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How Being Rich Almost Killed My Chess Career

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Detroit City Chess Club wins Michigan Scholastic Club Championship

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Everything You Need to Know About the World Championship Match

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The Silent Strength: Mental Conditioning in Championship Chess

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Deep Learning Self-Play - Bot journey!

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Merging the invading armies towards the King's Territory

GM Aleksandar Inđić has won the European Individual Chess Championship 2024 undefeated with a tournament performance rating of over 2800 and has qualified for the FIDE World Cup 2025 along with the other top 20 players from this year's European Championship.

Congratulations to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for winning our Streamers Battle November 2024! Congrats also to Полина Янученко1 for taking 2nd place, to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 3rd place, and to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,647 registered players!

The November week of variant Shield Arenas is about to start with the 3+2 Chess960 Arena! The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until next month's arena.

Join the Winter's Comin' Arena, organised by the Connecticut State Chess Association, starting 16 November at 18:00 UTC - for 2 hours of 5+0 Blitz with a total prize fund of $600!

Congrats @AlezierChessYT on winning the Lichess Game of the Month October 2024! Thank you for all your countless submissions!

Watch Day 2 and all remaining rounds of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz in our broadcasts until 17 November with GMs Magnus Carlsen, Arjun Erigaisi and Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the Open and Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Humpy Koneru in the Women's tournament among others.

We added a new Hint button to our puzzles, which highlights the piece you need to move next! Use it when you're stuck in a puzzle, but don't want to see the whole solution yet.