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What does everyone think the best way to increase board vision is? I find I lose the majority of my games to simple one or two move tactics or in time trouble, so I would say that board vision or perh…

Ah that's awesome... :) thank you !

As in, is it possible to see an opening explorer style breakdown of just your own games through time? I figure it might be a useful way to check exactly what opening lines are causing issues.

I found Morphy's and Alekhine's games to be very beautiful. Seeing their pieces moved is like watching poetry in motion, and I unfailingly get motivated to play some of my own masterpieces (I also unf…

Having some trouble countering this opening, I've racked up a significant loss rate playing against this, even against opponents a fair bit weaker than myself. Do you guys have any favourite lines you…

So I lost this totally winning position because I 'left' the game... https://lichess.org/34rihDqNT0cN What happened is my computer decided to act up so I switched to my phone, and it took me all of th…

I think playing slow games and doing lots of tactics puzzles should help your play a lot. As much as I don't practice what I preach, I think it's important to take a game slowly, and try to let as muc…

Thanks for all the advice guys, especially jonesmh, LM Lightss & tpr! I'll try out some of the variations you guys talk about. It makes sense, now, in retrospect that I shouldn't have been piling my p…

I play Alekhine's defense as black in most of my games where white plays 1) e4. Usually I get a decent game, and the plans to follow are straightforward: undermine white's center, hit at d4, get white…

Rematches are good. I'm very happy if I get another chance at the same opponent. I don't think it's bad etiquette at all.