Congrats FM @Ragehunter, the clear winner of our 2024 Autumn Marathon, with a 61% win rate in 454 games, 359 points ahead of 2nd placed CM @Statham_13! Thanks to all 20,555 registered users who played a total of 219,733 games. The next Marathon will take place on 28th December.

The Novy Bor Chess Club, with GM Vidit Gujrathi on board 1, won the European Chess Club Cup 2024. Tajfun ŠK Ljubljana, led by GM Nana Dzagnidze, won the Women's section. GM Arjun Erigaisi, who earlier crossed the 2800 mark in the live ratings, couldn't stay above 2800 after two draws in the final games.

Congratulations to IM Toivo Keinänen for winning our Titled Arena October! He overtook eventual runner-up GM Sergei Zhigalko in the end, who was leading for a long time! GM Oleksandr Bortnyk took 3rd place.

Join our 2024 Autumn Marathon, starting at midnight UTC, for 24 hours of 2+1 bullet chess and be part of one of the biggest chess tournaments in history! The winner, top 10, top 50, top 100 and top 500 players will all get a unique trophy.

For the first time in his career, GM Arjun Erigaisi has crossed the 2800 rating mark in the live ratings, after his win over GM Dmitry Andreikin in Round 5 of the European Chess Club Cup! Follow the remaining two rounds of the ECCC Open and Women's sections in our broadcasts.

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.