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Open tournaments

Daily Horde	1h
≤1300 Blitz	57m	59
Hourly Bullet	27m	101
Hourly Crazyhouse	57m	15
≤1500 SuperBlitz	57m	55
Hourly Atomic	27m	15
Hourly SuperBlitz	57m	182
Hourly Racing Kings	57m
≤1700 Bullet	27m	51
Hourly Blitz	57m	93
Hourly HyperBullet	27m	25
Hourly Rapid	1h 57m	98
≤2000 Rapid	57m	97

Tune in now on YouTube and Twitch for the final round of the German Bundesliga and German Women's Bundesliga with our host WCM Katharina Reinecke!

Congrats FM @Ragehunter on winning our 2025 Spring Marathon - their 4th Marathon victory in a row - with a 58% win rate in 382 games, 16 points ahead of runner-up @cbev378! Thanks to all 21,169 registered users who played a total of 189,867 games and 13,482,523 moves! The next Marathon will take place on 2 August.

Watch Round 14 of the German Bundesliga and Round 10 of the German Women's Bundesliga now with us and our host WCM Katharina Reinecke on YouTube and Twitch!

Our 2025 Spring Marathon starts at midnight UTC! Join us and thousands of players for 24 hours of 5+0 Blitz and be part of one of the biggest chess tournaments in history. The top 500, top 100, top 50, top 10 and the winner will all get a unique trophy.

Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 13 of the German Bundesliga and Round 9 of the German Women's Bundesliga with our host WCM Katharina Reinecke! Follow the games of GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, Anish Giri, Alexandra Kosteniuk and many more.