| General Chess Discussion - wierd computer analysis#4 Stockfish thinks Ne4 is a huge positional blunder, almost like dropping a piece for a pawn. I checked at unlimited depth, and the evaluation remained stable, so this is not a limited depth hiccup eith… | soloMidOrWillFeed |
| General Chess Discussion - hip hip hooray#10 @dreamthy1 Here are a few tips: Knights are better in closed positions, bishops are better in open positions. Knights are worth more than usual in short time controls due to those tricky forks. Bishop… | soloMidOrWillFeed |
| General Chess Discussion - 8 Piece Tablebases#15 @ClaireWerk What is stored in tablebases is whether a given position is won for white/won for black/draw or at best a DTC/DTM metric (see the wikipedia article for Endgame tablebase). What other moves… | soloMidOrWillFeed |
| General Chess Discussion - 8 Piece Tablebases#9 @ClaireWerk By your calculation 7-piece tablebases would also need something in the order of PBs. The fact is that Lomonosov 7-piece is 140 TB and the syzygy one is only about 18 TB. | soloMidOrWillFeed |
| Lichess Feedback - Strange analysis graph at the end of the game#3 What's happening is that the initial computer analysis is done on a set depth, and that's where the graph is based on. When you further analyze the game with the engine on, it might go to more depth a… | soloMidOrWillFeed |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess Drama (your opinion?) #31 This guy explains what happened pretty well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQyvfqWh4OA My personal thoughts: Ben Finegold did a big oopsie when he called xQc "negative talent". He was definitely una… | soloMidOrWillFeed |
| General Chess Discussion - How are Lichess' stockfish levels configured?#3 The engine skill levels go from 0 to 20, so level 1 is not the lowest skill level. Also, Stockfish 11 comes with new options to calibrate strength: UCI_LimitStrength and UCI_Elo override Skill Level a… | soloMidOrWillFeed |
| General Chess Discussion - Cheating in Chess: a Different Perspective #9 @Vegemite_Fighter Instead of quote tools we refer to a previous post by its number, or to a specific user using the syntax I just used. Lichess does not care if you mention other online chess sites, s… | soloMidOrWillFeed |
| General Chess Discussion - how well are we to play chess today?#2 What is the program you are using called? | soloMidOrWillFeed |
| Game analysis - Mystified about what went wrong & possible cheater#3 @achja Thanks for the suggestions and the insights, I will look into them in detail when I get the chance. I have to admit the moves you mentioned would never cross my mind. I believe the reason for t… | soloMidOrWillFeed |
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