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General Chess Discussion - Why do average player ratings spike every 100 points?#9

@ASmallObstacle said in #8: > OP, are you by any chance a visitor of the Chess subreddit? That exact same observation was also on today's frontpage. :) Most likely it's because many folks aspire to ha…


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General Chess Discussion - Why do average player ratings spike every 100 points?#7

I'm sorry but that doesn't make any sense. If it were just a few, it could, but there's no reason why barriers of knowledge would be distributed at *every single* 100 points mark.


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General Chess Discussion - Why do average player ratings spike every 100 points?#5

LOL more likely tbh


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General Chess Discussion - Why do average player ratings spike every 100 points?#1

Eg for blitz ratings this week there are 10850 with 1875, 11963 with 1900, 10150 with 1925. Normally I would expect the value for 1900 to be somewhere between between the value for 1875 and 1925. Coul…


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Lichess Feedback - Game aborted mid-game?#7

Ah if there was some server issue that makes sense then! Shame. Oh well.


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Lichess Feedback - Game aborted mid-game?#1

https://lichess.org/WeImyi41NLs9 Why was this game aborted by the server?


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General Chess Discussion - Why was the game declared Remis?#10

In the case of threefold repetition either player can claim a draw... it doesn't need to be agreed upon.


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General Chess Discussion - What is the most practical approach to getting better at chess?#4

Why rook endings in particular?


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Lichess Feedback - Quick Game#24

I do have some concerns with this. First we have to ask, why does this exist? Presumably to make auto-pairing faster for people who are happy to use auto-pairing. And who are these people? These are p…


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General Chess Discussion - Gaining rating when you lose a game#1

I played a game today against someone with a rating about 550 lower than mine and won. No real surprise there. But imagine my surprise when their rating went UP. By as much as mine did! I guess this i…


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