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Community Blog Discussions - What really decides games at the USCF 1900 level#17

@IgorKarkaroff03 said in #16: > What is USCF compared to FIDE rating? I'm 2000 fide and I don't make such blunders Seems +50/+100 compared to fide, so we're talking about 18xx FIDE range here - sounds…


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Community Blog Discussions - What really decides games at the USCF 1900 level#10

@vlad4719 said in #8: > why people with rating 2000+ blundering bishops and 1200+ played with 95+ accuracy?!(USFC rating) Also you force people into making more mistakes by being aggressive towards th…


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Community Blog Discussions - What really decides games at the USCF 1900 level#5

Words to live by, I tell this to anyone who listens and who's in a place to learn from me. For most of my chess life I've been relatively weak at most endgames, positional concepts, openings, everythi…


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Community Blog Discussions - Candidates Round 3: A Peaceful Round and Two Sibling Victories#3

@Lichess Minor error in the text ? The last sentence of the Open section commentary reads > Some players have continued to drop; [...] also Nakamura, given his draw with the white pieces against a pla…


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Community Blog Discussions - Candidates Round 1: 4 Draws in Open, While Zhongyi Draws Blood#7

Loved the in-game commentary :D Should we praise lovlas for it ?


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Community Blog Discussions - Opportunism#9

@Toadofsky said in #8: > A few times, but never seriously enough. Eventually I discovered shogi and lost interest in competitive chess, despite knowing quite a bit about it at an amateur level. This g…


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Community Blog Discussions - Opportunism#4

@dboing those fluffy terms make some sense to me, I can try to explain and others may differ. A position is "understood" when one can "recognize" it quickly, and determine a good plan for it, possibly…


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Lichess Feedback - Off topic spam#26

@cFlour I feel like we need your expert opinion on the crêpes vs pancakes question. Or are you biased in favor of cRêpes ?


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Community Blog Discussions - Tournament Formats in Professional Chess#5

This is great


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Community Blog Discussions - The xG of Chess: Shark Points#47

@Evo-Bishops said in #46: > Well well....an awesome artical but I still can't understand the formula > ..I mean for every move will there be an average shark score and we have to average it or somethi…


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