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Yes I often have this problem, the fastest I ever play is 2+1. In many games I lose on time, even though I have some left on my clock. I mean I must always have at least one second left to play a move…

I think it's an aesthetic decision in the Staunton pattern piece set. The central pieces (King and Queen) are the tallest and then the height of the pieces decreases towards the edges of the board.

Pretty sure this is a new policy, or a change in the algorithm. I've never seen this in my 5000+ games until the last week, and I've had 2 warnings now. Most recently for this game: https://lichess.or…

Twice in the last few days, using the app on Android, playing bullet. Suddenly the game freezes, "unable to fetch" message appears, then suddenly a puzzle appears instead of the game - "find the best …

Taking my dog to the vet to have her put down.

I just read the Earthsea quartet again by Ursula LeGuin. I don't usually go in for fantasy stuff, but it's an exciting and powerful epic. A masterpiece of writing.

@Raspberry_yoghurt said in #1: > Is that a common expression in English? Or is it idiosyncratic? Finally I gave in and googled it. It's in all the dictionaries but I'm not sure if I've heard it before…

Please do not fuck the mobipes. Thankyou.

If I'm playing someone with a similar rating and they play garbage opening moves, I figure they are likely stronger than me in other phases of the game. That's just logical.

Whichever one I happen to own at the time.