Game analysis - Milner-Barry reloaded#1 Inspired by various strong GMs (e.g. MvL's crushing win against a 2660 in the Grand Swiss last month https://lichess.org/IVRaN9hb) I've been playing the modern version of the Milner-Barry attack again… | CM piscatorox |
General Chess Discussion - Why do grandmasters hardly play classical? Are they not allowed?#15 I think both the chance of cheating and also the relative lack of proper opposition, whereas in blitz you easily get someone at your own level more or less instantly. | CM piscatorox |
General Chess Discussion - Is the knight better than the bishop on blitz??#5 Yes, too easy to miss forks when you have close to zero time on the clock | CM piscatorox |
General Chess Discussion - gm, im, fm, cm, nm#8 Its not about number of years, its about how intensely you work and what the priorities are. If you are 13-15 now then given the lichess rating no reason you cannot make FM if you want it enough. | CM piscatorox |
General Chess Discussion - Very hard puzzle.#12 beautiful puzzle :) | CM piscatorox |
General Chess Discussion - how do i decrease my blunders ?#21 @Zubbubu said in #20: > Well I *can* see it, so by your own criterion it's a blunder and you were wrong. I used the analysis, but once you see it it's obvious, where "obvious" means that there is a ma… | CM piscatorox |
Lichess Feedback - Is Irwin on vacation?#9 Low rated in bullet not necessarily suspicious (there are probably some GMs in their 60s/70s/80s who could not physically move fast enough any more). And conversely there are some players with much hi… | CM piscatorox |
General Chess Discussion - Query about usernames of well-known GMs#23 Look up the Lichess blogs on titled arenas - in cases where the username is ‘public’ they often say who the winner is. | CM piscatorox |
General Chess Discussion - Is 1200 rapid rating good or bad for a 5 year old#5 It’s good, and chess is a great game at all levels, but there are also 5 year olds with lichess rapid around 1900. So not exceptional either. | CM piscatorox |
General Chess Discussion - how do i decrease my blunders ?#19 @Zubbubu said in #16: > @piscatorox Of course it's a blunder, in any sense of the word. Instead of a draw, the move all but guarantees a loss. Instead of going to 0.00 it goes to 3.50 (when played acc… | CM piscatorox |
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