Saturday, June 13, 2026
LICHESS IS FULL OF CHEATERS
Thursday, September 18, 2025
LICHESS'S HIDDEN POLITICAL CENSORSHIP
"I checked the news, and there was the report on Charlie Kirk getting shot at Utah university." (...) #1
"There was freedom of speech in the Soviet Union. If you had an opinion, you could speak up. But you weren't allowed near the microphone.There is freedom of speech in the United States. If you have an opinion, you can speak up. But you'll die with the microphone in your hand." #65
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"There is freedom of speech on the chess platform Lichess. If you have an opinion, you can speak up. But you do not know that your microphone has been switched off."
Monday, September 4, 2023
HANS ON TAGASI
CNN, 1 September 2023
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"Over-the-board chess, like that played at the Sinquefield Cup, takes place in a face-to-face format, rather than online. Carlsen did not provide details about what he alleged Niemann did during their September 2022 match."
"Üle laua mängitav male, nagu seda mängitakse Sinquefield Cupil, toimub mitte internetis, vaid näost-näkku. Carlsen ei esitanud üksikasju selle kohta, mida Niemann tema väitel nende 2022. aasta septembri matši ajal tegi."
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"In an interview with the St. Louis Chess Club shortly after, Niemann said that he had never cheated in over-the-board games, though he did admit to cheating in 'random games on Chess.com' as a younger player, which he called 'the single biggest mistake of my life'."
"Varsti pärast seda ütles Niemann intervjuus St. Louis Chess Club'ile, et ta ei ole kunagi üle laua mängides petnud, kuigi tunnistas, et nooremana pettis ta 'juhuslikes mängudes Chess.com'is', mida ta nimetas 'minu elu suurimaks veaks'."
- Juba alates reitingust 2100 on maleplatvormidel pettused malemasinate (chess engines) kasutamisega täiesti massilised.
- Maleplatvormid ChessDotCom ja Lichess teevad poliitilis-ideoloogilist propagandat, rikkudes omaenda reegleid; samuti rakendavad nad foorumites ja blogides poliitiliselt motiveeritud tsensuuri.
- Kuigi suur hulk maleplatvormide kasutajaid tegeleb pettusega, võetakse sihikule üksikud, rakendades oma reegleid selektiivselt. Näiteks ChessDotCom avaldas 70-leheküljelise raporti Niemanni mängudest sellel platvormil pärast seda, kui maailmameister Carlsen oli teatanud, et Niemann olevat mängus tema vastu petnud.
- Carlseni ja Niemanni mäng oli üle-laua-mäng ja malemasina (chess engine) kasutamine sellises mängus on tehniliselt palju raskem kui internetimales. ChessDotCom poolt avaldatud süüdistusartikkel Carlseni vastu esitas aga üle-laua-male seisukohalt ainult kaudseid asitõendeid, sest käsitles ainult internetimalet.
- Internetimales pettuse avastamise põhimeetod on statistiline, mis annab aga ainult kaudseid asitõendeid.
- ChessDotCom ei suutnud tõestada, et Niemann on petis.
- Lichess esitas selle kohta, et Ramirez seksuaalselt ahistab naismaletajaid, ainult kaudseid asitõendeid. Iga kirjeldatud juhtumi korral oli tegemist sõna-sõna-vastu olukorraga ja süüdistust toetasid igas juhtumis ainult ühe tunnistaja ütlused. Artiklis ei olnud sõnagagi mainitud, kas nii raskete süüdistuste puhul on asjaga tegelenud ka politsei ja kohtud. Veelgi enam, Lichess artikkel tegelikult ise mainis seda, et St. Louis Chess Club juhtkond oli kaebustele kohe reageerinud.
Tõsi, programmeerijate töö neil platvormidel on väga hea.
Friday, August 18, 2023
LICHESS KATKESTAB KOOSTÖÖ USA MALEFÖDERATSIOONI JA SAINT LUISI MALEKLUBIGA
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
KARJAKIN's APPEAL DISMISSED
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
ON THE "LICHESS STATEMENT ON THE WAR IN UKRAINE"
On 09 March 2022, the popular chess platform Lichess has issued an announcement
"Lichess Statement on the War in Ukraine"
https://lichess.org/blog/Yie1MhIAACAAk6OQ/lichess-statement-on-the-war-in-ukraine
The statement is about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, starting from 24 February 2022. The moto of the statement is:
Truth is the first casualty of war.
A week later, the commentarium of that post is closed already.
Concerning that statement and the restrictions on Russian chessplayers, the following philosophical questions are arising:
1) Is it right to politicize sports (and chess, among other sports)?
2) If sports is politicized, is it right to abandon the principle of universality?
As we see, Lichess is commenting on "geopolitical situations". And the restrictions are applied to Russia and Russian chessplayers. So, Lichess regards it as acceptable to politicize sports. If it is done in goodwill, it might be fine. However, I believe that it should not be done in a discriminatory manner.
If the aggressive wars are to be condemned, all aggressive wars should be condemned.
Unfortunately, we see that Lichess has the opinion that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the first and perhaps the last aggressive war:
"This is unprecedented for all of us."
It seems that the war has indeed killed the truth! So far, in the Ukrainian war, several thousands of people have been killed, and Russia has occupied a part of Ukraine. However, during the US occupation of Iraq, millions of people were killed. The US occupation of Afghanistan lasted for tens of years. Again, millions of people were killed.
Lichess declares:
"Lichess has always advocated vocally for freedom, openness and mutual collaboration. We will always promote and defend these values against those who promote subjugation, opacity, and hostility."
Then, let us see when and where Lichess condemned the Afghanistan war, the Iraq war, the current war in Yemen supported by some Western governments? Unfortunately, it is not easy to find such statements on the internet, and Lichess does not provide any links to such earlier statements either. And Lichess does not apologize that it has failed to do so.
Lichess also talks about war crimes:
"All users are reminded that Lichess has the right to proactively remove access to certain services or features of our website from users who, at our sole discretion, violate our Terms of Service (ToS). This includes the glorification of terrorism, sharing extremist, bigoted, or racist views, and promotion of genocide / war crimes."
The context is clearly such that everyone tends to think that Russia, who started the war against Ukraine, is the side committing war crimes. But, unfortunately, it is not a logically valid inference. There is no reason why the side starting the war is also the only side committing the war crimes. On the contrary, the evidence suggests that both sides have probably committed war crimes in the current Ukrainian war. Moreover, before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, some Ukrainians probably committed war crimes in the Donbas area. The shelling there also began before the Russian invasion. Up to 1000 times per day were shot, and most of the hits were on the separatists' area, according to the OSCE reports.
When did Lichess make a statement about Donbas? And on what grounds does the chess platform Lichess decide who is committing war crimes and glorifying racist views, etc.? Lichess avoids explicitly saying that these are some Ukrainian nationalists celebrating terrorism, extremist, bigoted, or racist views and promoting genocide/war crimes.
In conclusion, I stress that I am against military aggressions and wars, particularly against unjustified wars and against war crimes. But unfortunately, I do not feel Lichess' statement to be sincere and rational. It makes an impression that it is not made in support of Ukraine but against Russia. Furthermore, it makes an impression that people in Afghanistan and Iraq can be legitimately killed, according to Lichess, while Russia is the worst actor anyway.
You have never sanctioned the US or the US sportspeople despite all those numerous military aggressions and wars the US has initiated.
While I am neither a Russian nor a Russian citizen, and I do not live in Russia, I feel that Lichess' statement is hypocritical and does not contribute to the peace on Earth.
Therefore, I am trying to use Lichess as rarely as possible from now on.
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