| General Chess Discussion - "My proposal for a new DRAW category" OR "Clock Wins Suck"#47 " The current system REWARDS fast, dumb play with wins." Not really. This isn't a new issue. I think it was Fritz Sammich or Ernst Grunfeld who were notorious for getting in time trouble because they … | yeswthatwasasac |
| Community Blog Discussions - Grandmaster Concentration: Your Guide to Distraction-Free Chess Training#7 Following up on what dboing said, this blog post thing is applicable to really anything. I was first going to say to studying an instrument, but it's also true for acting or comedy, or math or anythin… | yeswthatwasasac |
| General Chess Discussion - need advice for upcoming otb tournament#10 I think that you've played other OTB tournaments you're aware of the big things to think about. You're ahead of me in that I've only played in a few local club games OTB since the 90s and back then I … | yeswthatwasasac |
| General Chess Discussion - Most solid opening for white#19 I'm surprised no one suggested the KIA, so I'm suggesting that. The London, the Colle, Zuck, etc are all "solid" systems. Solid makes me think of low-risk. I'm not suggesting anyone should play these … | yeswthatwasasac |
| General Chess Discussion - Question regarding insufficient material#8 So first game above where black black only has a bishop and a king, black wins on time even though he has insufficient material to checkmate? Is that's how games work here? I saw a thread elsewhere wh… | yeswthatwasasac |
| Lichess Feedback - Opening training vs. learn from mistakes#2 the former opening traning thing was my favorite part of the training here because as far as I know it was unique to this site. I'm all for bringing it back in any guise. | yeswthatwasasac |