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Re: LiChess: Learn from your mistakes

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Post by fsiefken » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 12:06 PM UTC

lumberjack wrote: post #88

fsiefken wrote: post #64

LiChess is one of the most amazing hosted platforms out there, it's very fast, it has a minimalistic design, it has no ads and does the thing that it does very well. Furthermore they sympathetically state: "Lichess mobile is developed and translated to 80 languages by volunteers. Just like the website, it's 100% free forever, and there will never be advertisements. This is humanist software, made open source for the…

>new variant to change the chess rules to accommodate a smaller board 5x6, 4x5 or 6x6 for even shorter games. That makes no sense. You can have games as short as you want. Just play using a different time control. I play 1+2 (minute plus seconds) and those games last 2 to 3 minutes at most. BTW with variants, you're not really playing chess anymore. You're playing a different game with chess pieces. Not all the strat…

Yes, but variants are supported in the application, anti-chess, horde, atomic, three-check etc. Agreed, those are not really chess, as the rules or end conditions are significantly changed. But it's like chess960 chess, the pieces are on a different position or there are less pieces and a smaller board. The reason for my wish is that I want to play a small chess game with my son before bed, it should be a bit less daunting then a complete chessboard and only use a few pieces, so it would be both quick and easy. A time constrained regular chess game would be quick but less easy or usable for a young kid.

Re: LiChess: Learn from your mistakes

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Post by lainon » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 12:25 PM UTC

sscotth wrote: post #35

If your interested in cool and unique features, try resetting your password: https://en.lichess.org/password/reset

There has been a whole thread concerning this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5351734

Re: LiChess: Learn from your mistakes

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Post by Someone » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 1:12 PM UTC

oli5679 wrote: post #87

ggrochow wrote: post #51

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detailed cost breakdown https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CGgu-7aNxlZkjLl9l-Ol... ( link came from here https://en.lichess.org/patron )

I'm supprised that they get $47 mn in donations. Rarely see the patron icon when I play.

$47k, not million. Amounts in that spreadsheet aren't in thousands.

Re: LiChess: Learn from your mistakes

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Post by maaaats » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 1:21 PM UTC

fsiefken wrote: post #91

lumberjack wrote: post #88

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>new variant to change the chess rules to accommodate a smaller board 5x6, 4x5 or 6x6 for even shorter games. That makes no sense. You can have games as short as you want. Just play using a different time control. I play 1+2 (minute plus seconds) and those games last 2 to 3 minutes at most. BTW with variants, you're not really playing chess anymore. You're playing a different game with chess pieces. Not all the strat…

Yes, but variants are supported in the application, anti-chess, horde, atomic, three-check etc. Agreed, those are not really chess, as the rules or end conditions are significantly changed. But it's like chess960 chess, the pieces are on a different position or there are less pieces and a smaller board. The reason for my wish is that I want to play a small chess game with my son before bed, it should be a bit less da…

Can't you just make this yourself? Why does it have to be a part of the lichess platform?

Re: LiChess: Learn from your mistakes

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Post by fsiefken » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 1:53 PM UTC

maaaats wrote: post #94

fsiefken wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but variants are supported in the application, anti-chess, horde, atomic, three-check etc. Agreed, those are not really chess, as the rules or end conditions are significantly changed. But it's like chess960 chess, the pieces are on a different position or there are less pieces and a smaller board. The reason for my wish is that I want to play a small chess game with my son before bed, it should be a bit less da…

Can't you just make this yourself? Why does it have to be a part of the lichess platform?

Yes, of course. I was just explaining what the lichess platform would need (and why) to be perfect in my humble opinion. It would be nice to use the same chess app for everything chess related, with the social aspect working offline like a progressive web app.

Re: LiChess: Learn from your mistakes

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Post by spot » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 2:24 PM UTC

slilo wrote: post #15

I'd like to have similar tool for the game of Go!

Crazy Stone deep learning has analysis mode where it identifies your mistakes and recommends alternatives:

http://www.unbalance.co.jp/igo/eng/

the game engine is strong, 5d running local on my phone, no server!

here for android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.unbalanc...

i hear it exists for iOS too

Re: LiChess: Learn from your mistakes

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Post by oli5679 » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 3:23 PM UTC

Someone wrote: post #93

oli5679 wrote: post #87

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I'm supprised that they get $47 mn in donations. Rarely see the patron icon when I play.

$47k, not million. Amounts in that spreadsheet aren't in thousands.

Apologies, thanks for clarifying

Re: LiChess: Learn from your mistakes

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Post by ScalaFan » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 3:54 PM UTC

davidlakata wrote: post #9

smallnamespace wrote: post #6

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Is that actually the case, or perhaps humans try a lot of sub-optimal opening lines?

The engine dislikes the King Gambit, which has a pretty lengthy history, dating back to the 1600s [1]. However, it's not played much anymore at very top levels, and much has been written about its weaknesses [2]. So in some sense, humans have been "trying" the King's Gambit for centuries and have only recently come to the conclusion that it's not optimal. Many players enjoy using the opening simply because it leads t…

So what happens when you force Stockfish to play itself in a Kings Gambit opening?

Re: LiChess: Learn from your mistakes

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Post by pachydermic » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 3:56 PM UTC

dfc wrote: post #34

cristoperb wrote: post #30

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I agree it's annoying. But at least if you use the new "Quick game" pairing system there is no option to choose a color.

So now it's just people who quit half the quick games they start with you?

I haven't encountered this problem personally. I think most people are just playing for fun not to get their number higher.

Re: LiChess: Learn from your mistakes

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Post by minusSeven » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 4:28 PM UTC

nilkn wrote: post #52

lichess is legitimately one of the most impressive web applications I've seen and used. I've never been a big fan of playing chess, but I discovered the site several months ago, and it allowed me to get into the game in a way that I thought I never would. It started with the tactical puzzles. They're derived algorithmically (using Stockfish analysis) from games actually played on the website. This alone is fascinatin…

I didn't like there algorithmically derived puzzles at all since almost 80% of the ones I tried where variations of similar puzzle. I guess I should admire that it is algorithmic but even then I expected proper puzzle.