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Such cases are very rare, but they have occurred in real games. There are some examples on the wikipedia article on the subject, but before reading that, try constructing a position yourself where pro…

@difford No, only pieces that are attacking the king directly count. Otherwise you could set up at least 12 pieces to give check at once, do you see how?

In my proof on the previous page (#8), I missed a slight point. What is important is to focus on the squares that change state during a move. In any move except en passant (which I covered) two square…

First, we must start from a definition of "number of pieces checking". That would be defined as the number of pieces that could, had it hypothetically been their turn to move, captured the king with a…

Unfortunately there is currently no option to play a game with a "non-accumulative" delay, with the exception of correspondence games, which are days per move. The closest thing is the increment, whic…

Go to your profile page, then click on the "<number> Games" tab, then click on the "Imported games <number>" tab, and you will see them, or you can use the following link as a shortcut: https://liches…

I have accidentally started games from the home screen on mobile on several occasion, once aborting three games in a row against the same player because I tried to tap the "abort" button but was laggi…

I disagree. Opening traps like Scholar's Mate and some others can legitimately end a game within 7 moves, and there is no reason why a win by an opening trap should be considered any less legitimate t…

That is the FIDE definition, on lichess a game is considered rapid if the base time plus 40 increments is at least 8 minutes but less then 25 minutes. Thus, a large portion of the games played as clas…

This is the third thread you have created on the same topic, and your question has been answered; that is the intended behavior, and the advantage is to be able to announce the winners immediately. If…