| General Chess Discussion - Tortoise icon for classical games. Rude.#33 I don't like the rabbit/turtle icons, but they aren't bad. They're pretty good. I understand that turtle means slow, so it works. How I see it: lichess makes a nice improvement desired by the communit… | Rairden |
| General Chess Discussion - Checkmate with knight and bishop#5 I've only seen it come up once in my 1000 classical games, and 3000 blitz games. I forget what time control it was, but I also had 1 pawn so it doesn't count. Yeah I learned it two years ago and took … | Rairden |
| General Chess Discussion - Why are these forums so quiet compared to other sites?#16 Yeah I gotta admit maybe the captcha is a small factor in less forum participation. The forum on chess.com could be more active because people are encouraged to post. That should eventually catch on h… | Rairden |
| Off-Topic Discussion - University students and chess: How to allocate cognitive resources?#3 Yeah I don't think studying chess and school should be mixed. Even if you're part-time college. "So my experience is that chess doesn't mix well with university studies , nor with life in general." Tr… | Rairden |
| Off-Topic Discussion - 9/11#6 What is wild is that if not for youtube, or internet, it would take many more years for the truth to get out. Later we can go back and use deep analysis from professionals (logicians, mathematicians, … | Rairden |
| General Chess Discussion - Has anyone suffered from a blitz addiction?#13 "He talks about applying for jobs and not getting a chance because when he puts on his resume/cv that he has spent the last few years as a professional chess player then companies don't take him serio… | Rairden |
| General Chess Discussion - Has anyone suffered from a blitz addiction?#3 Aren't we all addicted? You see books titled "If you aren't obsessed about something, you're average!" People value competition maybe too much. Paraphrasing comedian Doug Stanhope, "I'm not a drug add… | Rairden |
| Off-Topic Discussion - What was the last book you read?#7 I read "The subtle art of not giving a fuck". It's a self-help book about how to live life a little better, or a strategy on how to be happy and finding what's important to you. Talks about values thr… | Rairden |
| General Chess Discussion - I miss more classical chess formats here on Lichess, do you?#13 In case anyone was wondering..... As a 1700 15min player, it only takes on average 60 seconds to find a game (pool 15+15, or 15+10 custom). I tested this a lot during slowest hours (stop-watched 50 ga… | Rairden |
| General Chess Discussion - Is CM a joke title?#20 No it's not a joke title. It's nothing more than a classification of performance for those special guys on the far right of the bell curve. | Rairden |
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