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Some tournaments such as rapid tournaments are 2.5 hours long, but the next tournament with the same time control does not start until 3 hours later. If I log in at twenty minutes or twenty-five past …

Well, the problem is, if you want an imbalanced game with black and you don't like solid openings like 1...e5, you need to take some chances and you probably need to know your theory (or accept that y…

@KralSik31 said in #5: > 30.Qc4 Ne2 31.Qg8+ Why can't the king hide on g5? After 29....Nf4 30.Qc4 Ne2 31.Qg8+ Kh6 32.Qh8+ Kg5, white is out of reasonable checks, black is threatening to mate starting …

Or ...Ne2 and Rf1

Yes, 22.Rxf5 is nice. How does white respond to 29....Nf4, intending ...Ne2 and ...Ng3?

Well, I agree with you Salieri: it isn't really fair, any more than it is fair to you if my opponent does not make their first move and just gifts me two points (or four). On the other hand, I just ca…

There is a drop down menu that allows you to change the difficulty of the puzzles, but I did not see an option that allows for a random mix of difficulties, which is what we used to get whether we wan…

@Lidraughtsorg: There is a problem with your terminology, at least how I would understand "twice as good" or "three times as good." If we imagine three players, A, B, and C, whose ratings are 2200, 20…

Oh, and I believe Glicko is basically a variation on ELO.

I have no idea what "twice as good" means. Against another 1800, an 1800-rated player should score 50%, but a 2000-rated player will not score 100%, and against a player rated lower than 1800, an 1800…