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Lichess removed the flip board icon and replaced it with "analysis board", even though there is already a large analysis board button below. Now there is an extra step to flip board, but two immediate…

just curious if there's some way to search puzzles by players.

Right, and I am not advocating for any of those rules, see #5 (the position would still be live on my view due to the pawn). In any case, I have started repeating myself, which is a good sign that I s…

I have not yet heard a good arguments as to why the USCF and ICC rules are incohesive. They have only been compared to incomparable piece configurations. They are logical and fully compatible with the…

My philosophy on the ethics of flagging your opponents in blitz or bullet games, is that as long as your opponent is still trying to checkmate you, it's fair game. That is just self-defense. However, …

You could make that argument, but fundamentally the difference between your position and K+N and K+N, is that there is sufficient material on the board to give checkmate for both sides. It is not a de…

It's impossible to account for everything. Fundamentally, this is about how you define a dead position. The purist view (A) is current lichess rules, which follow FIDE live chess tournament rules, whi…

You can, but you would be wrong. Let enough people blitz this game on lichess and you'd find all three results. This position is not comparable with K+N vs K+N, for the simple reason that there are mo…

That's a cool help-mate study, but not a real game. B vs B is a draw, R vs R is not, since that position is still winnable against amateurs. K+N vs K+N is not, which is why it's declared a draw under …

Toadofsky, natural conclusion is precisely the principle used in both FIDE and USCF laws of chess which determine that if there is insufficient material on the board, the game ends in a draw. In the o…