| General Chess Discussion - All About Cheating - Part 2: The Psychology and Pathology of Cheaters#36 The day I "played above myself", was it 13 February, when I played a 7+2 rapid swiss, starting in round 2 so played 6/7 rounds. Every opponent was rated higher than myself yet I emerged with 4 wins 1 … | earlpurple  |
| General Chess Discussion - Classical ruined my blitz need help#8 Players need to adjust to different time controls, and playing too much blitz can ruin your classical play, either because you're so used to bashing out moves quickly that you don't take time to analy… | earlpurple |
| General Chess Discussion - Rematches#14 @Toscani said in #12: > As players' skills improve, they tend to resign more readily from lost positions to save time. While some view resigning as part of chess etiquette, the temptation of a potenti… | earlpurple |
| General Chess Discussion - Rematches#13 They could add options of 2-game matches (or longer ones). I guess for bullet you could happily create a longer match, for blitz a bit shorter and for rapid 2 games would be enough. You'd then play al… | earlpurple |
| General Chess Discussion - My Submission for the Vihh_Sou Opening #chessDrama#21 I intend to write a blog on the subject. I cannot say if he was cheating or not. It is not enough to say "he can't have won doing that without cheating". Was anyone watching the games with engine anal… | earlpurple |
| General Chess Discussion - I need help, please; i'm suffering a lot#7 They would mark for any kind of external assistance during a game. Why do you think it's ok to use any kind of checker? Even having a written sheet of paper in front of you with your prepared lines wo… | earlpurple |
| General Chess Discussion - I need help, please; i'm suffering a lot#5 @Dmitri_Fatkin said in #3: > There's nothing the readers can do about it, account issues should be resolved privately via Appeal page: > lichess.org/appeal You do know, by the way, you are marked? OP … | earlpurple |
| General Chess Discussion - I need help, please; i'm suffering a lot#4 You say used chessvision AI, is that something you used to help in a game? In which case yes you have cheated. You say your accounts were closed or they were marked? In which case you go to http://lic… | earlpurple |
| General Chess Discussion - All About Cheating - Part 2: The Psychology and Pathology of Cheaters#29 I play rapid with increments and have a rating around 2000, so you'd expect I'd be playing against a lot of cheats, but the last player to beat me whose account is marked was back in June 2019 and it … | earlpurple |
| General Chess Discussion - Aborting before starting not counted as a win. Arguments in favour of this are illogical.#10 @TonyNorriss said in #3: > I started a topic on this awhile back as well. The general consensus was that many players find blitz harder than rapid. I certainly am like that. My rapid rating is around … | earlpurple |
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