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General Chess Discussion - Unbiased review of chess.com#3

So if something is, by all rational measures, very bad, you should lie to make the good and bad points equal? I can read between the lines with the meaning of oliverli's post as, for him (or her), "Li…


droceretik
General Chess Discussion - Chess puzzles as a tool for changing thinking patterns#9

ouest. Powerful Chess Calculation Techniques by GM Nadya Kosintseva [Master Method] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u8t0aZL3Ew&t=2650s Not tactics really but methodical thinking process.


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General Chess Discussion - Chess puzzles as a tool for changing thinking patterns#6

I never used a stop watch to time my moves so I am only guessing at the exact time. I know that I was running through the puzzles more rapidly in the beginning and often doing the puzzles was in a hal…


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General Chess Discussion - Chess puzzles as a tool for changing thinking patterns#3

Yeah, I knew it had passed 20,000 but I didn't realised it was over 27,000! I generally go through them for about an hour a day. I think the first 10,000 saw me hover between 1500 and 1800. I then inc…


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General Chess Discussion - Chess puzzles as a tool for changing thinking patterns#1

I am a senior player and have been playing intermittently for over 50 years. In the last few years I have played online chess at Chess.com then switched to Li-chess. I found I hit a "brick wall" many …


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General Chess Discussion - Why do so many people cheat on Lichess?#18

estragon89 I never claimed that I didn't make blunders or never lost fairly to a low rated player My modest chess ability is the main, but not the only reason why my chess does not advance beyond 1700…


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General Chess Discussion - Why do so many people cheat on Lichess?#13

I stopped playing on Lichess 6 months ago although it is a relatively clean and well managed site. I migrated over 18 months ago from Chess.com because IMO cheating became common. I have 4 chess progr…


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General Chess Discussion - Easy Rating Points#4

I think that gaining rating points is a shallow reason for playing chess. IMO it's just a peripheral issue. For me it's the pleasure of engaging in mental combat and improving or maintaining my mental…


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General Chess Discussion - Am I the Only One Not Playing in the Winter Marathon?#2

Well IF there are 20,000 registered players on Lichess and 300 playing in the marathon, that's 19,700 not playing in the marathon. I am not playing in the Marathon. So, no, you are not the only player…


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General Chess Discussion - Winter marathon?!?!?#9

There is no up or down in space. No "top" or "bottom". No "correct way" (:


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