| General Chess Discussion - What are your biggest pet peeves in chess?#36 In a casual game I will almost always honor a rematch request, regardless. When I'm playing rated games, I give it more thought. Did I just get my ass kicked?... Did I just kick a newbie's and/or much… | ChestnutTreeCafe |
| General Chess Discussion - tougher rating#3 One possibility could be the ratings of the players your higher and/or lower rating attracts. And, consequently, the points you are being awarded and/or penalized. I've been experiencing something sim… | ChestnutTreeCafe |
| General Chess Discussion - Walk-Off Shit List#3 Yes, I did read that before I created this post. Telling lichess does not expose these players to the community, nor shame them publicly as they deserve to be. A moderator can always lock/delete this … | ChestnutTreeCafe |
| General Chess Discussion - Walk-Off Shit List#1 Figured it's about time to start a list of players who walk-off without resigning (leaving you to sit the entire remainder of the time to earn your points, lest you let them "win" by leaving yourself … | ChestnutTreeCafe |
| General Chess Discussion - What are your biggest pet peeves in chess?#32 galaxie-500 wrote: "3) people who slow play 85% of the alotted time, and suddenly turn on the afterburners as a tactic to gain an advantage." Right. I'm finding many players seem to fine-tune their ti… | ChestnutTreeCafe |
| General Chess Discussion - What are your biggest pet peeves in chess?#24 Or, the comical offer you a draw just as you are about to beat the stuffing out of them :) | ChestnutTreeCafe |
| General Chess Discussion - What are your biggest pet peeves in chess?#21 People that taunt you via the chat room when you start to contemplate your move. Finally, I just turn the chat room off. But, what is this the South Park playground at recess? | ChestnutTreeCafe |
| Lichess Feedback - CR: Add player rating by game desertion rate#11 bz wrote: "Although such occurences could be due to connectivity problems (as I'm often having), it somehow happens in a suspicious majority of cases when the opponent/deserter has just lost their las… | ChestnutTreeCafe |
| General Chess Discussion - How to get people not to stop playing and let time run out#13 I just had a thought, today being the Saturday before Xmas... The Internet may be so overwhelmed that disconnects and lichess' ability to detect walk-offs, real or caused by glitches, may be being aff… | ChestnutTreeCafe |
| General Chess Discussion - Leave the game#4 When they just "leave," they force you to sit there until they time-out -- which matters to most of us in a rated game -- otherwise they will get a "win" if you call it quits. I've had two players wal… | ChestnutTreeCafe |