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Community Blog Discussions - Are you good at resigning?#22

Suggesting it is best for your score to never resign is a common misconception. I used to believe this but (for humans) it only is true if your game is effectively the last one you will ever play. 1. …


Testrider
Lichess Feedback - Ben visual improvement#4

@TotalNoob69 Thanks. The strenge thing is that I already saw it available somewhere (perhaps on desktop, or in the Mobile app which is just a tad less nice) so it should be very feasible but the lack …


Testrider
Lichess Feedback - Ben visual improvement#2

And perhaps the ability to change forum thread titles if they are a bit vague -.-


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Lichess Feedback - Ben visual improvement#1

It was just announced you can change the colors of the board. Great, can we now also get the very functionally beneficial mprovement of putting the clock on the left side for mobile web players? The f…


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Game analysis - I resigned before move 20. I was doing just fine :(#5

Of course your position is not great, but assuming you overlooked 'moving my N covers the c4 square' then I probably would have just gone for something simple and a bit aggressive like hxg6. If black …


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Game analysis - Endgame: If you have 3 pawns for a knight, should you trade 1 set of rooks?#4

When looking at the position three rules of thumb comes to mind: 1. "Pieces that have more space or ways to engage are more valuable" 2. "the player with less space/flexiblity usually gets relief from…


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Game analysis - Very unlucky premove#6

@AsDaGo Haha, also a nice example. Fortunately it was not a big blunder as you can immediately win back their queen as well! The people I really don't get are those who play something like 1.d4 e6 and…


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Game analysis - How is this a draw ?#12

Several people already pointed out the path to victory is quite narrow near the end. Finding exactly the right time to put your rook on the 6th rank reaches a theoretical win, but if you ask what is t…


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Game analysis - How is this a draw ?#4

If it is any consolation, though the position looks overwhelming (two whole pawns extra with almost nothing else on the board!), the exact ending is actually not that easy to win. Because the defendin…


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Game analysis - Very unlucky premove#4

I usually play anonymously when I am on the go, as there is a high likelihood that the internet drops out or I cannot properly finish the game otherwise. I did resign but that was after the opponent a…


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