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Congratulations to Полина Янученко1 for winning our Streamers Battle October 2024! Congrats also to runner-up Ronaldo Playing Chess, to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for taking 3rd place, and to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,986 registered players!

Our 3+2 Crazyhouse Shield Arena, the second of eight variant Shield Arenas this month, starts at 16:00 UTC! All the rules of standard chess apply, but captured pieces can be dropped back on the board. The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until the next arena.

Join us and thousands of players for 8 hours of 10+0 Rapid in our Yearly Rapid Arena, starting at 17:00 UTC.

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

Demis Hassabis, the co-founder of Google DeepMind that created AlphaZero, has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry!

Congratulations to GM Daniel Naroditsky for winning our Blitz Titled Arena October, 29 points ahead of runner-up GM Jakhongir Vakhidov, followed by GM Mitrabha Guha in 3rd place!