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General Chess Discussion - Should your puzzle rating be higher than any other rating?#4

Good question... it seems to vary a lot between players.


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General Chess Discussion - What is the point in playing Bullet chess?#6

It can be fun... but it probably takes some energy to be consistently good at it, and I often play when I'm a bit tired. That said, I seem to be better at it than I am at other time controls. But at t…


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General Chess Discussion - Penguin has almost reached 3200 Elo, that's incredible#2

Apparently his highest rating was 3256. 3180 is still amazing though! Also, small correction... it's Glicko-2 that lichess uses, not Elo.


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General Chess Discussion - Lichess End of Year Update 2019#26

Thanks for all the hard work!


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General Chess Discussion - I hit 2400 bullet for first time!#5

I maxed out at 2350, and I haven't been able to get back there. Mostly I just lose focus and start playing really stupidly several games in a row. Anyway, nice job.


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General Chess Discussion - Crazyhouse, man vs machine, the return of the revenge !#19

JannLee got what looked like a promising position in the third game last night, so I do suspect it's possible to score something. And as Vinvin said, JannLee was very focussed on the chat/stream... no…


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General Chess Discussion - JannLee accepted to play Stockfish-zh in a 10 games match#10

Great match, and a crushing win for Stockfish. Shortly after Go, now Crazyhouse has fallen to the machines.


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General Chess Discussion - Can someone please explain this puzzle to me?#5

@Bearybear: Nd6+ Kd8 Nf7 is not mate, the king just goes back to e8.


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General Chess Discussion - I think the CAPTCHA puzzles on the forum should be harder#10

I don't like the idea either. The purpose of a captcha is to prevent automated forum spam, which it seems to have achieved. Having more difficult puzzles would serve only to prevent weak human players…


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