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I don't really see what could be so problematic for you as white with the Pirc defense, so I don't know if I can help you with it. Basically with the Pirc defense black gives you tons of freedom to go…

@Milner-Barry-Gambit Don't be so cocky, you're over 2200 in bullet which is more playing fast than playing good moves and in blitz you only have 11 games played which is nothing to determine real stre…

Well, I play for many years, never really played "professionally". Played a bit in a chess class when I was like 12 but ditched it for like 10 years before returning after I got too many beatings in o…

Hi, I'm following Magnus and used to see him in the "friends online" list when he was playing. Now I accidently saw he is playing in the main Lichess window and he's not showing in my "friends online"…

@saurabhsangeeth Yeah, it's very hard to think straight when you see that red clock. God only knows how many won games I lost due to panic time trouble blunders.

I agree with Kramnik, that's why I only play with increment. Even that didn't help a turtle like me not being flagged in a 5+3 blitz in a better but complicated position, so I stopped playing blitz al…

I'd say what is really missing is the "check" sound. Many times I waste time trying to solve it only to realize after few tries that I'm in check.

Unfortunately, the only use I've seen with this button is to mock the opponent: "Here, take more time, you're dead lost anyway, have fun knocking your head trying to find a save that isn't there".

Of course I'm totally with you. I quit playing classical shortly after the change mainly because it started getting harder to find an opponent. I switched to the 15+10 time frame, but I would love to …

Everyone is inconsistent. Look at the top super GMs, each one of them had a bad tournament where they played "bad", including Carlsen. When you think of it, Carlsen can even lose the world championshi…