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General Chess Discussion - 10000 puzzles done in a day! World Record!#37

PUZZLE GOD OFFICIAL IS MY HERO. have my children.


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General Chess Discussion - Which aspect of the game should I focus on more?#16

Whatever you are bad at really is the short answer. What I think is constantly undervalued is 1. Blundering less. Just being far more aware of what is loose in your position and how your opponent can …


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General Chess Discussion - elo loss when drawing with a stronger opponent#5

your current rating and rating when you started the game are different lichess calculated based on your current rating


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General Chess Discussion - Inflated Engine Evaluations#4

I like evaluations. I don't think engine evaluations have become inflated, they just have become better. Engines are much more intelligent than they were back only say 5-10 years ago. They understand …


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General Chess Discussion - Teaching kids and keeping it entertaining#4

Having taught a few people before I think its almost always a good idea to let people play at their level. This way they can still win without it seeming manufactured. It is also much easier to teach …


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General Chess Discussion - How to reach 2300 in blitz?#6

@Recke said in #1: > I feel like there is a great difference in quality and chess understanding between 2200s and 2300s players on lichess. Yes. I think you should work on your rapid and classical fir…


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Game analysis - Ah yes... a perfectly normal and totally not staged game...#10

500 centipawn loss is amaeutur hour. True professionals have 1000+ centipawn loss https://lichess.org/3adPvZiB/white


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General Chess Discussion - 1000 elo improvement#1

18 months ago I started playing chess seriously. Chess really helped distract me from other aspects of my life that weren't going great at the time, and many days playing was the best part of my day. …


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General Chess Discussion - My "How much can I improve in 31 days" Self-challenge#14

Hope it helps! Good luck @vifid! Just realized that lichess doesnt link the playlists so I'll just list them 1. Chess Fundamentals 1-5 2. Tactical Awareness (standalone) 3. Alpha Zero vs Stockfish (ab…


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General Chess Discussion - Chess Coaching Metrics#8

The thing phobbos was pointing out that those metrics are useless if you go into coaching trying to pad them. They only have value strictly because they aren't used as metrics, and if they were to be …


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