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General Chess Discussion - I am 2100 blitz and 2300 bullet at 14, is it too late to take chess to a professional level for me?

If you are judging your ratings by your LiChess bullet and blitz games, you are probably barely 1400 on OTB chess. LiChess has single-handedly devalued the 2000 rating. You need to join an OTB chess c…


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General Chess Discussion - Are we allowed to curse/swear on lichess

I would be careful. Many people here on LiChess have hot tempers and thin skin. They like to dish out the trash, but they don't it if you give it back in better form and with better grammar, and they …


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Game analysis - Didn't Even Noticed I Had Checkmated This Guy

@PregnantAnandHaa said in #4: > Yeah that sounds an awful lot similar to what you were saying in some other random post: > > > Listen buddy , you sound to me like you are about 12 or so years old and …


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General Chess Discussion - I Have A Pressing And Urgent Question

@kindaspongey said in #7: > "... Just because a book contains lots of information that you don’t know, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it will be extremely helpful in making you better at this point …


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Game analysis - I love it when stockfish says the opening is trashy

@Druismat said in #3: > To me, a mistake by move 4 means it is trashy, but unsound is probably the better word. Anyway, the more Stockfish dislikes the opening, the more likely it is that I will play …


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General Chess Discussion - I Have A Pressing And Urgent Question

@petri999 said in #3: > also search forums. this question how to improve my chess appears at minimum every week. Also you unlikely to find answers on forum but you can hundreds of those use the forums…


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General Chess Discussion - I Have A Pressing And Urgent Question

@ChristmasHums said in #2: > Don’t make chess your life. You’ll be less disappointed if the market crashes. You’ll be more refreshed to think about positions. You’ll have burnout and lose interest if …


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General Chess Discussion - I Have A Pressing And Urgent Question

I play chess everyday. I play all the variants. I own a 50 volume chess book library, and a 10 gig database. I have all the chess engines. I must do a 100 puzzles a day, and tactics. I play people of …


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General Chess Discussion - Has anyone ever ran out of time while your opponent has literally 1 pawn left?

He could not actually have "literally" one pawn left, since he would also have a King.


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General Chess Discussion - Are we allowed to curse/swear on lichess

Why would you want to? Even if it is allowed, I would recommend rising above that level of behavior.


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