| General Chess Discussion - Your personal Chess slang#16 When I was little, my dad taught me to call rook batteries "cannons." The non-moving rook (or queen) was acting as a cannon and the moving one was the cannonball. I think this was just easier to expla… | bluemeeper |
| Lichess Feedback - bug: received points for repeated puzzle#1 I did this high level puzzle many times over a few days, because I was using the board to rearrange the situation and see if I could understand it. Today I was awarded 22 points for it, so I feel like… | bluemeeper |
| Lichess Feedback - private chat#4 IMO Falsely accusing someone of cheating is insulting. Insulting someone in the in-game chat is trash-talking. Trash-talking makes the site less fun for others. If you mean the other private messages,… | bluemeeper |
| Off-Topic Discussion - Coffee and the Mind#41 I've read our genes largely determine how easily we are stimulated, so I imagine there's a lot of individual variation for caffeine and chess. I prefer chess in relative quiet, without caffeine. I kno… | bluemeeper |
| General Chess Discussion - Puzzle dashboard#5 I think ButterflyofDeath is talking about the spiderweb chart on https://lichess.org/training/dashboard/30/dashboard while jomega is talking about either the strengths or the improvement areas. I've w… | bluemeeper |
| Lichess Feedback - practice error, "effect", not "affect"#7 I'll try again: The pawns aren't necessary to ____ the mate. We are ____-ing the mate with or without those pawns. The mate is being effected, ie brought about. The mate isn't being affected, or chang… | bluemeeper |
| Lichess Feedback - practice error, "effect", not "affect"#3 I agree that effect would be better. A different way to explain it would be: A synonym for effect is achieve. A synonym for affect is influence. The pawns aren't necessary to achieve the mate. Therefo… | bluemeeper |
| General Chess Discussion - I stopped eating sugar and I started blundering ?!#27 It seems like your chess abilities would have adjusted to your diet in less than a month if your current diet was healthy. I hope you are still allowing yourself enough complex carbs. Additionally I b… | bluemeeper |
| General Chess Discussion - how many correspondence games do you feel comfortable playing?#6 For me, usually one. I might try to start an additional one if the first is past the opening phase, but usually I'm happier just thinking about the one. I imagine I'll enjoy more at the same time as I… | bluemeeper |
| General Chess Discussion - Is LiChess Broken?#4 Does it work if you don't type the dash? Nc3, not N-c3 | bluemeeper |
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