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General Chess Discussion - Do you need a challenge ? Try to solve these unusual chess compositions / puzzles !#53

1.Ke6N means exactly what you thought, retract the king to e6 uncapturing a knight. In retros there can be very long sequences of retractions (have you seen problems like "Unlock the position" or "Las…


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General Chess Discussion - Do you need a challenge ? Try to solve these unusual chess compositions / puzzles !#51

*grumbles* -1.Ke6N Rigour is important, I agree; I was completely lazy and blind there


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General Chess Discussion - Do you need a challenge ? Try to solve these unusual chess compositions / puzzles !#49

@Bishop1964 I guess I owe an apology, in the form of this one (I composed it a few years back, inspired obviously by Tibor Orban's PG you shared). PG 4.0 Reach this position after black's 4th move. ht…


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General Chess Discussion - Do you need a challenge ? Try to solve these unusual chess compositions / puzzles !#48

Alright, blindness strikes. -1. Ke6 and 1. Rxg8#.


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General Chess Discussion - I will donate $1,000 USD if LIChess implements the Bronstein Chess Varient#18

@boorchess You can already play Placement Chess on https://www.pychess.org/ The site is done by exactly the guy you linked on GitHub. Check it out!


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General Chess Discussion - Do you need a challenge ? Try to solve these unusual chess compositions / puzzles !#46

@Bishop1964 Someone's lying for the -1 and #1. Black needs 8 captures for the pawn structure, plus a 9th for a promotion on a light square b1/d1. White's missing 10 units, but two are useless (wBf1/wB…


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General Chess Discussion - How can I translate to Marathi?#2

Lichess translations are done on the site Crowdin: https://crowdin.com/project/lichess To quote point 3 from there: > If you are translating to a language not currently on the website, please send an …


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Lichess Feedback - Request for chatban notification#2

The change you suggest would also make it easier for toxic people to realise they are chatbanned, and immediately create alternate accounts to try dodging it. If people are chatbanned, generally there…


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