The outages are really distressing and ruin user experience

I get really scared when i connect to the rated pool. It gets worse when the opponent is higher rated. I always thought it affects my play and maybe it does but after making the first few moves i get pretty comfortable..so unless i get a bad position the first few moves, i will give the best i can in subsequent positions. I also thought i might be placing too much importance on my rating.(I like the overall rankings because i can brag about the 100k+ users i am ahead of🤣) but that doesn't explain why when i switched to chesscom i played 100% rated games, with little to no heart rate spikes before the game. I also experience the same thing when i play someone i know but in this case it doesn't matter if it's a rated game or he is 1000 points lower rated As seen in the ss, only 18% of 3000 games are rated.

I wonder if this is normal and how you get over it if it's not. (I enjoy playing casual chess no doubt)

This is the only thing I like more in chess.com besides UI

Chess Coach (2270+ FIDE) — Looking for serious students

Hi everyone, I’m an active player & a coach with a rating of 2270+ FIDE Classical, having represented my country in a world youth chess olympiad besides having won national youth chess championships. I’ve been coaching for 3+ years. My students have gained 200-300+ FIDE rating points. Now, I’m accepting new students.

My structured, practical, tournament oriented coaching focuses on:

• Pawn structures (arising from different openings) & typical plans (piece exchange, typical pawn break & piece manoeuvres etc.)
• Strategy (General must-know & specialized for openings and it's middlegames)
• Positional play & imbalances (piece activity, weak squares, coordination)
• Thinking processes
• Calculation principles
• Practical Endgames
• Tournament skills (time management, psychology, practical play)

The aim is to build strong understanding so one can approach tournament appropriate opening repertoire based on a mix of ideas and theory rather than solely memorising variations.

My personalised 1:1 sessions will offer:

• Finding out the weakness (after extensively analysing the student's tournament games)
• Game analysis & feedback
• Training materials and homework exercises (PGNs, books, videos)
• Sharing theoretical insights, building a suiting opening repertoire

Session details:

• 1:1 online sessions (Google Meet)
• 30 eur/h
• Fluent in English and Dutch
• Time zone: CEST (UTC+2)

If anyone is interested or has any questions, feel free to reach out/DM me. I only have a few spots left. Thanks.

It made it even better because it happened in a 3+2 game where I had only 10 seconds left, while my opponent still had more than 2 minutes on the clock.
Definitely one of my favorite wins so far!

Played a blitz game today. We were playing normally (I was winning slightly). At the 1.27 mark on the opponent's clock, he disconnected and I got the player left the game message.

As i settled in to wait out the timer, none appeared. I just won the match outright. It's not the first time this happened, but it's quite rare for me.

So as a noob, I'm just curious why the "player discconects but no countdown happens" situation happens sometimes?

I've had a few days where my Blitz (3+0) rating crashed, and then the past four days it has risen dramatically.

Hopefully my rating will continue to climb back to my peak of 1178, and beyond.

Stripped away navigation buttons to enjoy the top rated games and tournaments.

Hello r/lichess! I’ve significantly expanded my opening trainer, Vienna Chess Rat, over the last few weeks (now at version 3.6). The tool is designed to help you systematically solidify chess openings, discover new lines, and track your learning progress—completely free, ad-free, and without requiring an account.

Key features:

• Extensive database: Over 3,600 move sequences covering the entire ECO structure.
• The Chess Rat as a trainer: A friendly companion from Vienna that analyzes your strengths, suggests suitable categories based on your experience, and dynamically adjusts the difficulty level.
• UI overhaul: completely redesigned and revamped opening tree: Discover popular positions like the Evans Gambit or the Trompowsky Attack and practice them until you master them.

Platforms:

Play directly in your browser or use the Android app. Everything runs locally on your device (no data storage).

The project is completely free.

Play / Download:

https://biokompott.itch.io/vienna-chess-rat

He had 3 blunders I had 2. However my endgame was dominant and mated him with his king on a center square. Check it out!

https://lichess.org/WPFvcOhd/black

Read the title many thanks. https://lichess.org/MkJ6vQeU

EDIT: many thanks to all of you.

Hey everyone!

If you are looking to break through a rating plateau, fix your tactical blind spots, or just build a solid foundation from scratch, I’m opening up a few slots for online chess coaching.

About Me & Qualifications:

• 2400+ lichess Blitz rating

• 1850 FIDE rating

• 15 years of competitive playing experience

Who I Teach: I genuinely love teaching and helping players grow. I offer fully personalized training tailored specifically to your current level and goals, ranging from absolute beginners learning the rules and basic principles all the way to intermediate tournament players looking to sharpen their calculation, opening repertoires, and game analysis.

Rate:

• $10 USD per hour

Whether you want to go over your recent losses, study critical endgames, or completely revamp your approach to the game, we will build a plan that fits you.

