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Lichess Feedback - Lichess reporting users#1

Dear lichess, If I say about a user "he cheated in his last 3 games against me", why in the world would I also need to provide links to those games? Are you doing this because maybe I'll give up since…


mojo_jojo_1985
Community Blog Discussions - Officially An UltraBullet Expert!#11

UB is just a reflection of your internet speed, mouse quality & mouse skills (it's pretty much like playing a shooter). The only chess related requirement is that you know how pieces move and recogniz…


mojo_jojo_1985
Community Blog Discussions - FIDE Chess Olympiad: A Detailed Preview#2

Bold anti-predictions: Teams who will do badly in spite of being among top seeds (badly = finish at least 10 places lower than their seed) Open -> Netherlands, France, Norway, Germany, Azerbaijan Wome…


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Community Blog Discussions - Dreams Come True: Before the Chess Olympiad#4

It's official!


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Community Blog Discussions - Consequences of Not Applying the Opening Principles in Chess#22

What opening principle did black violate here? 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Bb5 Qc7 8. Bf4 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nf6 11. Bg3 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O Rab8 Black is co…


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Community Blog Discussions - How Correct Were Mikhail Tal's Sacrifices? - Part 1#35

@FischyVishy how would one distinguish between a sacrifice and a hung piece anyway? Correctness is an objective notion. Whether a sacrifice is really really hard do prove wrong or not, if there is a l…


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Community Blog Discussions - How Correct Were Mikhail Tal's Sacrifices? - Part 1#30

I have a very simplistic view on evaluating the correctness of a sacrifice: Run all his games in an engine to get evals after each half-move. Flag all half-moves where one of Tal's pieces is captured.…


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Community Blog Discussions - Why I memorize openings#12

I have no idea what the example has to do with the article conclusion: it was NOT the opening that caused you to lose that game (well, maybe it was but it absolutely was not the Be2 move). In that set…


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Community Blog Discussions - Endgame Books for Tournament Players#13

Wait, what tournament opponent? You haven't played a FIDE game since 2010-ish


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Community Blog Discussions - Mastering Chess Opening Strategy: A Grandmaster Guide#2

You're showing examples from a 600 rated game? How about from a GM game? It's easy to say someone won due to them following principles when in fact opponents just hang pieces every other move.


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