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Can we add a guide to how to annotate and other things?

#1

Dear Lichess,

I have seen people post games with annotation on them (between the moves there are words explaining things, and you can also draw green arrows to show where a player can attack, etc.), but I do not know how to do that. I have not found a guide to how to do that. I might also mention that I don't know what an evaluation gauge is, or NNUE etc. It would be nice if such a thing were added to help new players (like me) get around. Of course, with such a large community, I rarely have to worry about my questions going unanswered, but it would be more convenient this way.

Apart from that, I thank Thibault for creating an amazing, ad free, free to use chess site for everybody, and the moderators, and people who donate.

Dear Lichess, I have seen people post games with annotation on them (between the moves there are words explaining things, and you can also draw green arrows to show where a player can attack, etc.), but I do not know how to do that. I have not found a guide to how to do that. I might also mention that I don't know what an evaluation gauge is, or NNUE etc. It would be nice if such a thing were added to help new players (like me) get around. Of course, with such a large community, I rarely have to worry about my questions going unanswered, but it would be more convenient this way. Apart from that, I thank Thibault for creating an amazing, ad free, free to use chess site for everybody, and the moderators, and people who donate.
#2

Here are several things I think would be helpful if a guide was added:

-As a new online chess player, when I first came to lichess, I didn't know what the "5+3" or "20+5", etc. quick pairing meant. Now I know it means you start with X minutes and get X seconds added every move, but for new online chess players they would not know
-I have seen people write comments between moves, and they can also draw arrows on the board to show where a piece can attack, for example, they might draw an arrow from a bishop, a knight, and a pawn, showing they can all attack a square to overwhelm the opponent. I don't know how to do this yet.

That is all I can think of for now; if I think of more, I will post them here. Have a good day!

Here are several things I think would be helpful if a guide was added: -As a new online chess player, when I first came to lichess, I didn't know what the "5+3" or "20+5", etc. quick pairing meant. Now I know it means you start with X minutes and get X seconds added every move, but for new online chess players they would not know -I have seen people write comments between moves, and they can also draw arrows on the board to show where a piece can attack, for example, they might draw an arrow from a bishop, a knight, and a pawn, showing they can all attack a square to overwhelm the opponent. I don't know how to do this yet. That is all I can think of for now; if I think of more, I will post them here. Have a good day!
#3

'You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink'

'You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink'
#4

I just thought of something else that could use a guide: I didn't know what teams were for when I joined lichess. I think a guide on what teams do would help at least a couple of people.

I just thought of something else that could use a guide: I didn't know what teams were for when I joined lichess. I think a guide on what teams do would help at least a couple of people.
#5

To draw arrows you left click on a square and just drag the arrow to where you want it to go

To draw arrows you left click on a square and just drag the arrow to where you want it to go
#6

@PrimalPotatoMine You can draw green arrows by right clicking on the square where the tail should start and dragging to the square where you want the head to be. You can get different colours by holding different keys: alt for blue, ctrl for red, and both for yellow. Unfortunately I'm not sure if I'm qualified to give a detailed explanation on NNUE, since it's relatively new to computer chess, and the engines I build are not nearly strong enough that NNUE would matter. The evaluation gauge is the vertical bar that fills with either white or black depending on who's winning.

@PrimalPotatoMine You can draw green arrows by right clicking on the square where the tail should start and dragging to the square where you want the head to be. You can get different colours by holding different keys: alt for blue, ctrl for red, and both for yellow. Unfortunately I'm not sure if I'm qualified to give a detailed explanation on NNUE, since it's relatively new to computer chess, and the engines I build are not nearly strong enough that NNUE would matter. The evaluation gauge is the vertical bar that fills with either white or black depending on who's winning.

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