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Lichess Feedback - I accidentally cheated#37

Wow, those three games combined. Just apologize and promise not to cheat again and hope they give you a second chance.


FM Sandstad
Lichess Feedback - I accidentally cheated#33

@zLPz You got an answer from a moderator on how to appeal in the thread you made, so there is no need to ask here as well. And for what it's worth.. the game posted by @Francis920 is quite suspicious


FM Sandstad
General Chess Discussion - Lichess or Chess24?#12

Both are great! I use Lichess for playing and Chess24 for some amazing video content


FM Sandstad
General Chess Discussion - Flag > Dead Position?#5

Checking for such positions would be computatinally expensive, so I think the answer is that it is because of technical constraints :) Really "dead" positions are quite rare in practice, and most play…


FM Sandstad
General Chess Discussion - What age is too late to become a good chess player?#36

@Kusokosla Your claim that "2000 is VERY VERY easy to get to by yourself without any lessons or even many long games at an adult age" just based on your own bullet rating fluctuating between 1800 and …


FM Sandstad
General Chess Discussion - Why does white make these moves in this fork practice? PLEASE explain, they just seem 2 b BAD moves#3

If White takes the queen, 2...Rd1+ leads to mate. After your 2...Qxh3, Black is threatening mate (Qg2), which is impossible to avoid without huge material losses.


FM Sandstad
General Chess Discussion - What age is too late to become a good chess player?#33

@Kusokosla: "Challenge accepted and conquered already, and I’m sure I’m far from the only example. 2000 is VERY VERY easy to get to by yourself without any lessons or even many long games at an adult …


FM Sandstad
General Chess Discussion - What age is too late to become a good chess player?#25

@Kusokosla: OTB rating?


FM Sandstad
General Chess Discussion - strongest player to never become official world champion#14

Schlechter, Rubinstein, Bronstein, Keres, Larsen, Korchnoi, Kamsky, Leko, Lovlas


FM Sandstad
General Chess Discussion - Only 1 legal move and forced stalemate#30

@President_DonaldDuck: You can add quite a lot of Black knights and White rooks to my example


FM Sandstad