Lila: achievements

[ornicar]

list https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/5048e7/i_lost_to_a_cheater_and_lichess_gave_me_the/d71ai6v

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[JohnMatt3000]

Suggest changing 'I just got scholared' to 'Anton squared me'

[Enigmahack]

In addition to the ones mentioned in the reddit thread, here are some more for consideration: (though programming some of them might be a challenge)

1. Caution to the wind - Win a game with an unsound sacrifice
2. Religion be damned - Sacrifice a bishop
3. Who cares about horses? - Sacrifice a knight
4. She had it coming - Sacrifice a queen
5. When the castle walls fell - Sacrifice a rook
6. Better than nothing - Draw in a losing position
7. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra - Beat an opponent with >500 rating points above you
8. Slipped away - Lose a clearly winning position
9. It's all about the Benjamins - Gain >300 rating points in one tournament
10. Ain't a part of your system - Leave a tournament while in top 10
11. LALALALA NOT LISTENING! - Turn off the chat
12. Couch Potato - Watch Lichess TV
13. En garde! - Challenge a player
14. Chatty Cathy - Send 10 PM's
15. One vs. Many - Host a simul
16. Death by 1000 cuts - Lose all games in a simul
17. Painting the walls - Change the default theme
18. I can practically touch them! - Win a game with the 3D chess set
19. \/\/@7 7H3 #311? - Win a game with the symbols chess set
20. Mighty-Mouse - Win a bullet game without premoves (or with premoves disabled)
21. Smart like dumptruck - Fail the mate-in-one captcha/Easy puzzle of the day
22. The amazing Oracle - Win a game with all premoves
23. Snail Mail connoisseur - Win 10 correspondence games
24. Taking it all in - Watch 10 videos
25. Taking on the world - Win all games in a simul
26. Balls to the walls - Beat the computer in a blitz or bullet time control
27. Takin' it easy - Play 10 casual games
28. Supporting the cause - Buy swag from the lichess store/becoming lichess patron
29. Ain't no rest for the wicked - Play for 24 hours straight (back to back tournaments)
30. Ches iS FunN! - Enable kid mode

[freefal]

Link to reddit for the future: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/5048e7/i_lost_to_a_cheater_and_lichess_gave_me_the/d71ai6v

[prendradjaja]

Ooh, I like this idea. Here are a few:

Sacrifices:

• "The rest are mine" - Win with an unsound sacrifice.
• Well... oops - Lose with an unsound sacrifice.
• Ladies first - Sacrifice your queen.

Streaks:

• Stubborn - Lose to the same opponent five times in a row.
• Tenacious - Lose to the same opponent ten times in a row.
• Unyielding - Lose to the same opponent twenty times in a row.
• Merciless - Win against the same opponent ten times in a row.
• Unstoppable - Win against the same opponent twenty times in a row.

Mates and mating patterns

• Go Fish - Win with a fishing pole mate.
• Phantom of the Opera - Win with an Opera mate.
• I'll Cover You - Win with a smothered mate.
• David and Goliath - Mate with a pawn.
• I deserved that - Allow a mate in one.
• Behind you! - Lose to a back rank mate.

Pawn promotion

• Harem - Promote three pawns to queens in one game.
• Sir Checkmatesalot - Promote a pawn to a knight and mate in the same turn.
• Wait, how'd that happen? - Promote a pawn to a bishop of the same color as a bishop you already have.
• Kid gloves - Underpromote a pawn (when it's not forced).
• Underpromotion - Underpromote a pawn (when it's forced).

Openings and opening ideas

• Symmetrical - Fianchetto both bishops.
• Lazy Titled Player - Play (in some order) your first three moves Nf3 g3 O-O (or Nf6 g6 O-O).
• "Go long!" - Castle queenside.
• "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!" - Lose against the Sicilian Defense.
• Of course - Resign a game in which you played the French Defense.
• Spooky! - Play the Frankenstein-Dracula Variation.
• Something something biscuit joke - Play the English Opening.

Bad openings

• Play the Bongcloud.
  
  
  
  • And win.
  
  
• Play the Transvestite Variation.
  
  
  
  • And win.
  
  
• Play 1. f3.
  
  
  
  • And win.
  
  

Gambits

• Fearless - Accept five gambits in a row.
• Dangerous - Accept five gambits in a row, winning all five games.
• Reckless - Play five gambits in a row.
• Unstoppable - Accept or play ten gambits in a row, winning all ten games.

Miscellaneous

• The board? Who gives a damn about the board? - Win a lost position on time.
• Too slow - Lose a won position on time.
• The ultimate blunder - Resign in a winning position.
• Déjà vu - Draw a game by repetition.
• Nowhere to run - Allow one of your pieces to be trapped.
• Upset - Win against a player rated 200 points higher than you.
• Scalp - Win against a player rated 400 points higher than you.
• Hold it! - Prevent your opponent from castling for two moves.
• You're not going anywhere - Prevent your opponent from castling for four moves, or force them to give up the right to castle.
• Royal fork - Fork your opponent's king and queen.
• Ménage à trois - Fork your opponent's king and two queens.
• Impenetrable - Draw a losing position by making a fortress.
• Locked up - I don't know if there's a term for enemy pawns on the same file being next to each other, (e.g. a White pawn on e4 next to a Black pawn on e5) but let's call those "locked." "Lock" all eight pairs of pawns.
• Swindle - Win a lost position.
• Footrace - Win a pawn race.

[thomas-daniels]

• Hands-free checkmate - checkmate your opponent by a premove

_The term "hands-free checkmate" has been shamelessly stolen from ChessWhiz. Please don't sue me._

[kuc]

• I Am Rich - Donate $100 or more
• Polyglot - Add translation that later gets accepted
• OMG, I'm Famous! - Get observed by at least 100 people

[chessanalyst]

No idea if this is still a thing.

GM Basher Beat a GM
IM Basher Beat a IM
and so on.

[agrav123]

Berserker: Berserk one game
PHRENZY: Berserk one tournament
RAGNAROK: berserk one hundred games

[Finlip]

Well, I did win 25 games in a row, exactly 25, in the same tournament. Now just waiting for my trophy. lichess.org/tournament/0a25yDXO

[thomas-daniels]

@Finlip What trophy? Achievements are not a thing (yet?).