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General Chess Discussion - I hate winning this way...#2

Well, if that's what you need to do; after 28... Bxb4 though, you had Re8+ and Ne7+, which is winning on the spot. And, I don't know, a few more minutes evaluating that position might have been useful


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General Chess Discussion - I forgot my lichess passoword#8

For you to fix this, you would have to recover your gmail. Did you set up a recovery email address? That would be a fairly natural way to fix it, but if that doesn't work, there isn't much else you ca…


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General Chess Discussion - What to do against the Russian game?#5

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Although there are not any significant structural differences, both sides have have comfortable play with fairly high chances of blundering for either …


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General Chess Discussion - Grob niche?#2

I'm not sure what you mean... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0080371310/ref=x_gr_w_bb_sout?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_sout-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0080371310&SubscriptionId=…


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General Chess Discussion - What's the real name of this GM?#8

Although this is just my own speculation, below is a list of who I think it might be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_grandmasters


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General Chess Discussion - Why do you play chess? Is chess a torture? Is it a bad thing?#5

Yes, torture is bad.


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General Chess Discussion - What does the term "average centipawn loss" refer to?#2

https://lichess.org/faq#acpl imo, a ACPL below 40 is a thing to be proud about, but that's relative.


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Game analysis - What is your favourite Variant?#13

I hate to be a spoilsport, but isn't this the wrong forum for this?


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General Chess Discussion - Bobby Fischer#3

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Bobby+Fischer&atb=v237-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer Now have a nice day.


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General Chess Discussion - I played the London they play Horowitz so why is the game named as a horwitz and not the London?#8

Well, I'm glad you found my comment helpful. I doubt they will be included under that category. Something vague like Queen's Pawn, as an entry, is for anything which doesn't fit any of the other categ…


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