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I have created a group dedicated to writing and curating studies here: http://en.lichess.org/team/study-authors-group I have also written my first study about rook checkmate here: http://en.lichess.or…

And regarding time control, its hard to find opponents willing to play hours long game online, so choose something like 20 min +increment. i personally play 10 min + 10 sec increment.

This is a chess platform, its extremely easy to find players willing to play. my advice is that you play rated games regardless if its a practice game or not.

You take the bishop so that you can fork the rooks later with Nc2. you can check the analysis itself to see why a move is better etc...

I call it Meliorism : 1) Regarding God and our origins: I consider these topics to be irrelevant and allow anyone to adopt any explanation that suits themselves. 2) Ethics: Meliorism preaches non viol…

i don't think its fair to call it randomness as its all about probabilities, and it still retains many chess concepts and strategies(for example, its good to exchange one of your low probability piece…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LikdmXfWO2A It took me a while to understand but this is some really exciting stuff!

For those interested in part 1 of the series, here's a link : http://en.lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/general-chess-tips#1 Unfortunately i currently do not have time to start working on p…

I have decided to continue my series of chess tips, here are some general pointers: 1- Tactics: Tactics will only occur if you spread your wings all over the chess board, its important to keep your pi…