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General Chess Discussion - Before you playing to make choice opponent rating see or not see#2

Go here: https://lichess.org/account/preferences/game-display and turn "Zen Mode" to "yes". This will hide your opponent's rating.


IM jposthuma
Lichess Feedback - Creating Simuls - min and max bullet rating, and min bullet games played#2

I don't get it... you don't like that people that are good at bullet are joining your simuls? I don't see how that would be relevant considering the time control was 180+60. I can maybe understand not…


IM jposthuma
Lichess Feedback - Searching for specific studies, "Something went wrong on this page."#4

Ok that's what I figured, thanks Lovlas.


IM jposthuma
Lichess Feedback - Searching for specific studies, "Something went wrong on this page."#1

I was trying to access old studies of mine, like I do on a daily basis. I go to Studies -> My Studies and type a few keywords in the search bar. Normally this would work fine, but today it brought me …


IM jposthuma
General Chess Discussion - What to do in Marozy Bind (black) ?#3

I'm one of the rare few who doesn't mind playing against the Maroczy Bind. I like to trade the dark square bishops and the queens, leaving white with a very bad light square bishop. I don't play the S…


IM jposthuma
General Chess Discussion - Can you think about an impossible position ?#23

This position is possible: https://lichess.org/editor/4k3/8/8/3PP3/4PPPP/7P/7P/4K3_w_KQkq_- While this position is not: https://lichess.org/editor/4k3/8/8/3PPP2/5PPP/7P/7P/4K3_w_KQkq_- The difference …


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General Chess Discussion - Space or Mobility?#8

I define space as how far extended your pawn structure is. As white, having pawns on d4+e4 gives you more space than pawns on d3+e4, which gives you more space than pawns on d3+e3, etc. More space = m…


IM jposthuma
General Chess Discussion - Bishop vs Bishop time draw?#3

Yes Sarg0n, I understand that checkmate is still possible for both sides. That's why I'm confused on why the game was declared a draw when my opponent flagged. For example, this is a win for black: ht…


IM jposthuma
General Chess Discussion - Bishop vs Bishop time draw?#1

First of all, sorry for creating the millionth forum on this same topic; I thought I understood the rules pretty well... until this blitz game: https://lichess.org/OcztK16DoJHf We had bishops of oppos…


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General Chess Discussion - Chess as part of a school curriculum #10

I know that there are some schools in the US where chess is taught as a class. I was interviewing for a Charter School Network in New York City where chess classes are required for grades K-2 two days…


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