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Lichess Game of the Month: August '24

FM nikhildixit

3 Unique Stalemates Under 20 Moves

Glicko-2 mathToadofsky

Lichess ratings are not Glicko-2

GM NoelStuder

The simple way to learn a new opening

FM Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang

The Blueprint On How to Prepare Against Your Opponent

NM Chess-Network

Leela's Wing Gambit checkmates Grandmaster without a knight

FM CheckRaiseMate

The Worst Way to Change Your Thought Process

GM peradetlic83

Must-Win Situations: Risky Play as an Integral Part of Chess

GM Avetik_ChessMood

7Q Method: Your Roadmap to Formulating Chess Plans in Any Position

Congratulations to GM Daniel Naroditsky for winning our Blitz Titled Arena October, 29 points ahead of runner-up GM Jakhongir Vakhidov, followed by GM Mitrabha Guha in 3rd place!

In just 3 hours, you'll have the chance to play against some of the titled players in our 3+0 Warm-up Arena before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena!

Follow the Global Chess League final between the teams of PBG Alaskan Knights with GM Anish Giri and Triveni Continental Knights with GM Alireza Firouzja in our broadcast starting at 13:45 UTC.

We now rotate the featured blogs on our homepage, giving you more variety and more authors the chance to have their blogs read by a wider audience.

Check out our new broadcast calendar! Sortable by year and month, you can find all our broadcasts much easier than before.

Streamers and their communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battle on 21 October at 15:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4!

To better understand which moves led to three- and fivefold repetition draws, we now highlight them in the analysis, as in this game for example.