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Lichess Feedback - Are Puzzles useless ?#3

I had a paid Platinum subscription gifted to me on cheese.com. I played over 10,000 puzzles. It is fun in itself and it trains the eye for quick tactic recognition, and overall board vision but it tak…


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General Chess Discussion - Castling is over-rated; occasionally useful#15

Shadow1414, Your logic is impeccable and your accent is amazing...


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General Chess Discussion - Castling is over-rated; occasionally useful#11

That said, accidentally losing castling rights is annoying. I am my true opponent.


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General Chess Discussion - Castling is over-rated; occasionally useful#10

@sheckley666 said in #6: > Cause and effect. Checkmates happen where the kings are. BBKvsK and BNKvsK both take place in the corners because the King's movements are restricted there; fewer squares, f…


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General Chess Discussion - Castling is over-rated; occasionally useful#5

I wouldn't say dead wrong, I've heard pros including Hikaru advise that in particular situations it was better to postpone, but your points are well taken. I'm not a machine so my intuition is more fo…


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General Chess Discussion - Castling is over-rated; occasionally useful#3

Well, How so? I genuinely value your opinion. Is it really such a good idea to commit early, like I see so many do? I seem to have some success down here in the 1500s just keeping an eye out for the c…


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General Chess Discussion - Castling is over-rated; occasionally useful#1

The corners are where checkmates happen, better to hold it in reserve and keep your options open. A long castle might bring an attack on a central file by the rook. If the board opens up and you still…


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Lichess Feedback - "Learn From Your Mistakes" is actually really useful#1

Clicked on it; not expecting much, but was pleasantly mistaken. Review your (and your opponent's) mistakes, VISUALLY, on the board, after the game. Great implementation of a simple idea. Time well spe…


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Game analysis - Timeout victory with only a Bishop... isn't this supposed to be a draw for insufficient material?#7

@AOOP09 said in #3: ... (Your opponent underpromoted to a bishop and decided to suffocate himself. How sad.) There's something... poignantly absurd yet appropriate, about that. This answers my questio…


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Game analysis - Timeout victory with only a Bishop... isn't this supposed to be a draw for insufficient material?#1

The question speaks for itself. Is this a feature of Lichess? This is the game: https://lichess.org/Lehn99faiKvw


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