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General Chess Discussion - Candidates tournament: who are you rooting for and why?#21

Now we know Firouzja's problem: his father. Helicopter/sidelines parent. What a burden for a so very young talent.


MarkIorio
General Chess Discussion - Candidates tournament: who are you rooting for and why?#13

https://youtu.be/VAZwjzC-p6k?feature=shared&t=34 That's what I meant when I was saying that Nakamura is not entirely honest with himself. Look at his moving expressions after Nepo's Bxg3 in the 7th ro…


MarkIorio
General Chess Discussion - Candidates tournament: who are you rooting for and why?#7

@morphyms1817 said in #6: > GM Nakamura, I like his steady, dedicated approach to chess and life. His streaming has added a great dimension to the game. I absolutely agree, except for sort of a Nakamu…


MarkIorio
General Chess Discussion - Candidates tournament: who are you rooting for and why?#3

@Gravija said in #2: > GM Luigi Who?


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General Chess Discussion - Candidates tournament: who are you rooting for and why?#1

In the candidates tournament in Toronto, who are you rooting for and why? My man is Caruana: he is American/Italian and he is fantastic as a player and, most important for me, he is a very nice person…


MarkIorio
Community Blog Discussions - FIDE adjusts its ratings to be more in line with Lichess#21

Next year's april fool should be Lichess lowering their ratings to align with chess.com and fide, but that's asking for too much self-irony by Lichess.


MarkIorio
Lichess Feedback - How to "continue from here" after a 50 moves draw?#1

Let's say I would like to go on and play with the computer after a 50 moves draw, to see where it could go after that. I can't see any way to reset the draw result. Even if I use the board editor to m…


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General Chess Discussion - Have any of you guys played against a World champion?#23

I have a different question: have you ever played Nakamura and tell him to go f himself when he streams that "you don't deserve to play" because you are "so bad at chess"? I think many high rated play…


MarkIorio
General Chess Discussion - Lichess: Year in Review 2023#27

@Lichess said: > Around a year ago, growth in user donations and support allowed us to employ a full time mobile app developer [...] A year on, @veloce and nearly 20 other contributors have made great…


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General Chess Discussion - Why are people in lichess so quiet?#40

It's impossible to play and chat when in the mobile app and short time control. Even in longer time control, it's distracting. Sometimes I get the impression that some people talk when in troubles in …


MarkIorio