| General Chess Discussion - Men and Women Play Chess at the Same Level Why Segregate Them?#24 @michuk said in #1: > If men and women played in the same tournaments the rating gap would disappear. Don't you agree? I don’t think you understand math. If there’s a gap between men and women current… | Jebotto |
| General Chess Discussion - Calculation vs Pattern Recognition#27 It's true pattern recognition and calculation go hand in hand. But for lower rated players, I would argue pattern recognition is much more important. At that level people are hanging pieces or getting… | Jebotto |
| General Chess Discussion - Why Chess.com rating different from lichess??#17 @Jimemy said in #14: > Im 1900 rapid here and 1500 rapid on chess.com I'm about the same on the two sites. And to further make the point about different pools, I'm in about the 97th percentile on ches… | Jebotto |
| General Chess Discussion - Is Lichess attracting stronger players?#9 Well, two answers. 1. Looking at your rating history, it's remarkably steady. Whatever happened that lead you to this post is most likely not statistically significant. 2. Do you use the analytics her… | Jebotto |
| General Chess Discussion - Is there a future schedule for thematic tournaments?#1 Hi, wondering if there is a future schedule for the thematic tournaments. One that goes out a few days rather than just a few hours. Thanks. | Jebotto |
| General Chess Discussion - Is there a table of win probabilities for Lichess games based upon rating difference?#4 Good research @GSP0113 . I think this answers the question: "The score probability is dynamically calculated by the formula. It depends on both players’ ratings the opponent’s rating deviation" I thin… | Jebotto |
| General Chess Discussion - Opinion: This is not a 2100 move#2 Yeah that's pretty obvious. Wonder how they come up with those ratings? I assume it's based on people actually solving (or failing to solve) the puzzle and their rating on Lichess? | Jebotto |
| General Chess Discussion - Is there a table of win probabilities for Lichess games based upon rating difference?#1 I've seen tables like that for ELO systems. For example, at 100 points rating difference the higher rated player is X% likely to win, and so on. Just curious if that exists for Lichess. Can't find it … | Jebotto |
| General Chess Discussion - Losing every game in a different way#3 I'm no expert on this subject, but at 2200 FIDE I would think your next step is professional coaching. If you have the resources to pay for that. | Jebotto |
| General Chess Discussion - How good is the English Opening?#6 English is a fine opening. I like using it because it steers away from some of the complicated king and queen pawn openings that have lots of options for Black, and at this stage in my development I d… | Jebotto |