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Lichess Feedback - I resigned and got a warning for letting my time run out instead of resigning#3

NoobBatter, maybe it's not lost but in blitz it looks awful. f7 can't be protected so White is getting his pawn back and is just much better. Something like 19...Nb6 (what else?) 20.Bxf7+ Kh8 21.Rc5 i…


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Lichess Feedback - I resigned and got a warning for letting my time run out instead of resigning#1

https://lichess.org/0MZeXXl3DHUd Didn't even wait that long to resign, just took a few seconds to see that I had no moves.


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General Chess Discussion - Super-GM Charity Tournament to be held on lichess.org: 12 - 14 May#23

Will provisions be made for Inarkiev to play illegal moves in his opponent's time trouble to steal wins?


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Lichess Feedback - Flagged by server reboot in winning position then chastised for flagging#4

Thanks Toad, I play on multiple formats. This game was on Amazon Fire with Silk Browser and wi-fi. It occurred to me that it might be my system failing to re-connect but if that is the situation, at t…


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Lichess Feedback - Flagged by server reboot in winning position then chastised for flagging#1

https://lichess.org/mZAYxO2e1rxl I'm completely winning here but the server went down after which: 1. My opponent got 15 extra seconds but I did not? 2. My game never reconnected, i.e. I thought it wa…


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Lichess Feedback - once again lichess' asinine insufficient material rule comes about#24

Hi Nick, as I said before I have two decades of experience with what is apparently only the American way of doing things. Experience builds up expectation. Sarg0n, you and others have made reasonable …


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Lichess Feedback - once again lichess' asinine insufficient material rule comes about#17

Oh for crying out loud, I comprehend it perfectly well, dude. Read the whole thread. I think punishing a player for having too much material is silly but I already admitted-- oh whatever. The language…


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Lichess Feedback - once again lichess' asinine insufficient material rule comes about#13

Someday you all will be old like me, and when the world changes around you you'll think it's wrong just because it wasn't what you were accustomed to. I apologize to lichess for wasting their time on …


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Lichess Feedback - once again lichess' asinine insufficient material rule comes about#11

Yes, increment is a fine suggestion, I don't know why I don't like playing with it but I should get used to it. And thanks for the tip about playchess and chess24. I still think it's a really bad rule…


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Lichess Feedback - once again lichess' asinine insufficient material rule comes about#9

I meant 1 and 1, just mistyped. Could you put your text in bold in addition to all caps? it's hard to read, thanks. "form your own site", that's great, real thoughtfulness there. Why have forums here …


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