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Russia can have FIDE. Western Federation and sponsors should set up our own chess federation and those that want to join can. For too long FIDE has been a tool of Russia. Kramnik's style and tactics (…

Exciting!. Well done!

@LKama said in #17: > Did not think of the fact that a fraction of 1500 players have a very uncertain ranking (initial rank with high k factor). Very good input thanks. > > Thanks for the questions an…

@LKama said in #8: > Hello! Thank you for the high-value feedback input! > > 1. On the "Expected Elo Gain" metric: > > There is a difference in the calculation depending on the mode: > - In the hunt a…

Thanks for explaining! Really love the attitude of community responsibility in Lichess. The effort put in by so many on the Lichess team is amazing and makes such a big difference bringing joy to so m…

Keith Arkell's time usage would be interesting. Also since he picks openings to suit long grinds rather than objective merit his "error" for the first 10 moves will be higher than equivalent strength …

Interesting article. I suppose the real question is if a player plays the French (say) then which openings do they tend to play against d4/c4/Nf3 and what do they play as white?

@glbert said in #3: > the title implies that there will be a second part. could be a lie though, i will only believe it when i see it. I like your evidence based approach :)

@aerdna69 said in #24: > Lichess Tutor sounds absolutely fire. With that said, I've been already requesting blindfold being a separate variant, are you working on it? Yes currently the choice now is t…

Is there a version of Stockfish available with a really big NNUE file superior to the one Chessbase sold? I understand the Stockfish team try to keep their file small to ensure it can work on phones e…