Lichess Feedback - Are Puzzles useless ?#3 I had a paid Platinum subscription gifted to me on cheese.com. I played over 10,000 puzzles. It is fun in itself and it trains the eye for quick tactic recognition, and overall board vision but it tak… | immortal_coyote |
General Chess Discussion - Castling is over-rated; occasionally useful#15 Shadow1414, Your logic is impeccable and your accent is amazing... | immortal_coyote |
General Chess Discussion - Castling is over-rated; occasionally useful#11 That said, accidentally losing castling rights is annoying. I am my true opponent. | immortal_coyote |
General Chess Discussion - Castling is over-rated; occasionally useful#10 @sheckley666 said in #6: > Cause and effect. Checkmates happen where the kings are. BBKvsK and BNKvsK both take place in the corners because the King's movements are restricted there; fewer squares, f… | immortal_coyote |
General Chess Discussion - Castling is over-rated; occasionally useful#5 I wouldn't say dead wrong, I've heard pros including Hikaru advise that in particular situations it was better to postpone, but your points are well taken. I'm not a machine so my intuition is more fo… | immortal_coyote |
General Chess Discussion - Castling is over-rated; occasionally useful#3 Well, How so? I genuinely value your opinion. Is it really such a good idea to commit early, like I see so many do? I seem to have some success down here in the 1500s just keeping an eye out for the c… | immortal_coyote |
General Chess Discussion - Castling is over-rated; occasionally useful#1 The corners are where checkmates happen, better to hold it in reserve and keep your options open. A long castle might bring an attack on a central file by the rook. If the board opens up and you still… | immortal_coyote |
Lichess Feedback - "Learn From Your Mistakes" is actually really useful#1 Clicked on it; not expecting much, but was pleasantly mistaken. Review your (and your opponent's) mistakes, VISUALLY, on the board, after the game. Great implementation of a simple idea. Time well spe… | immortal_coyote |
Game analysis - Timeout victory with only a Bishop... isn't this supposed to be a draw for insufficient material?#7 @AOOP09 said in #3: ... (Your opponent underpromoted to a bishop and decided to suffocate himself. How sad.) There's something... poignantly absurd yet appropriate, about that. This answers my questio… | immortal_coyote |
Game analysis - Timeout victory with only a Bishop... isn't this supposed to be a draw for insufficient material?#1 The question speaks for itself. Is this a feature of Lichess? This is the game: https://lichess.org/Lehn99faiKvw | immortal_coyote |