Hi,
It would be great if it were possible to cite any game on Lichess (master database or user) from within a study and have your study link to that game. Before anyone says 'this feature already exists', I agree with you, but currently the game you want to cite must happen to be in the top three of the 'Top Games' or 'Recent Games' part of the Opening Explorer, which seems a little odd to me since the functionality to cite a game exists but is limited in this way. It would be really good if you could cite _any_ game, not just the top rated or most recent games.
For example, I would love to be able to write like "6. d5 has been tried in a few high-level games recently, such as [Master Game] and [Master Game], and I have played it myself in [Patzer Game] and [Patzer Game] with some success". Bonus points if I could then link to a study as well as a game, like "...see [Study] for a more in-depth look at this line."
Maybe there could be a 'Cite' button in studies where you can paste a URL and if it is a valid Lichess game or study then it will be cited in the same way as citations are currently handled in studies. I often find myself wanting to do this so I think a feature like this would massively improve the study experience with relatively little effort since the functionality to do it is more or less already in existence.
A similar thing does seem to have been implemented at some point (well, just raw hyperlinks rather than full citations): lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/feature-request-hyperlinks-in-studies, but it must have been reverted at some point, probably due to people spamming studies with links containing unwanted advertisements or whatever. The above suggestion sidesteps this problem by only allowing valid Lichess games/studies to be cited.
Thanks for reading!
It would be great if it were possible to cite any game on Lichess (master database or user) from within a study and have your study link to that game. Before anyone says 'this feature already exists', I agree with you, but currently the game you want to cite must happen to be in the top three of the 'Top Games' or 'Recent Games' part of the Opening Explorer, which seems a little odd to me since the functionality to cite a game exists but is limited in this way. It would be really good if you could cite _any_ game, not just the top rated or most recent games.
For example, I would love to be able to write like "6. d5 has been tried in a few high-level games recently, such as [Master Game] and [Master Game], and I have played it myself in [Patzer Game] and [Patzer Game] with some success". Bonus points if I could then link to a study as well as a game, like "...see [Study] for a more in-depth look at this line."
Maybe there could be a 'Cite' button in studies where you can paste a URL and if it is a valid Lichess game or study then it will be cited in the same way as citations are currently handled in studies. I often find myself wanting to do this so I think a feature like this would massively improve the study experience with relatively little effort since the functionality to do it is more or less already in existence.
A similar thing does seem to have been implemented at some point (well, just raw hyperlinks rather than full citations): lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/feature-request-hyperlinks-in-studies, but it must have been reverted at some point, probably due to people spamming studies with links containing unwanted advertisements or whatever. The above suggestion sidesteps this problem by only allowing valid Lichess games/studies to be cited.
Thanks for reading!