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Open tournaments

Daily Bullet	1h	29
Hourly SuperBlitz	57m
≤1500 Rapid	57m	44
Hourly Blitz	57m
≤1700 Blitz	57m	21
Hourly Rapid	1h 57m	29
Hourly HyperBullet	27m
≤1300 Bullet	27m
≤2000 SuperBlitz	57m	19
Weekly Classical	5h	66

Join the Lotus Chess Grand Colosseum Arena by @agadmator for two hours of 2+0 Bullet with a total prize fund of $1,500, starting today at 16:30 UTC!

Your 2025 Lichess recap is ready! See a personalized look back at your chess activity this year.

Congratulations to GM Artem Uskov for winning our Bullet Titled Arena December 2025, ahead of GM Matthias Blübaum, GM Nihal Sarin, GM Haik Martirosyan, and IM Robert Piliposyan!

Our December 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 18:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter this year's final Bullet Titled Arena.

Congratulations to Ronaldo Playing Chess for winning our Streamer Arena December 2025! Congrats also to K2N_chess for taking 2nd place, to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for 3rd place, and to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,825 registered players!

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