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Main Line Slav Defense (Dutch variation)
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The bold-unbold technique: no more forgetting what you learn
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Science of Chess (kinda?): Viih_Sou's 2. Ra3 and a modest research proposal
Leaderboard
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GM penguingim1![]() | 2600 | |
NM Jasugi99 | 2815 | |
GM Zhigalko_Sergei | 2744 | |
GM Zhigalko_Sergei | 2628 | |
GM Zhigalko_Sergei | 2620 | |
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FM bijiy | 2472 |
Tournament winners
More »Open tournaments
More »Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 321 | |
Hourly Chess960 | 57m | 39 | |
Ruy Lopez Bullet | 27m | 76 | |
Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | 40 | |
Daily Racing Kings | 1h | 10 | |
Hourly Three-check | 27m | ||
Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 258 | |
≤2000 Bullet | 27m | 126 | |
≤1500 Blitz | 57m | 79 | |
≤1300 Rapid | 57m | 38 | |
Hourly Antichess | 57m | 27 | |
≤1700 SuperBlitz | 57m | 133 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 116 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | ||
2024 Spring Marathon | 24h | 1592 |
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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.