In the player profile there is the rating field that can be filled in.
Would be great if a player can fill in their real name in a special field in their profile, and that one can search for real life names.
e.g. right now I am watching the results and standings of the Dutch Lightning championship, and I see a non titled player (Sjoerd van Roon) in 2nd place, having won a few times against titled players. Would he play on Lichess as well ?
www.livechess.nl/nklightning/index.html
Or the question : "Does GM Hikaru Nakamura play on Lichess ?" could be answered by just searching for real name on Lichess.
Of course this is tricky regarding faking and impersonation.
It could be an option for titled players only, since they get their title verified anyway ?
Also : On chessable.com there is a profile field for FIDE ID web link page (besides filling in the rating).
There is a warning that faking this will be punished. So I guess they found a way to deal with this.
Would be great if a player can fill in their real name in a special field in their profile, and that one can search for real life names.
e.g. right now I am watching the results and standings of the Dutch Lightning championship, and I see a non titled player (Sjoerd van Roon) in 2nd place, having won a few times against titled players. Would he play on Lichess as well ?
www.livechess.nl/nklightning/index.html
Or the question : "Does GM Hikaru Nakamura play on Lichess ?" could be answered by just searching for real name on Lichess.
Of course this is tricky regarding faking and impersonation.
It could be an option for titled players only, since they get their title verified anyway ?
Also : On chessable.com there is a profile field for FIDE ID web link page (besides filling in the rating).
There is a warning that faking this will be punished. So I guess they found a way to deal with this.