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Re: Lichess - Don't register. Play Chess.

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Post by akkartik »

jensv wrote: post #6

Here's a replay of me playing someone who outclasses and outplays me in every way but becomes overconfident and makes a careless mistake that costs him/her the game. I find it amusing because I don't imagine it being common for a weak player to beat a stronger opponent. http://lichess.org/analyse/pvpxyq Once again I make no claim on my ability to play the game of chess. (I suck) This was more luck than anything but i…

A similar see-sawing battle that's also nicely explained: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6820

Re: Lichess - Don't register. Play Chess.

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Post by ugh »

Kilimanjaro wrote: post #27

Love it! visuals are nice but can be improved. wooden board, 3D pieces etc. Before matching players in a random game, ask for a level like novice, intermediate and pro. I like the chess roulette idea...

“Visuals are nice but can be improved. wooden board, 3D pieces etc.”

You would call that improved and I would call that tacky.

Re: Lichess - Don't register. Play Chess.

#43

Post by zalew »

I like it very much, it's fun to use, but do sth with the performance. At the moment "149 connected players" and it's hanging. It's 3rd game in a row for me when it's hanging once a few moves, now it's dead completely. Game over :(

Re: Lichess - Don't register. Play Chess.

#44

Post by flipper »

PostOnce wrote: post #36

A Lichess is a female Lich. How many D&D scenarios have you play a game of chess against a Lich? Sometimes, I feel it worthwhile to waste karma on these musings. Daydream more often.

I came in here to make the same point, though I too was pondering the karma hit. Have an upvote.

To drag another tangential fantasy/sci-fi reference into the discussion, in an episode of Blake's 7 Avon and Vila smuggled their supercomputer Orac into a space casino so Vila could play against The Klute, a wizened Davros-like house chess genius with a terrifying laugh. The prize for winning or drawing was 10 million space credits, lose and The Klute could choose your destruction.

Sayonara karma.

Re: Lichess - Don't register. Play Chess.

#45

Post by Kilimanjaro »

ugh wrote: post #42
Kilimanjaro wrote: post #27

Love it! visuals are nice but can be improved. wooden board, 3D pieces etc. Before matching players in a random game, ask for a level like novice, intermediate and pro. I like the chess roulette idea...

“Visuals are nice but can be improved. wooden board, 3D pieces etc.” You would call that improved and I would call that tacky.

one man's tackyness is another's beauty

http://www.tchessgame.com/ss/ipad_main.png

http://www.tchessgame.com/ss/ipad_editposition.png

http://www.tchessgame.com/ss/ipad_analysis.png

But what do I know about design? A mere coder...

Re: Lichess - Don't register. Play Chess.

#47

Post by chc »

j_baker wrote: post #34
_ouxp wrote: post #3

Please don't tell me Safari 5 is deprecated and ask me to "upgrade" to Firefox.

Look on the bright side. At least the page doesn't say something like "Works best on Internet Explorer 4" (or some other outdated version of IE).

I don't see how that would be much worse. You're requiring one specific version of one specific browser either way.

Re: Lichess - Don't register. Play Chess.

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Post by [deleted] »

Kilimanjaro wrote: post #45
ugh wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Visuals are nice but can be improved. wooden board, 3D pieces etc.” You would call that improved and I would call that tacky.

one man's tackyness is another's beauty http://www.tchessgame.com/ss/ipad_main.png http://www.tchessgame.com/ss/ipad_editposition.png http://www.tchessgame.com/ss/ipad_analysis.png But what do I know about design? A mere coder...

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