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The Risks of Playing Chess When You Don't Want to
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Naroditsky's Blitz Repertoire
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Tournament winners
More »Open tournaments
More »≤1700 Blitz | 57m | 276 | |
≤2000 SuperBlitz | 57m | 320 | |
≤1300 Bullet | 27m | 33 | |
Daily Bullet | 1h | 576 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 322 | |
Hourly King of the Hill | 57m | 35 | |
Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | 89 | |
Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 409 | |
≤1500 Rapid | 57m | 168 | |
Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 320 | |
Hourly Atomic | 27m | 60 | |
Hourly Horde | 57m | 28 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | ||
Monthly Blitz | 4h | 291 |
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The Superbet Romania Chess Classic 2024 has started! Watch GMs Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Gukesh D, Anish Giri and others compete over 9 rounds in our broadcast until 5 July.
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Congratulations to GM Daniel Naroditsky for winning our Titled Arena June 2024, 35 points ahead of runner-up GM Nihal Sarin! GM Minh Lê took 3rd place.
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Our next 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts in just 2 hours! You will have the chance again to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena!
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Lichess turns 14 years old today! Thanks to all our users, contributors and supporters. Join the celebration tournament here.
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You can now add a custom flair to your studies, choosing from over 3,000 icons in the study settings, that appears on all study pages.
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GM Arjun Erigaisi is the clear winner of the 5th Stepan Avagyan Memorial, 1.5 points ahead of a group including GMs Samuel Sevian, Amin Tabatabaei and Bogdan-Daniel Deac. Arjun is now ranked no. 4 in the world with a live rating of 2778 - 17 rating points above his peak!