ornicar

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by ornicar 4y ago
Thank you so much for all the support, thoughts, and advice. I just published an update on the blog post: https://lichess.org/@/thibault/blog/lichess-on-scala3-help-n...
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by ornicar 5y ago
These are just the most recent. ATM there are 10,722 active patron accounts.
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by ornicar 5y ago
You can request server analysis for your own games, up to 40 per day. They use fishnet.
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by ornicar 11y ago
Indeed. Lichess also does autopairing, so when someone else creates a 10+10 game, you'll get paired without anyone needing to scan the seek list.
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by ornicar 11y ago
To quote happy0: "the plan is to avoid business!" For more info, see http://lichess.org/blog/U4skkUQAAEAAhIGz/why-is-lichess-free Also note that we suck at marketing, but it doesn't matter, since we
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by ornicar 11y ago
Well it's open source ( https://github.com/ornicar/lila ), and all features are for free, forever, without any ads. That certainly puts it apart form other chess services I know.
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by ornicar 11y ago
According to Alexa, it is. And by far. http://chess-links.org/
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by ornicar 11y ago
Haha I remember that one! A very, very nasty mistake from me. Lichess was comparing your token to black token, and if it didn't match, it was just assuming that you were the white player. How silly :D I must mention that it was fixed,
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by ornicar 11y ago
"The only site I ever visit while I work." -- edw519 That's the best testimonial I ever read about lichess. Permission to quote requested.
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First chess website accessible to blind players(lichess.org)
2 points by ornicar 12y ago|0 comments
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by ornicar 12y ago
Have you actually read the article? It's all explained http://en.lichess.org/blog/U4mtoEQAAEEAgZRL/strongest-chess-...
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A tale of data re-use: How we make chess puzzles from lichess.org game database(lichess.org)
3 points by ornicar 12y ago|0 comments
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by ornicar 12y ago
lichess opens only one websocket connection, on a port between 9021 to 9029. That port range prevents a weird behavior on firefox when the connection is interrupted.
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by ornicar 14y ago
thanks for the feedback, I will apply the suggested change soon.
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by ornicar 14y ago
lichess.org is a game server, and supports real-time playing. The ping is a critical information when you play fast games, it helps to diagnose lagging when it happens.