https://lichess.org/@/MutedTactics/blogMutedTactics's Blog2025-05-17T10:01:53.376Zhttps://lichess.org/@/MutedTactics/blog/the-5-lichess-players-who-ruined-my-sanity/pLs6HaTu2025-05-17T10:01:53.376Z2025-05-17T10:01:53.376ZThe 5 Lichess Players Who Ruined My Sanity<img class="ublog-post-image" width="880" height="550" src="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&h=550&op=thumbnail&path=ublog:pLs6HaTu:gmCYjUQT.webp&w=880&sig=9e3f59033e6a1ef063e0680e9ca3844f502f5263" /><br />written by @MutedTactics while crying over lost Elo. After playing way too many games (and making life decisions I now regret), here are the 5 types of players you WILL meet. If you haven’t met them yet... you ARE them.MutedTacticshttps://lichess.org/@/MutedTactics/blog/chess-is-just-64-squares-of-pain/KXQrObCI2025-09-11T05:01:02.641Z2025-09-11T05:01:02.641ZChess is Just 64 Squares of Pain<img class="ublog-post-image" width="880" height="550" src="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&h=550&op=thumbnail&path=ublog:KXQrObCI:E19LHJJe.webp&w=880&sig=17e9b7a2dcfe9959a802b0d63cfa110894e4bc5d" /><br />Chess isn’t strategy...t’s pure emotional damage. One moment you’re winning, next moment you mouse slip into mate. These 64 squares aren’t a game, they’re a torture device we all keep coming back to.MutedTacticshttps://lichess.org/@/MutedTactics/blog/the-girl-who-lived-twice/ElZNA1Jw2025-08-22T09:23:18.684Z2025-08-22T09:23:18.684ZThe Girl Who Lived Twice<img class="ublog-post-image" width="880" height="550" src="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&h=550&op=thumbnail&path=ublog:ElZNA1Jw:CRP4wWcp.webp&w=880&sig=983517e8174cd0d205bc1ed8968ae0a0f36719c3" /><br />Trigger Warning: Mentions of fire trauma, memory loss, and psychological horror. A story of a girl who remembers dying — but not who she was.MutedTacticshttps://lichess.org/@/MutedTactics/blog/a-memory-into-reality/9vqx7znY2025-08-02T12:45:25.74Z2025-08-02T12:45:25.74ZA Memory into Reality<img class="ublog-post-image" width="880" height="550" src="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&h=550&op=thumbnail&path=ublog:9vqx7znY:63HCaQg6.webp&w=880&sig=6def9a9c5fef7f19d97af98aa371af478f193f14" /><br />Trigger Warning: Mentions of fire trauma, memory loss, and psychological horror. A story of a girl who remembers dying — but not who she was.MutedTacticshttps://lichess.org/@/MutedTactics/blog/i-ate-a-chessboard-and-now-im-rated-9000/4QCedm4T2025-07-24T06:54:57.831Z2025-07-24T06:54:57.831ZI Ate a Chessboard and Now I’m Rated 9000<img class="ublog-post-image" width="880" height="550" src="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&h=550&op=thumbnail&path=ublog:4QCedm4T:77HgJ0RD.webp&w=880&sig=6bd00ba0fd3bedbacdab54c160b8448ad3fcb382" /><br />(idk what to write here)MutedTacticshttps://lichess.org/@/MutedTactics/blog/not-a-dream-a-memory/oN2p80wj2025-07-22T10:26:26.051Z2025-07-22T10:26:26.051ZNot a dream. A Memory.<img class="ublog-post-image" width="880" height="550" src="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&h=550&op=thumbnail&path=ublog:oN2p80wj:5z6ZAqsW.webp&w=880&sig=c23d055445cdaa726c757d8b9951bb83c4f991d8" /><br />Trigger Warning: Mentions of fire trauma, memory loss, and psychological horror. A story of a girl who remembers dying — but not who she was.MutedTactics