Re:Show HN: I'm building the “chess.com” of speed cubing
by somenameforme on Sunday May 01, 2022 @11:56AM
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For the past couple of months he's been exclusively on chess.com, with the exception of exactly 1 15 second game he played on Lichess, so I think his position might also be a bit more nuanced!
Lichess is great if enjoy the flagging meta, and not so great if you don't. It's made even more extreme by their interpretation of sufficient mating material. A single knight is generally counted as sufficient mating material so you end up scenarios where you're forced to play N v N along with 0 second premoves and that's not something I much enjoy.
I understand some folks like this sort of stuff, which is why it's great that there are multiple sites competing instead of a single site monopoly.
Lichess is great if enjoy the flagging meta, and not so great if you don't. It's made even more extreme by their interpretation of sufficient mating material. A single knight is generally counted as sufficient mating material so you end up scenarios where you're forced to play N v N along with 0 second premoves and that's not something I much enjoy.
I understand some folks like this sort of stuff, which is why it's great that there are multiple sites competing instead of a single site monopoly.