| Off-Topic Discussion - A bit of fun: tracing your "Carlsen number"#1 Magnus Carlsen has a "Carlsen number" of 0 Anyone who ever won with someone with a "Carlsen number" of n has a "Carlsen number" of n+1 or less. I won with Lichess user @umaia @Umaia won with Danil Bel… | Zapala |
| General Chess Discussion - Mouseslip#5 Well then, what can I say... such things happen . Of course they are unpleasant when affecting ourselves but they are also impossible to fight with (and kinda fair taking standard tournament rules und… | Zapala |
| General Chess Discussion - Mouseslip#3 AFAIK Lichess doesn't generally refund mouseslips and missclics: this would be a little bit strange, since in tournament chess no type of accidental piece miscplacement that does not violate the rules… | Zapala |
| General Chess Discussion - Does Chess960 Improve you ?#3 I believe it can be helpful for mid-level players, as it helps to train position evaluation. For low-level players, racing kings combined with opening and endgame training in standard chess may be a b… | Zapala |
| Game analysis - technically "pure" games#3 Hi, I did not claim to play any of my games in grandmaster-like manner: I sinply stated that, in terms of standard Stockfish analysis, I have overperformed. While resulting games lack brilliance of GM… | Zapala |
| Game analysis - technically "pure" games#1 While MOST of us are not grandmasters, I believe any player knowing the rules and playing for sufficiently long time has had several games or fragments of games on a very decent level. Here are two ex… | Zapala |
| Game analysis - thought game: check redefinition#4 @MorningCoffee Not really. In chess me and (as it would seem) quite a lot of people on Lichess are playing, a move that would put your own king in check is forbidden. Therefore, in a situation describ… | Zapala |
| Game analysis - thought game: check redefinition#1 Let us redefine a check in the following manner: A king is checked by the figure iff this figure can capture the king in the next move. This seems pretty innocent, but gets funny when we are dealing w… | Zapala |
| Game analysis - Wasted game#3 If it wasn't for the blunder, capturing the rook would be much better. I have no idea what would I do as white: if the opponent was stronger, I'd most probably try to enforce a draw somehow, but if he… | Zapala |
| Game analysis - Wasted game#1 https://en.lichess.org/hTxhicXXRRcb Although I have won this one, I am actually pretty upset about this game. Up to move 22. it was one of the purest ones I have been playing - almost mistakeless, yet… | Zapala |
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