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Drawing the lines on the board is normally done by streamers to indicate their thoughts. They are not stored as such so would not be "making notes" the FIDE way.

Has FIDE ever specified that "touch move" does not apply in online chess? Otherwise, why not apply a standard rule of chess. In standard chess though if you touch a piece that has no legal moves, ther…

There should be some stickies / FAQs because we get these questions asked all time. Although your opponent can't force checkmate, it is possible to arrange a "help" mate to put your king in the corner…

I would like more filters in the games I watch. - Ideally pick games with increment - For variants, be able to also select time-control features.

Not discussing whether it's against ToS but the morality of creating new accounts purposely to "speed run", i.e. see how fast you can get the rating up. On chess.com I have seen them do this but the a…

1 Most players seeking games don't use the lobby. 2. Lobby is not visible on android app (although you can see it on android going via the browser) 3. I also asked for this in regular arenas as they a…

The time control I think would be useful to have added to the "Quick Pairings" is 10+2 because I think more people will pick that than 10+5. Some people do like the idea of increment so the endgame do…

Interesting but if often happened to me in my OTB days that I would castle as black only for the opponents to throw everything forward and I would have to stave it all off defending. That didn't mean …

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 …

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…