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Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | 22 | |
Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 71 | |
≤1300 Bullet | 27m | 22 | |
≤2000 SuperBlitz | 57m | 113 | |
≤1500 Rapid | 57m | 51 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 62 | |
Hourly Bullet | 27m | 75 | |
≤1700 Blitz | 57m | 62 | |
2024 Spring Marathon | 24h | 1260 |
Congratulations to GM David Navara, who annotated 4 games of the 2023 World Championship on Lichess, for winning the Czech Championship for a record 13th time! After an early loss in round 3, he came back with a queen sacrifice in the next round and went on to win all 6 remaining games.
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov has won the TePe Sigeman & Co 2024 in a 3-player tiebreak against GMs Peter Svidler and Arjun Erigaisi.
Thank you to the 30 contributors who helped write code for Lichess last month! See what we've been working on in the updated changelog.
The tied leaders of the TePe Sigeman & Co 2024, GMs Arjun Erigaisi and Peter Svidler, are playing against each other right now, ahead of tomorrow's final round! Follow all the games of Round 6 in our broadcast.
Our Game of the Month April Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in April 2024 until 5 May! The winner will be announced one week after the deadline, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva has won the European Women's Chess Championship 2024! A draw in the final round against GM Nino Batsiashvili was enough to secure the title undefeated with 8.5/10. IMs Nataliya Buksa and Lela Javakhishvili finished 2nd and 3rd respectively with 7.5 points on tiebreak criteria.