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If a beginner averages 15 moves, and I am happy to survive 5, what does that make me? xD

I think it is indeed a very difficult endgame, easily underestimated. Sure you are up two pawns but there are so many stalemate threats while the king is in the corner. My rating on this site is over …

Ah nice, one might indeed say that is brutal baby!

Is this just an opening explorer or does it cover other positions as well? For example, I just tried to set up a simple endgame: White: Kf6, f5 Black: Kf8 On one hand the chessDB tab shows: No moves a…

@aVague said [^] > > Black is a little better, but white should definitely give it a try, here is a quick white win if black is not careful: > > > > 18. Bd4 Qxf4+ > > 19. Kc2 Be3?? > > 20. Rxg7 :) > >…

Black is a little better, but white should definitely give it a try, here is a quick white win if black is not careful: 18. Bd4 Qxf4+ 19. Kc2 Be4?? 20. Rxg7 :)

I just played a 1 minute bullet game on android, browser chrome (don't have the app). This was with normal settings so no desktop mode. Here I actually could see the green bars that show how good the …

Any chance you wrote this book after a couple of painful personal moments? It feels like the emotion runs deep ;-) Not a problem in itself for the math, but suggesting that individuals are not to blam…

I assume you mean: The opponents ping is not shown when you play on mobile. I believe this is correct, as the mobile UI is simplified compared to the full version.

@aVague said [^] > > Not sure if you meant this as a question, but I guess: > > > > If 47. Rc6 is played white quickly gets a strong passed a pawn. > > > > However after 47. Rb1 Nf4 48. Kg3 Rxd5 white…