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23m ago
Nice to see another post from you! That looks like a very solid study plan, and I'm looking forward to hearing how you go ..read more
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12h ago
I've gone into more detail here, but basically I wonder if a) my custom set set-up makes sense, and b) any suggestions for improvement. My goal, since I am---ahem---very adult, is not to improve my speed, per se (I only play rapid and classical), but t ..read more
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12h ago
Is this still true in 2024 or did the speed increase? My machine reaches aprox. the same speed with a 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11700K @ 3.60GHz and 32Gb RAM. I think it is an advantage not having to use my own processing power if this runs at the ..read more
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12h ago
Hi everyone!
It's been over four years since I posted on this forum. In that time, a pandemic happened, and many other things beside.
My last OTB tournament was in the fall of 2019, just before the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020.
In March this year, I ..read more
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2d ago
Yes, it is a pity to disable this one, but given being up the exchange is almost always enough to be marked correct, not having as an alt is unfortunately a fatal flaw I think in this one, so I've disabled it now ..read more
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3d ago
A zwischenzug allows white to win a full rook rather than an exchange, as my comment from 2016 showed.
At the time, I agreed with @fifty's comment from 2014. Though harsh, the fail is deserved. (This may be my boomer mentality.) @fifty's comment has 4 ..read more
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3d ago
Hi there, I'm trying to play but it always appears the message "Ops! Kasperbot non è riuscito a trovare quella pagina."What's up? Thank you all, Daniele ..read more
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1w ago
The duplicate reward reduction was removed from all but the very highest rated accounts some time ago. Basically, people with lower ratings were not having literal memory of the positions (and had a larger pool of problems to choose from before seeing ..read more
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1w ago
Hi Richard I have two quick questions if you have time:
(1) I've seen very old posts from you explaining that ratings can stagnate because after ~3000 problems solved you tend to get dupes around your platued rating range and the penalty from re-solvi ..read more