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Mastering King Safety: Practical Tips for Every Phase of the Game

Hourly Rapid	1h 57m	804
Hourly Antichess	57m	89
Hourly SuperBlitz	57m	779
Hourly Racing Kings	57m	63
≤1500 Blitz	57m	222
Hourly Blitz	57m	377
≤1700 SuperBlitz	57m	339
≤1300 Rapid	57m	127
≤2000 Bullet	27m	112
Hourly Crazyhouse	27m	27
Hourly Bullet	27m	172
Hourly UltraBullet	27m	52
Titled Arena Warm-up December '24	1h 50m	522
Titled Arena December '24	2h	124

Our puzzle database comes from real user games played on Lichess - see if any of your masterpieces (or blunders) made it into the collection!

Your 2024 Lichess recap is ready! See a personalised look back at your chess activity this year.

Congratulations to Полина Янученко1 for winning our Streamers Battle December 2024! Congrats also to Ronaldo Playing Chess for taking 2nd place, to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 3rd place, and to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,792 registered players!

Our December week of variant Shield Arenas starts at 16:00 UTC with the 3+2 Chess960 Arena! The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until next month's arena.

The Lichess Bundesliga, world's biggest online chess league, celebrates its 500th edition today after over 4 years - starting at 19:00 UTC!

18-year-old GM Gukesh D has become the youngest World Chess Champion in history! Read our final recap blog and find out what happened in Game 14 against GM Ding Liren.