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Steve

he/him

Massachusetts

United States

Member since May 1, 2020

Active

Time spent playing: 16 days, 13 hours

Dec 9, 2025

Posted 1 message in Lichess can include profile pictures to accounts ( Hear me out first )

Honestly, I can't tell if you are asking for profile pictures to be added or removed.

Dec 8, 2025

8 wins3 losses

Solved 11 tactical puzzles176524

Dec 7, 2025

35 wins8 losses

Solved 43 tactical puzzles178920

Posted 2 messages in puzzle of the day - mobile

@travelgirl said in #7: > i'm also a retired software professional with more than 50 years experience, including softwar…

@PurpleInferno said in #8: > That's the legacy app that hasn't been updated in three years. The legacy app is still in t…

Posted 2 messages in Ratings filter

With a non-established rating, you get from -500 to +500 in the lobby. I'm not sure about the pool. But yes, if a 1965-r…

In the lobby, there is no algorithm making a pairing. It just constructs a list of candidate games.

Dec 6, 2025

2 wins3 losses

Solved 5 tactical puzzles176965

Posted 1 message in puzzle of the day - mobile

I can't help but suspect your problem is "user error" (sorry), otherwise there would be more people complaining than jus…

Posted 1 message in Mouse slips

Perhaps you changed your velocity and acceleration settings? Change them back.

Posted 1 message in Ratings filter

It isn't enabled until you have an established rating. You need to play some rated games first.

Dec 5, 2025

3 wins4 losses

Solved 7 tactical puzzles183464

Posted 2 messages in puzzle of the day - mobile

Sometimes a chess move (like Rxf1) is misinterpreted as a "swipe from left edge" gesture, invoking the browser's Back fe…

Keep in mind that the only legal moves for the queen and rook were to capture the queen, and dots are only for non-captu…

Posted 2 messages in Pasting a PGN game on the import game page

Based on the small chessboard in the upper-right of your screenshots, I wonder if you are actually trying to use the old…

Well, afaik, it only exists for Android and iOS. But that seems to be where OP is using lichess.

Dec 4, 2025

Highscore: 14

Played one run of Puzzle Storm

Dec 3, 2025

Posted 2 messages in Draw for three repetitions but there is no repetition

@spizzi77 said in #8: > I'm used to thinking about the repetition in the next move, but in this case the first repetitio…

Take this thread as motivation to finally read the rule book cover-to-cover.

Posted 1 message in frequent disconnections

You think your mobile data isn't an internet connection?

Posted 1 message in Checkmate not recognised by system