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Lichess Feedback - Show first move for thematic tournaments#1

It's often confusing who should play the first move in thematic tournaments (especially if it's an opening you don't know). Showing the "previous" move would solve this problem and would make for a mo…


FinkelFrand
Lichess Feedback - Better classification of inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders in analysis board#11

The beauty of chess comes from the human element, from creativity, from ideas. As programmers one must be sensitive towards that. It's very typical for people to claim they are objective when in fact …


FinkelFrand
Lichess Feedback - Better classification of inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders in analysis board#9

> you program in a set of rules... the judgments made by the computer are based solely on these rules. This is pure objectivity. I get your point, but it's just wrong: The rules contain subjective jud…


FinkelFrand
Lichess Feedback - Better classification of inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders in analysis board#7

> If you are faced with a choice between guaranteed checkmate or taking a piece to increase your prospective chances of achieving checkmate later on... the objective choice would obviously be the firs…


FinkelFrand
Lichess Feedback - Better classification of inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders in analysis board#5

It should still show it, but to classify a drop from +9 to +5 as a blunder is simply wrong. It should arguably be classified as an "inaccuracy". > There are good choices, and better choices. It doesn'…


FinkelFrand
Lichess Feedback - Better classification of inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders in analysis board#1

When a position becomes completely winning, the winning path is a purely subjective choice. Do I win the queen for a bishop or do I execute a complicated checkmate? If I go for the checkmate, I might …


FinkelFrand
Lichess Feedback - Top 100 lists?#1

Users can wonder how much rating points they need to get a top 100 trophy but as far as I can see there is no simple way of telling. It'd be nice to have a top 100 list for each type of game. It could…


FinkelFrand
Lichess Feedback - Advanced filtering of games on profile page#1

When you're looking at games in your profile, you're usually interested in longer time-control games. The bullet games are not interesting. Therefore, it would be nice to have further filtering option…


FinkelFrand
Lichess Feedback - Tournament time control#3

I agree. At least make it possible to have 10+5 or something, 2 secs increment is way too little. Or 2+5, that sounds like an interesting time control, but it's not possible. And I don't see a good re…


FinkelFrand
Lichess Feedback - Why doesn't the recurring tournaments use increment?#1

Like, why isn't the hourly blitz tournament 4+2, for example? I personally think that's much more fun, especially because it encourages people to play higher quality chess. I pretty much never play th…


FinkelFrand