• Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orgEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Thanks! Was actually wondering about that yesterday after I got my ass handed to me twice in a row. Could really use some practice 😅

  • AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Lichess is also open source. They are transparent with their finances and have taken on a developer who is upgrading their app(s). I say plural as they are keeping the old one with minor fixes but building a new one from the ground up .

    The new app can also let you play puzzles while offline and well as play a bot offline.

    Major variants are supported like 960, triple chess, atomic, and antichess.

    And I think they’re also big on not having any trackers on the site too.

    • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Lately I’ve started using fediverse presence as an early indicator to decide whether I trust an organization or company. Proton leaving because they couldn’t stand the heat after coming out as terrible kinda proved my point. Mozilla shutting down their instance was a good red flag.

      Anyway, here they are: @lichess@mastodon.online

      Chess.com links Tiktok, X, Youtube, Twitch, Instagram, and Discord. Lichess links Mastodon, GitHub, Discord, Bluesky, Youtube and Twitch.

  • Valmond@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Lichess has a vastly superior puzzle engine, it takes moments from real games where the player have made a mistake, catalogues it, ranks it and you can even check out the real game if you want.

    There are millions of high quality puzzles.

    I like puzzles.

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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      5 days ago

      My puzzle elo is 1600, my real elo 1300

      Maybe i should stop playing blitz and play a long match where i have time to think about my Moves?

      Nah to slow.

  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I have a really stupid question. I don’t play chess but how do you “detect” cheating from a good player?

    Outside of the guy that had a butt plug, I’m confused on how you could know online whether someone is cheating or not.

      • maniclucky@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        Not a player either. My understanding is that there are a couple giveaways.

        1. AI play very differently than people. The thinking* for AI is shortest term and it’s my understanding that it’s obvious to people that play. See below.

        2. It’s possible to look up optimal* moves based on the board state. I would imagine that they’ll keep an eye on your browser/system to keep an eye out for such tools.

        • YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca
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          1 hour ago

          Just look at the elo of someone. Yes you could be the new Magnus but chances are that if it rises too fast the person is using an engine to decide their moves.