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Mobile phone app seems to have limited functionality when in a tournament. Is this a common problem? I entered a tournament using my PC, I then had to switch to my phone app in order to finish playing…

It seems that it is not possible to create a study on the lichess mobile app? Anyone know why this is?

In the above position it is possible for either player to be mated in the corner if they box themselves in with their own N. The opponent then delivers smothered mate with their N.

https://lichess.org/VTDP84s2/black#29 I got outplayed in the opening and could only hang on and try to avoid exchanging pieces, hoping for an opportunity. For my final move, I only really thought it w…

There is a procedure for offering a draw, excluding the 50 move rule and 3-fold repetition. It is advised that a player offers a draw in their own turn, then makes their move and writing the '=' symbo…

@noahlz said in #2: > Really? Because everyone and I mean everyone I play in OTB does this. Nobody writes the moves before making them. This was stopped decades ago. There are a few diehard old player…

I have contributed to a friends study. I normally initial my comments to save confusion. However, I noticed that some of my comments are automatically tagged with my username. Strangely though, not my…

FIDE does not allow the use of the Russian flag. Chess.com does not allow the use of the Russian flag. Why does Lichess allow the use of the Russian flag?

Great article detailing how females in chess are treated online and OTB. I agree that people should not have to worry if their profile names are male or female. To change an online name to something g…