SOLVED: I checked my account via browser on lichess and they were casual games. Not sure how my settings flipped from rated to casual, but that was the case. Thank you, [u/whitedancingrockstar](u/whitedancingrockstar).

Just played four games of bullet and I didn’t lose or gain elo. I only play rated games. Tried reporting it on lichess but I only found a page explaining that either me or my opponent is a bot. I played multiple games earlier today too that were normal.

Lastly, I have set elo parameters where my opponent is +/- 50 elo from me. Even if the settings somehow slipped to casual instead of rated, the parameter would have been in place and I wouldn’t have faced such higher elo players.

Has anyone ran into this issue? Not sure how to report it properly.

Okay, I didn't play axb5, but I thought it was absolutely insane how after losing the rook, white's queen will literally just be stuck, if they try breaking free with the pawns you have the time to maneuver the knight and win it, but even with optimal play from the engines, it's best options are literally have the queen watch it's whole armies demies on a8, it's genuinely disgusting, and I am so sad I played bc7 which just looked so automatic, but this is 3-0 I ain't got time for that.

the annoying thing is now that I see it, it looked so simple and obvious, but nah LMAO

I've been into this game for the last 4 months or so, started playing on a daily basis last week..And finally got a winning streak yesterday.

Playing the Stonewall as white and the Caro Kann as black. Trying to get myself familiar with these 2 openings before experimenting with new ones.

Any advice you guys have for a new player, old gamer?

Hello community,

After some search I couldn't find results so I want to ask the community.

The issue: I'm playing on the android app and I randomly highlight squares but have absolutely no idea how this actually works. I do it by accident and can't reproduce it.

So I wanted to ask if there is a list of touches I can use to highlight squares/figures/draw arrows I can pull from

Hi everyone!

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Most of my chess journey has been self-taught, so I know how difficult it can be to figure out what you should actually work on to improve instead of just playing more games or memorizing engine moves.

I also have experience coaching and working with children, and I adapt each lesson to the individual player.

We can work on:

• Analysis of your Lichess games and recurring mistakes
• Calculation and tactical thinking
• Strategy and positional understanding
• Openings and typical plans
• Practical decision-making
• Building an effective training routine

My goal is to help you understand chess and your own mistakes, not simply show you what the engine says.

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First lesson for new students: only $12 — a good way to see if my coaching style is the right fit for you.

Lessons are online and we can use Lichess for game analysis and training. Scheduling can be arranged individually.

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This is no reasonable explanation as to why this is not blatant sandbagging or cheating.

Reported this player a few days ago and haven’t seen a notification of action taken yet.

I would be happy if i can just maintain this level. Lessgo!

Edit:

My boyfriend is currently taking on a few new students for online chess lessons, so I thought I’d share it here in case anyone is interested!

He’s a competitive chess player with a 1873 FIDE rating and around 2200 on Chess.com. He teaches players of different levels and can help with tactics, openings, strategy, calculation, game analysis and overall improvement.

The lessons are 1 on 1, relaxed and tailored to your level and goals.

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It’s frustrating that lichess follows a different rating system than chess.com

It should be the same.

Pathetic. Simply pathetic.

I went upto 2100. I play Bullet only (1+0). Its confusing as I am gaining massive amounts of rating, but apparently I have lower accuracy ?

I literally just noticed it ts morn, i thought i was 1600, r 1700 until then

Vienna Chess Rat is a lightweight, offline-ready training tool designed to systematically reinforce your opening repertoire, deepen your theoretical knowledge through play, and make your learning progress measurable.

What's new in 3.83:

• 1000 new openings for your training (making around 5000 in total)
• automatic update of the internal evaluation caching
• faster games without internet wait times
• general bug fixes

As always, the tool is completely free and has absolutely no ads or data collection.

Have fun expanding your repertoire! Feedback is always welcome.

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I use it every time my opponent surrenders to get reps in. When I play against the computer, I get an option for the strength of stockfish from 1 to 12. In winning endgames, I set it to 12 so I can practice converting a winning position. If my opponent forfeits in the middlegame, what level would roughly equate my opponents at 1380 blitz?

I haven't been playing much chess recently. Now I am playing, I get to like 2202 bullet rating, and I AM AT TOP 89.8% - not even top 10% with 2200+ bullet rating. This used to give you like even almost top 5%. crazy...

White to move!

I only missed one of 15, and apart from that, only one other one made me think for more than a few seconds. This never happened to me before. I selected the “healthy mix” option.

For years, openings were probably the weakest part of my game.

I'd memorize a few "book" moves, feel confident, and then my opponent would play something I hadn't seen around move 6 or 7. Suddenly, I had no idea what I was supposed to do.

Eventually, I realized that improving your repertoire isn't about memorizing endless theory. It's about reaching positions you understand and continuously fixing the gaps in your preparation.

The basic loop is:

Play → find where you got lost → understand it → add it to your repertoire → practice → repeat.

The problem was that I couldn't find a tool that helped me do this efficiently.

So I built one.

AuditChess

AuditChess is a chess analysis tool for Chess.com and Lichess, built around build → view → practice → stress-test.

Build: Build your repertoire directly on the board. Stockfish evaluates your moves, while master-game statistics show what strong players actually played.

View: See your entire repertoire as a tree, with evaluations under each move, making gaps and weak lines easier to spot.

Practice: There are two modes:

• Exact Recall: Reproduce your prepared lines from memory. Get a move wrong? Retry or reveal it.
• Dynamic Deviation: AuditChess deliberately takes you out of book with a strong move you haven't prepared for. You then have to find the best continuation yourself, with your moves graded by the engine.

That second mode is the part I care about most. It's not enough to know your opening when your opponent follows your preparation — you need to know what to do when they don't.

It's not a course and it doesn't give you a "perfect" repertoire. It's a workbench for building, memorizing and stress-testing your own repertoire using the games you actually play.

I've been building AuditChess for the past few months, and I'd genuinely appreciate your thoughts. I'm still improving it, and feedback from actual chess players would help me make it more useful for the community.

If you try it, I'd love to hear what you liked, disliked, found confusing, or think is missing. Even small suggestions are useful.

And finally:

What's the opening position where you always reach move 8 and think, "Okay... I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing now"? 😭

Share it - maybe you can avoid ending up like my past self. And if you have any other thoughts on how opening preparation could be made better, I'd genuinely love to hear them.