| Game analysis - undeveloping in the French Defense#2 While 5...Bb4 is indeed hardly a "threat", it does partially solve Black's problem of how to develop the kingside pieces harmoniously by intending to exchange one of them off (...Bxc3). Black's undeve… | Brian-E  |
| General Chess Discussion - Should I learn the Sicilian?#6 Looking at your recent games, it appears that you are a 1.e4 player as White. One suggestion which might help you answer whether the Sicilian might be right for you is: try opening 1.c4 now and then a… | Brian-E |
| General Chess Discussion - How to evaluate my chess progress?#9 It seems to me that you are asking two unrelated questions (how to monitor chess progress, and whether to switch to another game), but I'm probably misunderstanding you. Just to try to clarify what yo… | Brian-E |
| General Chess Discussion - Difference in thinking?#7 Interesting topic. I think it works the other way with me. If I accept someone else's challenge I feel nervous because the player didn't choose to play me specifically and I'm worried that they might … | Brian-E |
| General Chess Discussion - How the hell is this endgame WINNING for White????#17 @e4e5f4exf4nicht said in #16: > How many pieces can be on the Board for a table base solution. Are 8 pieces not to much? Seven is the maximum that has been achieved so far (the two kings and five othe… | Brian-E |
| Lichess Feedback - Question: Reporting people automatically adds users to block list.#13 @NaturalBornTraveller said in #12: > [...] Or should we, us curious users, just speculate? [...] My own speculation is that it was judged that automatically adding all reported users to the block list… | Brian-E |
| General Chess Discussion - How the hell is this endgame WINNING for White????#11 @petri999 said in #9: > 8/2Nr4/4Kp2/4pN2/4Pk2/8/8/8 w - - 0 53 > the position I saw on boad and table base gives Kxd7 as winning move. in actual game hitting win Kn is drawn. Oh I see, you're taking i… | Brian-E |
| General Chess Discussion - How the hell is this endgame WINNING for White????#8 @petri999 said in #6: > no it is not a draw. higly academic issued but 7 piece table base says it is winnable it really is. In practice far and few between can really win this That's very interesting,… | Brian-E |
| General Chess Discussion - How the hell is this endgame WINNING for White????#7 @petri999 said in #4: > endgame table bases do not have bugs due to method they are compiled. Or they would have a lots of bugs. Building table is pretty simple backtracking algorithm. For sheer fun o… | Brian-E |
| General Chess Discussion - How the hell is this endgame WINNING for White????#5 For a win for the knights (ignoring the 50 move rule) the pawn needs to be behind the "Troitsky Line" and securely blockaded by a knight. For an e-pawn as here, the pawn needs to be no further advance… | Brian-E |
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