| Lichess Feedback - Want to understand the mechanism of cheat detection#6 The FIDE rules on having an electronic device on you while playing have changed over time and since the advent of mobile phones. I'm guessing earlpurple may have been referring to the 2008 incident wh… | Brian-E  |
| Lichess Feedback - Want to understand the mechanism of cheat detection#3 I'm not competent enough to look at the source code, but I believe the "cheat detected" mechanism kicks in if the position being analysed by an engine has occurred in the current game. Whether there a… | Brian-E |
| Game analysis - Kings are bad workers#2 Yes, kings are bad workers ... until you reach an endgame, that is. Before the endgame they are just vulnerable and need protection. But with no more than pawns and at most a couple of pieces left on … | Brian-E |
| General Chess Discussion - Rated approx 1850 FIDE? Interested in 30+30 games this week?#4 @Justement said in #1: > Hi all, > > I forgot to limit my seek just to the current week in order to avoid a kind of infinite thread. I suppose that's why my previous thread has been closed. [...] I do… | Brian-E |
| Game analysis - undeveloping in the French Defense#2 While 5...Bb4 is indeed hardly a "threat", it does partially solve Black's problem of how to develop the kingside pieces harmoniously by intending to exchange one of them off (...Bxc3). Black's undeve… | Brian-E |
| General Chess Discussion - Should I learn the Sicilian?#6 Looking at your recent games, it appears that you are a 1.e4 player as White. One suggestion which might help you answer whether the Sicilian might be right for you is: try opening 1.c4 now and then a… | Brian-E |
| General Chess Discussion - How to evaluate my chess progress?#9 It seems to me that you are asking two unrelated questions (how to monitor chess progress, and whether to switch to another game), but I'm probably misunderstanding you. Just to try to clarify what yo… | Brian-E |
| General Chess Discussion - Difference in thinking?#7 Interesting topic. I think it works the other way with me. If I accept someone else's challenge I feel nervous because the player didn't choose to play me specifically and I'm worried that they might … | Brian-E |
| General Chess Discussion - How the hell is this endgame WINNING for White????#17 @e4e5f4exf4nicht said in #16: > How many pieces can be on the Board for a table base solution. Are 8 pieces not to much? Seven is the maximum that has been achieved so far (the two kings and five othe… | Brian-E |
| Lichess Feedback - Question: Reporting people automatically adds users to block list.#13 @NaturalBornTraveller said in #12: > [...] Or should we, us curious users, just speculate? [...] My own speculation is that it was judged that automatically adding all reported users to the block list… | Brian-E |
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