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Ok, here's a clear case of touch move, and the arbiter had no problems deciding. Intent is clear, It is not an accidental brush but an actual grasping of the piece. Here also the player tried to excus…

they're impressive artifacts. it's a shame they placed them on a modern (plastic??) chess board. i wonder what kind of board they were actually played on. wooden? cured leather? stone?

Lichess forum is filled with repetitive and pointless threads. i propose limiting the number of threads per user. e.g. maximum 1 thread a month. people would think more carefully about whether their t…

judging from comments of people with experience as arbiters about how annoying these calls can be (having to interpret 'intent' which is an internal state) and confusion among players about what const…

I think your overly sensitive @MagnusAura It announces the topic... Which is the question of touch or no touch, and invites discussion. Nothing more. nothing less. I'm guessing from your hot replies t…

i don't think its a misleading thread title. In a good title you succinctly describe the topic. By adding a question mark, the OP makes clear that it is up to discussion whether a foul was committed b…

@TheMagnusAura said in #2: > This forum had a clickbait title. A better version is easily ''Did Giri Commit a Touch-Move Violation?'' . So bad of you. Amazing how all levels of forum posting players f…

He lost one game with a not so obvious blunder, while short on time. He wanted to win every single game and be far and away better than any other participant but then he blundered under time trouble i…

is this Magnus Carlson of whom you speak any relation to Johnny Carlson?

@JA10306 said in #1: > Why are all the ratings different between Lichess Chess.com and FIDE etc....why can they all use the same system? Chess.com uses glicko, lichess uses glicko-2. But the more impo…