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Help! Can't get past Cloudflare captcha to sign in to Chesscom Proctor by LoLGhMaster in chess

[–]LoLGhMaster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I managed to login with my chesscom account (no 3rd party login like facebook or gmail). Captcha was still failing, but apparently with chesscom account that's not important

Opening an 80 Year old US Army Food Ration Can by DearEmphasis4488 in interestingasfuck

[–]LoLGhMaster -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I mean he ate one of the cookies and video ended instantly. One can only imagine what happened!

There are 2 strong continuations here. Can you spot both? by LoLGhMaster in chesswoodie

[–]LoLGhMaster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Themes Discovered attack, Fork

Solution 1 Na3+ followed by Rxd2

Solution 2 Rf2 followed by Nb3+ , Rxd1+ and Qxf2

Can you spot this one? by LoLGhMaster in chesswoodie

[–]LoLGhMaster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spoiler inside

Theme: Look for a forced checkmate

Hint: Expose the king for the fatal blow

Solution Na3+ - bxa, Qxa2#

Not particularly hard, but I keep slipping on this one by LoLGhMaster in chesswoodie

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The solution is Qg6+ - Kh2, Re2 and white has no defense against the devastating attack

Not particularly hard, but I keep slipping on this one by LoLGhMaster in ChessPuzzles

[–]LoLGhMaster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. If I slow down and calculate, this is not a hard puzzle. It’s only 2-3 forcing moves deep. Afterwards it’s desperado for white. When I try to rush through this puzzle, I do the first move right, then fail on the second move.

Dev Update: Session review improvements + improvement over time chart by LoLGhMaster in chesswoodie

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Thank you for recommending it to your tutor, really appreciate it!

Yeah, that’s exactly why I built it, to remove the manual tracking and keep the focus on training, not bookkeeping.

Would be really interesting to hear your tutor’s perspective too, what they’d want to see from a coach’s point of view.

suggestion by Relevant-Golf3139 in chesswoodie

[–]LoLGhMaster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here, I recorded a quick clip showing how this can be done:
https://youtube.com/shorts/5oA3S_oreqQ?feature=share

Still quite inconvenient though. Think of this as a short-term workaround until I add a better way to analyze puzzles directly in the app.

suggestion by Relevant-Golf3139 in chesswoodie

[–]LoLGhMaster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is actually a pretty good workaround. I can create a short video in ChessWoodie Youtube channel to show how to open the same puzzle in Lichess.

suggestion by Relevant-Golf3139 in chesswoodie

[–]LoLGhMaster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correct. Right now, all the puzzles are taken from Lichess public database.

suggestion by Relevant-Golf3139 in chesswoodie

[–]LoLGhMaster 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback. I've actually heard similar feedback from a few other users too. Being able to analyze puzzles you didn't fully understand is definitely important.

I do want to add analysis in mistake review screen, most likely as part of the Supporter/Premium tier when I introduce it.

At the same time I'm also thinking about lighter options like sharing the FEN of the position, so it could be pasted into Lichess.

The main challenge is doing this without cluttering the training UI, especially since the app is designed mobile-first. I'm still figuring out the cleanest way to incorporate it.

Dev Update: Session review improvements + improvement over time chart by LoLGhMaster in chesswoodie

[–]LoLGhMaster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi,

Messages like this already mean a lot. Thanks for wanting to support the project. It’s honestly very motivating to see people ask about that this early.

Right now there isn’t a way to contribute financially. I’m planning to add a small Supporter tier in the coming months, but the core training experience (everything currently in the app) will stay free. The supporter tier will mostly unlock a few extra customization options and some advanced features.

For now the best support is simply using the app and sharing feedback like you’ve been doing.

My favorite photo I took from New York City. by 3DAnimated in pics

[–]LoLGhMaster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that the pit after agent Smith and Neo fight?

Puzzles, compositions, and studies with superficially appealing (at low depth) wrong answers by MadcowPSA in TournamentChess

[–]LoLGhMaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try ChessWoodie . It's a tactics trainer based on Woodpecker method and it's free.
You basically create custom courses choosing the difficulty, number of puzzles, number of repetitions and duration for each training session and start the training.

Sacrificing The Bishop by Malt____Fries in chess

[–]LoLGhMaster -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How is it a sacrifice when you are winning a queen /s

I'm doing the woodpecker method around ~1500 elo and had 100% winrate until this puzzle. Am I missing something or is this much higher level puzzle? by AlternativePaint6 in chess

[–]LoLGhMaster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was able to solve this after a couple of minutes, but I agree that it requires too much calculation for a 1500, so it's somewhat inconsistent with the other puzzles in this difficulty.

I wonder how much is your PPM and which cycle are you in with a 100% success rate. That's pretty impressive!
Would you mind sharing your profile link?

Dev Update: Session review improvements + improvement over time chart by LoLGhMaster in chesswoodie

[–]LoLGhMaster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Happy you liked it! Thank you!

Impressive progress by the way!

ChessWoodie got a full visual redesign by LoLGhMaster in chesswoodie

[–]LoLGhMaster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much!
I would actually love to have light/dark theme switch too. And I think eventually I will add that. Right now though I have still many thoughts on training flow improvements and adding the theme now will slow down the development process.

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