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Lichess Novelties
Lichess, despite being the open source platform that it is, still suffers occasionally from a variety of bugs. In this post, I will compile some of the more obvious ones.Illegal Castles
Some games have illegal castles in them. Although Lichess's board does not display this castling presumably due to client-side verification, you can verify that an illegal castle does occur through the FEN & PGN section on the page.
Examples:
tony17t22 vs MomsRipper (32. O-O-O)
davidtrolero395 vs OleRedBeard (25. O-O-O)
Playing Against Self
This should make no sense whatsoever, especially in a rated context, but nonetheless, Lichess has games where someone has played themselves.
Examples:
wojtek12 vs wojtek12
Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo vs Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo