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I am very much against the boycott of lichess against slcc. I just want to enjoy chess and watch/analyze the games. SLCC even made the investigation and took appropriate action by getting rid of the p…

@pushwood couldnt figure it out.. most of the games just transpose^^ Someone recently pointed out to me that after 6...c5 7.Bb5+ is playable... where you can then trade the bishop, which seems good fo…

why is it important to play in the exchange variation 6... bg7 and only then c5? There are games on the highest lvl which play 6... c5 but white scores much better. why is that? How can I take advanta…

I prefer watching low 2000s FIDE rating players. Any league I can watch/follow? I only know about lichess4545. Thx in advance.

I am looking for an endgame-strategy book. I say strategy to distinguish this from technical endgame books like "100 endgames you must know", "Silmans complete endgame course " and so on. Thus far I f…

@CSaiJagruth said in #19: > What is Lf4 what piece is L it comes from german. Läufer = Bishop. So L stands for the bishop/Läufer.

@Ben10Tenyson said in #14: > Your talking as if ruy lopez or any othergives white advantage for whole game .. Carlsen equalized against ruy lopez Every single time .. liking arising position is much m…

@Sarg0n said in #8: > I mean what will you do after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Lf4!? Black can choose the opening. I know what you mean. But what I meant is... I dont care what you play I will play the moves: d4, B…

Playing a set-up and not paying attention to what your opponent does is quite popular at lower levels. You get a playable position and you know your structure and your typical plans. The ppl I know pe…

@mrbasso said in #12: > Recently someone Untitled was banned for beating Carlsen in a bullet game. Prior to that event he beat Howell and some other GMs but only after beating Carlsen he was suddenly …