Off-Topic Discussion - A list of openings with strange (dumb) names#10 The "Monster Declined" as the lichess database calls the position after 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7. | Dr_King_Schultz |
General Chess Discussion - Opening against 1.d4#21 If it's your first OTB tournament, then the only 1. d4 opening you will encounter is the London System, so better focus on that. | Dr_King_Schultz |
Off-Topic Discussion - If you had to to listen to Only one song, forever playing in your head, what song would it be?#25 Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond (part 1 - as many as are allowed) | Dr_King_Schultz |
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General Chess Discussion - How do I prepare for a Classical OTB tournament?#3 For getting used to a physical board: Do what Sarg0n said. For getting used to the time control: Play correspondence and do some puzzles. Take your time there! | Dr_King_Schultz |
General Chess Discussion - Did wearing Lichess hoodies improve your bullet rating ?#5 I guess wearing them at OTB opens generally attracts more amateurs than elite players to the site. Which in turn results in a deflation of the rating pool. So, yes, it does improve your rating then. | Dr_King_Schultz |
General Chess Discussion - What is the hardest positional puzzle(-s) that you have ever seen ?#5 @Sarg0n said in #2: > I still have no clue solving this puzzle: > > lichess.org/editor/rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1 > > In fact it is quite important! How's that position i… | Dr_King_Schultz |
General Chess Discussion - - Interesting Names For Openings and Variations -#15 The "Frankenstein-Dracula Variation" (1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6?! 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6) and the "Monster Declined" (5...Be7). | Dr_King_Schultz |
Off-Topic Discussion - What's wrong in this picture?#4 Correct. I was expecting a bunch of "wrong setup"-replies first. ^^ But indeed, the setup is correct (black's queen's rook on a8), the colouring of the squares is wrong. :D | Dr_King_Schultz |
Off-Topic Discussion - What's wrong in this picture?#1 (Found this picture in an article about Abhimanyu Mishra's record as new youngest grandmaster in a German online news magazine...) Can you find the mistake in this picture? (It's not as obvious as you… | Dr_King_Schultz |
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