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General Chess Discussion - Crisis in my mind about chess.#19

@SimonBirch said in #1: > I'm beating players because of their blunders, that's what fish says and I know better players wouldn't blunder, I know that's a really obvious statement but I'm kinda at a c…


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General Chess Discussion - Stronger Opponents#5

They won't offer you a draw :) If they do, play on, they owe you that lesson how they come back. Also, 'here they offered me a draw' is a good story while 'here I accepted their draw' is not. I'd esti…


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General Chess Discussion - Perspectives on the Chess Board#3

The board is wooden, our perspective is fragile. I can't believe I'm supposed to keep track of long bishop's diagonals through all this crowded space. Rook endings are full of surprises to me. The kni…


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General Chess Discussion - What's the importance of chess?#16

What's the importance of chess, what does it bring in of consequence? Is it especially important, how and why? Its importance is its universality, it's a language many talk, a medium many handle. The …


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General Chess Discussion - Ultra Bullet should be prolonged to 1/2 minutes + 0 seconds.#20

I mean maybe you get a taste for playing faster bullet and still find your hardware fails you at a certain frequency.. and then you buy like Speedy Gonzales.


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General Chess Discussion - Are players afraid to rematch?#4

Besting, redemption, cowardice.. no. People do not want to play a competition, it is too stressful, and they don't want to make friends, it is too engaging. And that is not to say 'always' or 'never' …


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General Chess Discussion - Ultra Bullet should be prolonged to 1/2 minutes + 0 seconds.#19

@philodendron68 said in #13: > @LexDev and @Cedur216 : Your mentioned 'Hyper Bullet' is unfortunately no extra mod here on Lichess. On Lichess 1/2 minutes + 0 seconds is Bullet. And naturally I use to…


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General Chess Discussion - Why no hello?#44

Here, I completely rewrote my old blog entry, picture and all. https://lichess.org/@/ungewichtet/blog/speed-date-with-the-chat-police/194NDKUQ


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General Chess Discussion - Why no hello?#42

The site is francophone of origine and should have a «Bonjour» button.


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General Chess Discussion - Should Chess victory be worth 3 points and draw 1 point, just like soccer?#8

With 3 for a win we would agree we let incentives made out of hot air guide our behaviour. I want to play for a win if I want to, if it is in the position, if my energy is right, so for good personal …


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