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Community Blog Discussions - Raise Your Rating by Cutting Your Losses

@TurtleMat said in #4: > Quote : > This is a TOS violation. New low for GM and Held Avetik Since he originally posted this like 6 months ago (unless that wasn't the first time either), it's not exactl…


Chiksan
General Chess Discussion - Fear of Analyzing My Own Games

Lucy, you should take a lesson from the Stoics. In Stoic philosophy, you only concern yourself with things in your control and do not worry about things out of your control. Your past mistakes are out…


Chiksan
General Chess Discussion - Why are so many people recommending the Caro Kann?

@Wasted_Youth said in #9: > I ́d make Levy from GothamChess responsible for the new-found popularity. He loves playing it, he ́s always recommending it, and that must have rubbed off onto a sizeable p…


Chiksan
Lichess Feedback - "Interactive lesson" mode on studies

I created my first study with chapters where the octopus guides you through a sequence of moves. I noticed that the study creator can easily change the mode from "normal analysis" to "Interactive less…


Chiksan
General Chess Discussion - Misclicks != Resignation

What a wild game. It's impressive how you noticed that 23. Qb1?? is a blunder and immediately showed why. Taking his last rook with your bishop when you had a perfectly good pawn was less impressive. …


Chiksan
General Chess Discussion - are lichess players stronger than chess.com?

Yes. Compare your percentile on Lichess.org to chess.com. The same player is much higher on chess.com. Chess.com spends a ton of money on marketing because they need a constant supply of beginners to …


Chiksan
General Chess Discussion - How does a Patron wing gift work?

I also want a clarification. If I donate, for example, $20, does my friend get wings for 1 month or 4 months?


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General Chess Discussion - Most improved lichess players

It's super easy. Go to https://lichess.org/player and the leaderboard's right there. They all used to be beginners that didn't even know how to move the pieces. I'd say they improved a lot!


Chiksan
General Chess Discussion - Stockfish level 6 can't checkmate with king+rook

Don't chess engines just make a mistake when the random number generator says to make mistakes? And the lower levels make mistakes more often? If that's the case, that could explain why it can't mate …


Chiksan
Community Blog Discussions - Think Like A Toddler

>Maybe this whole neuroplasticity thing is bullshit. It is. And this is the most important sentence of the post. You can absolutely learn new things (not just chess) as an adult and get GOOD. The dogm…


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