| Off-Topic Discussion - Do you think the lichess community is toxic?#25 Meh. FICS was way worse, by my recollection. I was "taunted" (very weak trash talk, assuming most were kids) regularly on FICS. On lichess, it's like maybe once a couple months. Not even comparable. A… | PizzledSwibble |
| General Chess Discussion - What about trash talk ? What is ok ? What is not ok?#18 I rarely notice. I never care. I never do it myself, being long out of middle school and all. Edit: It makes it look like you don't have anything better going for you than chess, just fyi. Don't make … | PizzledSwibble |
| General Chess Discussion - is Ding the only player that is stronger than Magnus#8 @newagear I remember watching that live on StLChessClub's YouTube. Jovanka started to say something about calling the police but Yasser talked right over her and was like, "Okayy... let's see how this… | PizzledSwibble |
| General Chess Discussion - In what kind of games does the special 3rd rank pawn taking rule apply?#13 Btw, for anyone who cares, I'd say it is an eggcorn rather than a malapropism because the phrase "umpires on" suggests the vigilance of rule-enforcers, which matches with the mysteriousness and diffic… | PizzledSwibble |
| General Chess Discussion - In what kind of games does the special 3rd rank pawn taking rule apply?#12 "Umpires on" is one of the best eggcorns I've heard in a while. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn) | PizzledSwibble |
| General Chess Discussion - is Ding the only player that is stronger than Magnus#6 I'm not exactly sure why, but Ding is my current favorite player. As a Ding fan, be real. Magnus is stronger than everybody. | PizzledSwibble |
| General Chess Discussion - Does Anyone Agree With This?#24 @Oxytocinblb Not to defend the article in any way, but I will defend @Klartext . Materialism cannot be taken for granted, nor can you simply wave away problems of epistemology by invoking science. Nor… | PizzledSwibble |
| General Chess Discussion - Does Anyone Agree With This?#20 @Klartext Thanks for the reply and thanks for the tip! :) | PizzledSwibble |
| General Chess Discussion - Does Anyone Agree With This?#15 Klartext: Interesting. What was the difference between the two that made one OK? Something to do with the way Go involves accepting the conditions of the board and flowing around them, while chess is … | PizzledSwibble |
| General Chess Discussion - Does Anyone Agree With This?#10 "Chess is about memorizing hundreds and thousands of strategies and moves and using them to exploit the adversary’s bad moves. It is not so much about critical thinking, using your own mind to be crea… | PizzledSwibble |
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