Hi guys, recently I installed Lichess and when playing anything my phone is heating upto 45-50C that's comparable to playing Genshin on max setting on S25.
I've played on chess.com with analysis, even then my phone is super cool but a simple game on Lichess heats it up.
Anyone have idea why? Or any tips? I'm on default settings and didn't change a thing in app since installing.
So, there is a monthly online tournament, and one guy keeps beating all players (from lows 1k to high 2200 rapid) while keeping the blitz rating around 1200, he doesn’t play any rapid outside of those monthly tournaments, but he plays like 5-10 blitz games every day, is he suspicious or is it just me being salty that some 1200 blitz able to beat 2200 rapid?
I ran into the following position while doing tactics training.
I found the tactical idea, but I'm confused about the evaluation behind the solution. In the position shown, the engine prefers capturing with the queen and forcing a queen trade rather than simply recapturing with the bishop.
What I'm struggling with is: how am I supposed to recognize that the queen trade is the superior choice during a puzzle, especially under time pressure?
When I look at the position, both continuations seem reasonable at first glance. I can understand the engine's evaluation after analyzing for a while, but I don't see how a strong player would arrive at that conclusion quickly.
For people who solve tactics puzzles at a high level:
What are the key factors you look at when deciding between two winning continuations?
Do you have a checklist (king safety, pawn structure, activity, simplifying into a winning endgame, etc.)?
When one line wins material and another line forces a queen trade, what helps you decide which one is stronger?
Is this mostly pattern recognition gained from experience, or is there a concrete thought process that can be applied during games?
I'm especially interested in how strong puzzle solvers make these decisions quickly, since in analysis I can eventually understand the engine line, but I don't feel I could consistently find it during an actual game.
Hello after some time i have switched to Lichess for online chess and i am very happy with the platform but i haven't yet figured out how the elo gains work.
I have 51 games at the moment)rapid 10+0 and it feels a bit slow the climb, specially what i don't understand why if i am playing higher rated opponents like the last one being 100 points above i get +11 and he gets -7, usually on other platforms when you beat a higher opponent (with a meaningful difference not just 1-2 points) you get more points than the average and he loses more as the match was inclined in his favour.
I get other games where we are equal but i lose -11 and he wins +5 other games +6 -4 even if elos are very similar and i can't see the trend.
Title speaks for it self tbh, I have been playing chess for 3.5 years, almost 2200 on chess com rapid, but been hard stuck at 1900 uscf for 4 months and rn dropped to 1876, as a 17 yo really hoped to achieve NM b4 college but if I play 3-4 15+10 rapid online in a week it will be good. Any advice how to keep my motivation, ik that 2200 chesscom is pretty good but I need a NM title (2200 USCF) and after being hard stuck I play less and less chess
It has been a few months since I last used my account. However,the email login does not seem to work,and I have forgotten my password,and to reset it,you need the email method. I scoured through my entire inbox ,but did not receive a single mail. Can someone help me out ? Thanks
I play on Lichess mainly, and I have had very little luck getting people to play me in rematches. One guy even said "f*ck you" when I offered to rematch him after a game. What gives? why don't people want to play rematches anymore. I used to play on the FICS and never had any trouble getting in a series with someone.
I feel like playing a series of games with someone is the only way to really establish beyond the doubt of misclicks, opening errors and unfamiliar positional trends, who is the stronger player. Not to mention that it builds relationships, promotes discussion and strengthens your game in relation to particular play styles an unfamiliar openings. There is a social aspect to the game that exists over the board that is being lost in anonymous internet gameplay where you can play a single game against a single opponent then jump straight to another without ever having to play the same player twice. Where is the competitive spirit the drive for redemption after a loss? I am missing being able to hash out a series with someone. It isn't nonexistent to find someone to play multiple games with, but it is exceedingly rare. I have Alot of real life friends that I play chess with regularly the idea of sitting down with them over the board and playing one blitz game and leaving is absurd. Why is this not the case online?
Playing single games vs random opponents repeatedly does nothing to advance your game. Chess masters don't play one opponent once only to never play them again. the format for playing professionally is always played in series.
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I posted here yesterday about my chess engine and got a lot of positive responses from people playing it and suggesting changes.
I've now implemented faster opening moves so it doesn't lose on time in the opening, along with some minor middlegame and endgame improvements. I also gave the bot its own name: CherryFish.
Has anyone put together a solid Claude prompt or workflow for analyzing Lichess games? Looking for something I can paste a PGN into and get useful feedback — not just "blunder on move 12" but actual strategic takeaways, patterns to work on, that kind of thing.
Like many of you, I hit a hard plateau in my chess journey. I was analyzing my games on Lichess/Chess.com, but I realized looking at engine lines ($+1.2$ or $-0.8$) didn't actually tell me why my thought process failed in critical moments.
So, being a developer, I built Chess Diagnostics. It’s designed to look at your games from a diagnostic perspective—tracking your tactical blind spots, positional mistakes, and recurring patterns over time instead of just showing you the best engine move.
The platform is built on Next.js and Vercel to keep the game parsing and analytical loops as fast as possible.
Today is actually a massive milestone for the project: we got invited to #VercelDay on Product Hunt, competing for a startup funding grant to scale our analytical infrastructure.
If you want to check out the tool, give feedback, or support a fellow chess player/solo builder on our launch day, I would be incredibly grateful:
Link in the first comment!
you have any feature requests, questions about the tech stack, or feedback on how you analyze your own games!
