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I'm so confused by this. When I used to play OTB in Canada, I was given a "provisional rating" until I completed 25 games. So I had a pseudo rating (average of my opponents rating + 400 * r, where -1 …

Just mark them as a cheater, and warn users before they play against them. Or don't allow them to get paired with other players who have not also been marked as a cheater.

I hit the wall a long time ago when I was about 1600-1700. I then bought some books to learn some "proper openings", and when I tried to play them, my results were no better. So I kind of know where y…

For me, its beating a 2370 player in blitz without resorting to tricks, getting lucky, or any other anomalies. The game is messy, and we both missed major things, but it was otherwise a fun back and f…

In terms of absolute strength, I think it's something like: 1. Carlsen 2. Kasparov 3. Kramnik 4. Capablanca 5. Anand 6-7. Topalov / winner of Ding or Nepomniachi 8-9. Fischer / Karpov 10. Alekhine 11-…

@antonyswales907 said in #5: > and also @qed i did all my learning in chess I just looked at some of your Rapid games. You are missing one move direct threats, one guy got you in an obvious and blocka…

Go through the topics on https://lichess.org/learn#/ then start doing puzzle streak.

According to my "Rosen Score", I've done it 10 times. For example: https://lichess.org/MywUV4yD

17. d4 Qxa8 18. f3 Ne3 ... or is there better?

My previous high score was 41. I just scored 100. I'm glad to know that my ability to spam back rank makes puts me in the same elite company as GM Andrew Tang.