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Community Blog Discussions - The War on Attention#51

Thanks for the very well written and thought provoking article. I've had a similar mindset for years but recently have fallen victim to short term content addiction. I have a really long to do list th…


ellehooq
Lichess Feedback - Is it hard to find games under 1000 rating?#3

If you lose your rating will go down. If you win it will go up. You will eventually be paired at your skill level. Just let it do its thing.


ellehooq
General Chess Discussion - Thibault Ukraine Russia Moral Standpoint#14

I personally know many Russians who are against the war in Ukraine. Why ban all Russians because they were born there and by no choice of their own are ruled by a totalitarian regime. You said yoursel…


ellehooq
General Chess Discussion - Using OpenCV to film a chessboard and convert it to a position in lichess?#2

Right, so my actual question is, is there already software that does this or is under development? Please link to GitHub or the page if it already exists.


ellehooq
General Chess Discussion - Using OpenCV to film a chessboard and convert it to a position in lichess?#1

Hi, I had an idea a few years ago to a) use NLP methods to play chess with only voice prompts. I see that is already in development which is fantastic, but my other idea was this: Use Computer Vision …


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General Chess Discussion - How to create chess variants using lichess?#1

Hi, I dabble in programming and software engineering. Wondering if there is any documentation on how to create variants using lichess as a starting point? I have plenty of ideas for variants and thoug…


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General Chess Discussion - How many positions are there in the biggest chess endgame tablebase?#1

I've been googling this question. Google comes up with all the wrong answers. It tells me the database has been solved for 7 pieces on the board and that it's about 1 Terabyte of data. Other answers t…


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Lichess Feedback - Just a question about the Master's database out of curiosity#1

Just wondering what is the source of the master's database? I noticed there aren't games by Fischer, for example. Are there plans to make a more comprehensive Master's database including older histori…


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General Chess Discussion - Proposed alternative to Armageddon tie-breaks.#4

@Magdiragdag said in #3: > @ellehooq > > And then what do you do if the game ends in a draw? Yeah, good point. I guess you lower the time controls and make it that you keep playing and first to win by…


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