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Hi, As a regular user of Lichess studies, sometimes we need to move a whole subtree from a variation to another, from a chapter to another, or from a study/pgn to another. Currently we have to do it e…

What's the Berlin of the Kádas opening ? (1.h4)

I tend to take useless, unbalanced risks out of curiosity to "find out". I agree game interest, position objectivity or stuff like that are irrelevant factors when as a competitor you prioritize game …

Team french feels the caro as too slow, team Caro feels the french as a Caro minus one bishop.

https://lichess.org/study/6t2GtgMn/63kiLr8B ?

What if my opponent plays a counter SLP gambit ?

Chess rules should change whenever the game is getting too solved. Could be : - Switching castling rules : - Illegal castling, replaced by king's leap (castle predecessor) - Illegal castling, illegal …

Multi-time control players sometimes use different repertoires depending on the time control they play (i.e ignominious tricks for bullets and safer lines for blitz). Though it's not only a pragmatica…

Some strategic questions to help assessing positions and finding what their needs are : - Who is better ? Are you playing for neutralization, complications, conversion, tricks ? - What's your weakness…

6...c5 allows 7.Bb5+ but prevents 7.Qa4+, that's the main difference I found with 6...Bg7. 6...Bg7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 and 7...Nd7 are close to equal and 6...c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Nf3 is +/=. So 6...Bg7 is…