Lichess Feedback - Opening training - does it give us partial credit?#4 It doesn't give partial credit exactly. Meaning if you give a poor move immediately, you get the same deduction as if you gave three correct and one bad choice. But there are often several moves that … | Postbox |
General Chess Discussion - Second release of Pawned Comic!#6 It's amusing, but one critique I have is that the bishop and knight not only switch from light to dark squares after the perspective change, but they switch places. The bishop was on the left in the f… | Postbox |
Game analysis - Question#2 It allows your opponent to develop his center with tempo. Pushing d5 attacks your bishop and forces you to spend another move to retreat it (after you just used a move for the same purpose.) After som… | Postbox |
Off-Topic Discussion - Color Quiz!#6 Blue, Red, Blue, Blue, Green | Postbox |
Game analysis - Opponent lost on time, but it's considered a draw#3 White timed out, but black did not have enough material to win the game had it continued. For that reason, the game is considered a draw. If you had a pawn or another bishop or really any piece in tha… | Postbox |
General Chess Discussion - What does it take to get better...?#6 I'm often terrible at bullet. I did find improvement (though slight) from playing a single, safe opening that I was confident with. It helps when you can easily throw out your first 8-12 moves without… | Postbox |
General Chess Discussion - Which external factors have an influence on your success in chess?#7 Being overly comfortable is problematic for me. I'll be doing some puzzles or tactics and when I get a dozen or so in a row correct, I get overly confident and may start to miss things. That's usually… | Postbox |
Lichess Feedback - How adding a friend#2 Click someone's name. In the top-right corner, there are options. The thumbs-up symbol is set to follow someone. | Postbox |
Game analysis - Please explain this supposedly winning line.#4 It's a tactic to exploit the discovered attack on the king. Basically, after Nh6+ and gxh6, gxh6+ opens a lot of devastating attacks. The line Stockfish shows (Nh6+, Kh8, Nf7+.. ) is black's best resp… | Postbox |