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Relâche un peu la pression, ce n'est qu'un site internet... Evite les parties classées sans limite de temps, et si quelqu'un ragequit, bloque-le, il y a un pool suffisant de joueurs pour te permettre …

I agree that bullet may help you to evaluate a position and make decisions faster, it helps you to face zeitnots over the board, but it won't improve your chess... The main reason is that when you pla…

I played a tournament game drunk once, and the result wasn't so bad. I was more creative, sacrificed a bishop for a nice attack, even obtained a winning position... But then I forgot about a mate in 4…

Actually, playing below 2 hours/40 moves + 1 hour is meaniningless.

Actually, it's really difficult to give an estimation of the strength of a computer, as it has a fixed time an a fixed depth to calculate and play a move. So a 1500 computer, depending on the time you…

It depends... If the game is played with a Fischer time control (ie +xx sec/move), you have to play 50 moves before the game is considered draw (or gently ask your opponent) If it's played with a knoc…

FIDE Rules of chess 6.7.a During the game each player, having made his move on the chessboard, shall stop his own clock and start his opponent’s clock. A player must always be allowed to stop hisclock…

FIDE Rules of chess 5.2.b The game is drawn when a position has arisen in which neither player can checkmate the opponent’s king with any series of legal moves. The game is said to end in a ‘dead posi…