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I have to push back a bit on this. @MyPoorRook said in #7: > I believe the author had good intentions when he wrote this article. > > "An annoying aspect of online play, especially at very high levels…

Even more so when playing against non-GMs. There's a saying that if you're not a GM then "To defeat a grand master you have to win the game three times." Because even if you get a winning position aga…

@CreativeThinking I mean, by playing chess you're banking on other's mistakes. Otherwise you'll have a hard time winning any game of chess. So why change that, just because the computer gives a differ…

I don't really get that logic. So someone joins random tournaments, because of that they must be a mod and lichess broken? What? (also makes that supposed automation tool downvote random forum posts? …

@Breeze_Bot First of all, it's called Elo not ELO, it's a name not an acronym. (unless you really do mean the band) And secondly, no it's not a term for rating system, it is one instance of a rating s…

I mean, if it was stalemate already if only your king had no moves, then the starting position would be stalemate.

Ah, looking at that original post, the side with the pawn lost on time? That's definitely fine then, this is a known winning position for White. And with the pawn so far back it's actually very much d…

There's plenty of tournaments without increment. (especially with two rounds per day, playing with 30 seconds increment too is somewhat tough as it can blow up your schedule if you have even just one …

@Sarg0n well no, if they try to flag you, you should claim: III.4 If the player having the move has less than two minutes left on his clock, he may request that an increment extra five seconds be intr…

Also zumindest Ergolding hatte schon mindestens zwei Fälle, mit luixx und Homi3000. (beide z.B. in diesem Turnier gespielt https://lichess.org/tournament/ZCHsroX4 )