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Lichess Feedback - You need to make the takeback and draw offer dialogues different#3

I played a game earlier today against a guy who threw away his queen for no apparent reason. He asked for a takeback, and I was about to grant it, then he cancelled it and sent in a draw offer. I now …


Alayan
Lichess Feedback - who likes the new +500 -500 rating range?#52

The new system gives much less control to the player as to the rating range of their opponent than before. It doesn't just prevent from playing beyond 500 elo, more importantly it prevents from creati…


Alayan
General Chess Discussion - Is it possible for checkmate to be the only legal move?#6

Very easy. https://lichess.org/analysis/3k1n2/2pP1P2/2P1PP2/8/8/6r1/6rb/7K_w_-_-_0_1 You're welcome. EDIT : I was a bit slow... #5 example is wrong because while all moves checkmate in 1, there are 3 …


Alayan
Game analysis - 21 Best Engine Games out of Tens of Thousands I've watched in 3 years#5

Heavy preference for Leela wins I see


Alayan
Lichess Feedback - Bugged analysis#1

+ eval means white is better and - eval that black is better. The sign is inverted here in the analysis of this game : https://lichess.org/XAkpDaQP


Alayan
General Chess Discussion - Elometer#44

The elometer is very inaccurate, and you could play a couple blitz games in the same time.


Alayan
General Chess Discussion - sandbagging#17

@h2b2 Increase the number of games required to join a blitz/bullet tournament. Legitimate new players may need a few days instead of a few hours to casually make their way to the increased limit, then…


Alayan
General Chess Discussion - Sandbagging spike on lichess 🚀#69

Yes, some players are bound to be lucky, that's why one tournament perf is not significant, but repeated large in-tournament/out-tournament perf differences are. When a player has a 1800-1900 perf rat…


Alayan
General Chess Discussion - Using "shapes" pieces and blindfold mode = sandbagging?#4

Lichess won't ban you for making a blindfold alt account. While the rules say multi-account is forbidden, there is a wide tolerance for situations where the alt-account is used for a different purpose…


Alayan
General Chess Discussion - Sandbagging spike on lichess 🚀#56

There is a simple way to catch many more sandbaggers automatically. Compare in-tournament performance and out-tournament performance. And especially performance in U-tournaments. The only reason to sa…


Alayan