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Science of Chess (kinda?): Viih_Sou's 2. Ra3 and a modest research proposal
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Lichess Game of the Month: March 24
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Adult Chess Clock
Leaderboard
More »GM Arka50 | 3247 | |
GM muisback | 3052 | |
GM DrVitman![]() | 2941 | |
IM PlemSovhoz![]() | 2625 | |
GM penguingim1![]() | 2600 | |
catask | 2982 | |
GM Zhigalko_Sergei | 2744 | |
GM Zhigalko_Sergei | 2628 | |
GM Zhigalko_Sergei | 2620 | |
Antichess_Valentino![]() | 2443 | |
chrisrapid![]() | 2448 | |
Eudemian![]() | 2724 | |
FM bijiy | 2444 |
Tournament winners
More »Open tournaments
More »Sicilian Defense SuperBlitz | 57m | 126 | |
≤1500 Rapid | 57m | 98 | |
Hourly Atomic | 57m | 30 | |
Eastern Bullet | 1h | 329 | |
≤2000 SuperBlitz | 57m | 270 | |
Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 169 | |
≤1700 Blitz | 57m | 147 | |
Hourly Horde | 57m | 16 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 161 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | ||
≤1300 Bullet | 27m |
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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.
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GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov has won the TePe Sigeman & Co 2024 in a 3-player tiebreak against GMs Peter Svidler and Arjun Erigaisi.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.