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To @BaronVonChickenpants, #4. That seems compromistic, as it lifts strict time control. Possibly it would work well when the two players are acquainted with each other, when they are regular opponents…

Argh. This whole thread has become difficult to manage. The picture is hardly clear to me, unlikely to be clear to any other participants, and probably utterly obscure to any passer-by. I hope to do s…

Here’s a primitive example of an instance of what I talked about this whole thread: https://lichess.org/study/v47a5gMv/xfuFkxMu#27

I’m confused each time people refer to “dirty tactics” in chess, as they don’t seem to imply anything like shifting pieces when the opponent is looking away but something totally within the rules (and…

It would be nice if we would have an ability to pause a game on mutual agreement. I also think the opponent should have an option to demand sealing a move. Pausing and sealing is a common practice in …

I’ve spotted a captcha with a weird help link today (9 April) at 8:50 ± 10 m, UTC: https://imgur.com/4TMO11X The link is the same as displayed, but with “#last” appended to the end. For your convenien…

To @OctoPinky, #30. Yes, both your examples are instances of what I meant. They are also instances of what I want as puzzles at the same time, though those particular two can hardly be entertaining—so…

To @OctoPinky, #25. > > Reaching equality from positions which were lost just before the opponent’s last move. > I think this is exactly that (from the “Equality” category, https://lichess.org/trainin…

To @DrBuzzworth, #27. > It shows you failed to solve 127 puzzles in a row between March 23rd and March 25th, 0–127. I had turned on unrated mode and then kept clicking “view the solution” right away e…

To @OctoPinky, #22. > Strictly speaking it is not lost if there is some sequence of moves leading to equality. Absolutely! I dare say that I understand this idea fully and perfectly—it’s just my wordi…