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Open tournaments
More »Daily King of the Hill | 1h | 31 | |
≤1300 Blitz | 57m | 99 | |
Hourly Atomic | 57m | 52 | |
Hourly Horde | 57m | 32 | |
≤2000 Rapid | 57m | 383 | |
Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 591 | |
≤1500 SuperBlitz | 57m | 126 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 306 | |
Bird Opening Rapid | 1h 57m | 94 | |
≤1700 Bullet | 27m | 13 | |
Hourly Bullet | 27m | 20 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m |
The German Bundesliga saw GM Magnus Carlsen making his debut for FC St. Pauli with a win over GM Max Warmerdam! Replay all the Bundesliga games of this weekend's Round 5 and Round 6 in our broadcast, featuring other world-class players like GMs Alireza Firouzja and Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battles on 20th January at 16:00 UTC and 17th February at 16:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4!
Experimental French language support has been added to Voice Recognition! Select Français in the new language option in the voice settings gear menu to try it out and leave your feedback in the forum.
Our January 1+0 Bullet Shield Arena, the first of seven daily Shield Arenas this week, starts at 16:00 UTC! The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until next month's tournament.
Our December 2024 free and open databases are now available for download, bringing the total number of rated games to over 6.2 billion in standard chess and 125 million across variants!
Congratulations to GM Daniel Naroditsky for winning our Blitz Titled Arena January! IM Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid took 2nd place, ahead of GM José Martínez Alcántara in 3rd place.
Our January 3+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 the Blitz Titled Arena!