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General Chess Discussion - What does mean C with a number?#6

@WassimBerbar said in #5: > but why is the french defense a special case? Not sure, I just looked that stuff up.


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General Chess Discussion - What does mean C with a number?#3

ECO - Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings The Letter refers to which volume the opening is from, there is 5 volumes. Volume A: Flank openings Volume B: Semi-Open Games other than the French Defence Volume…


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Lichess Feedback - Feel like I've been stolen from#11

I love the update for the puzzles - https://lichess.org/training/themes - themed puzzles means people can train certain areas of their tactics and even a thumbs up and thumbs down system for people to…


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Lichess Feedback - Question#3

Considering that account sharing could mean A: People of different playing strengths playing and B: People could be untrustworthy. I imagine you can only account shared with specific permission or if …


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Lichess Feedback - different time limit for each player, can this be done?#2

Can always spam that +15 seconds on games.


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Off-Topic Discussion - Compose some fancy chess quote#3

'An endgame a day, keeps the bad rating away' - cannot remember where I found this.


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Game analysis - Why is the LSB valued more in this position, or is it for another reason?#11

Nc7 I can still take on e4 twice, thanks to the pin @konstantinluse


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Game analysis - Why is the LSB valued more in this position, or is it for another reason?#9

When we trade our bishop for our opponent's knight we lose a lot control over those colors. although we might double his pawns with Bxa6, that weak pawn is now on a light square, which is now more dif…


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General Chess Discussion - books to improve from 1800 ELO#9

Maybe a bit more advanced, but here are some books I've enjoyed reading. 1000 Checkmate Combinations: Victor Henkin (improve your checkmating technique.) Forcing Chess Moves: The Key to Better Calcula…


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General Chess Discussion - Learning positional chess - Analysis vs Books#5

Books have a wealth of information. I always recommend books.


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