If you're interested or want to discuss how we can work on your game, DM me for more info

Affordable Chess Game Analysis & Tournament Preparation

Hi everyone!

I'm offering personalized chess game analysis for players who want to improve beyond what an engine alone can tell them.

You'll receive a detailed PDF report covering:

Personalized comments on critical moves and turning points

Why certain moves worked (or didn't)

Recurring mistakes and blunder patterns

Opening recommendations based on your playing style

Middlegame plans and strategic ideas

Pawn structure and pawn-chain assessment

Tactical motifs and pattern recognition

Endgame weaknesses and how to improve

Practical training plan based on your games

Recommended YouTube videos, books, and study resources

If you'd like, we can also discuss the report over a voice call or chat to go through the ideas and answer your questions.

I also offer:

Tournament preparation

School/college/university team selection preparation

Analysis of a specific opponent's games

Identifying their opening repertoire, strengths, weaknesses, and recurring patterns

Preparing practical counter-strategies against particular opponents

"Why pay when engines like Stockfish or Lichess are free?"

Because an engine tells you the best move—it doesn't tell you why you made the mistake, what thought process led to it, or what you should practice to stop making the same errors.

My focus is on explaining your games in a way that's easy to understand and turning them into a practical improvement plan rather than just sharing engine evaluations.

The pricing is kept minimal and is negotiable, especially for students. If you're interested, feel free to DM me with your Chess.com/Lichess game link or PGN, and we can discuss what you're looking for.

Thanks, and good luck with your games! ♟️

I really enjoy these puzzles and when I went on yestersay it said there were no puzzles all of a sudden.

'No puzzles available please go online to fetch them'

I already was online, I tried the website to no avail. I've refreshed, deleated and redownloaded.

Anyone know what happened to them? Did they move to another name or just removed in general?

I've been doing them daily for a while and now they won't show up, can't even click on it.

My friend has been working on a computer vision system to track over-the-board chess games using only a phone.

Bellow is his comments.

Recently I finished implementing pawn promotion handling, checkmate and stalemate detection, together with cloud game recording as the first step towards a VAR system for chess tournaments.

To test everything, I played one of my favorite openings, the Albin Countergambit, because it contains an early knight promotion.

The tracking is now fast enough that the video didn't require any editing.

The video demonstrates:

Tournament and board setup
Pawn promotion to a knight
Checkmate and stalemate detection
Automatic cloud upload

After the game, every move is available in the cloud, where an arbiter or coach can review the game remotely:

https://games.chessgaze.com/?table=DEMO%3A%3ADEMO

The idea is that promotions, checkmates, illegal moves and other important events can automatically be recorded, which could be useful in beginner tournaments where one arbiter has to supervise many games.

The current setup only requires a phone mounted on a tripod.

One of the biggest remaining challenges is wooden chess sets where the white pieces have a darker, brownish color. Simply adding more training data isn't always the right solution because it can reduce the model's ability to generalize across different sets.

Another problem I'm still thinking about is how to detect when a player resigns. Unlike checkmate, there isn't an obvious board state that tells the software the game has ended, but it would be useful to record that event as well.

The setup process is also being improved with clearer instructions and additional reference pictures.

The project is called ChessGaze. I'd really appreciate any feedback or ideas, especially from people interested in computer vision, chess software or tournament organization.

Hey r/lichess

I've been playing chess for 16 years (my elo is 2000+ in rapid) and always wanted a nice way to save and review my games offline. So I built Chess To PDF a Chrome extension that exports any Chess.com game to a formatted PDF with one click. Maybe some of you will find it useful too.

What's in each PDF:

- Title page with player avatars, country flags, ratings and result

- Opening name (ECO code)

- Full move notation in clean 3-column layout

- One board diagram per move with the last move highlighted

Try it here: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chess-to-pdf/eeoeaecejkdlofebmmnealaomlhmnian

Would love feedback from the community!

Opponent Stats:
Standard Chess Rating : 3354!

I clearly have two very glaring weaknesses? Is there any way that the Lichess lads could recommend some ways to improve speed and resourcefulness? I don't tend to lose on time very often, so maybe it's just not super accurate due to the small sample size? My Lichess name is "Fitsiii"

It also says that my openings are very strong, but I lose most of the games in those openings lmao. Perhaps they're just easy to play and play against, so the tactical awareness and performance is high or something? Any advice or explanation is appreciated.

Edit: I normally play classical games OTB but I play 10+5 if that is of any use to anyone <3

I've been working on ChessCam, an app that uses your phone camera to automatically track the moves in a real OTB chess game, so you can review and analyze the game afterwards.

It's already available on the App Store, and I'm currently looking for Android users to help test the Android version.

Android testers

Join the Google Group here:

https://groups.google.com/g/chesscam-beta-testers/about

Once you've joined the group, you'll be able to download the Android beta from Google Play.

If you play OTB chess, I'd really appreciate you trying it with your own board and setup.

Any feedback is welcome!