because they're trying it out. I don't know what excuse adults could possibly have. But of course, w…
Posted 1 message in Chess Podcast
There are actually very few chess podcasts, probably because chess is so visual. Perpetual Chess (which I really enjoy) …
Posted 2 messages in Fake bot accounts
@messyMate I believe you're right, that these are kid accounts. Teachers have the ability to create accounts for thei…
That's very normal. Inexperienced kids tend to move very quickly. One of the things that we teach is to slow down.
Posted 1 message in Any way to report busted puzzles?
Lichess will remove puzzles that are faulty. This one may qualify. Re7+ was my choice as well. It's a very natural move.…
Played 2 moves in 2 correspondence games
Game vs jamesB009 (1463)
Game vs fbazylak (1526?)
Gained 1 new follower
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Highscore: 9
Played one run of Puzzle Streak
Posted 1 message in join my simul😊😊
No advertising. And double-posting this? You're just asking for attention of a negative sort.
Posted 1 message in Too Easy to drop a piece early.
You could also use move confirmation or keyboard entry.
Posted 1 message in The Chess Artist Genius, Obsession, and the World's Oldest G…
This is a very enjoyable book.
Posted 1 message in Board not working
Yes, if you delete your old keyboard extension this might fix things. Apparently there are newer versions of the kb exte…
Posted 1 message in Advantage numbers
+99 is just a crushing advantage. If the number goes much higher than that then it should turn to something like #23 (me…
Posted 1 message in Using least squares to estimate the value of the pieces
This is interesting. I don't quite understand the "least squares" method, but... I was watching a video by Yasser Sei…
Posted 1 message in Feature Request (or maybe help from users): CFC Rating Files
Hi! Lichess has the capacity to output .trf files from online Swiss tournaments. And this is fantastic. Unfortunat…
Played 1 move in 1 correspondence game
Game vs fbazylak (1526?)

Highscore: 24
Played one run of Puzzle Storm
Highscore: 18
Played one run of Puzzle Streak
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