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Pengwin
Apr 3, 2007

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Redmark posted:

You can also turn rating displays off across the board on lichess, if you want that but still with matchmaking.

I've got an alt account on lichess with ratings hidden and all communications/challenges disabled. Rank pressure has a real use for most players trying to improve, but I often find playing on this kind of account more enjoyable.

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Pengwin
Apr 3, 2007

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Haven't seen a post about this, but Agadmator's Christmas arena starting in 20 minutes has a pretty insane (crypto) prizepool with 1 bitcoin for first place: https://lichess.org/tournament/WMEZdyxr. 2 hour arena for a ~$70k prize pool :psyduck:

Nakamura, Firouzja, Zhigalko, and Naroditsky are usernames I recognize. According to Reddit, the following are also partipating: Bortnyk, Minh Le, Giri, Andreikin, Dubov, Hansen. Magnus still hasn't joined, but he's no stranger to Lichess arenas and he was playing bullet last night.

The money might make this a pretty fun watch, especially towards the end.

edit: Magnus is in :getin:

Pengwin fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Dec 21, 2021

Pengwin
Apr 3, 2007

MIND MIND MIND


I've also been watching on Twitch or directly on Lichess, but this is the closest thing to an official stream (agadmator's channel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0efZdnPnHQ

Hopefully the servers recover soon :ohdear: thankfully these crashes don't seem to be benefiting anyone in particular.

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