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I don't know why some of you are making this a moral question, like weaker players don't deserve it or whatever. Lichess should serve touraments to whatever populations have enough people to play in t…

Using it for deliberate practice is good, but using it as a slot machine is bad.

A takeback should automatically be registered as a surrender and offer to start a new game from an older position.

If Kotov was right, masters wouldn't be able to blitz as well as they do.

sounds too social though. i'm shy

don't ppl get a message at least when a post is deleted? so they don't have to make threads like this? this threads giving me vibes.

your goal should be that anything undefended is glaring to you, don't look at anything else until you have that clear.

ya mate of course

1. It's cool to give yourself a handicap and play for more points. This is a cool objective. 2. However, it is strange that your chances of winning a tournament can really depend on how much you (or o…

You can't have a solid repertoire. You just study what gives you good bang for your buck, but not so much than you don't have time or energy for other parts of chess. Imagine opening knowledge is like…