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Keyboard Chess

Hello lichess community.
I have three questions.
What is keyboard chess?
Why is it faster than standard mouse using.?
How do you use a keyboard? Is special software required?
1) Keyboard chess is moving chess pieces with your keyboard.
2) Depends on how fast you type and how fast you move your mouse.
3) No, you don't need any special software. You input commands by pressing "Enter", then typing the notation of your move.
Nope @erlinghaaland, that’s not what @ChessMathNerd means.
1. Kb chess is when there is a specific key on your keyboard for each piece. To move, you press the key for the piece you want to move, and at the same time hovering your mouse over the square you want it to move to. Note that you can customise the keys: you can make any key on your keyboard correspond to any piece.
2. It is faster because you don’t have to drag and drop. Also, especially in the endgame, you can hold keys down. E.g. when moving with your king in the endgame you can just hold the king key down and move your mouse around like crazy. Also you can hold multiple keys.
3. All you need is a keyboard like the one you typed your message with, and a extension that you can download for chrome, I will send it later.
AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I see, @CalbernandHowbe , that is quite a weapon.
Yes definitely, it will take quite a long time to learn (a month?) but the speed will be very very fast.

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