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Lichess: A review of 2024!

Alapin Gambit RefutedFM mizant83

The Alapin Gambit - Refuted!

FM Millionaire_19

What If Magnus Carlsen Played Bobby Fischer?

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The 11 Best Bloggers on Lichess

Chess From PositionNishAz

Chess960/Freestyle Positions in Chess From Position!

A powerful chessboard or close-up of chess pieces.Zhrakos

The Heart of Chess: Why Losing is the Key to Winning in Life

NM HanSchut

Improve your chess by focusing on Skills and Habits

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What You Need to Know About the Dynamic Center

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Milan Mrdja (1954-2024)

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Our January 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 tournament.

Congratulations to GM Alireza Firouzja for winning our Titled Arena January! GM Andrew Tang took 2nd place, just one point ahead of GM Nihal Sarin in 3rd place.

Our January 1+0 Warm-up Arena begins in 3 hours at 17:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena!

The Tata Steel Masters 2025 has started! Follow the games between World Champion Gukesh D, GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Arjun Erigaisi and more in our broadcast until 2nd February.

A new puzzle theme is now available: the Kill box mate. Select it from the Puzzle Themes page and start practicing. Many thanks to @dirkster99 for identifying and tagging over 3,000 Kill box mate puzzles!

Let’s look back at everything we’ve achieved last year in our review of 2024!