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More »Vienna Game SuperBlitz | 57m | 322 | |
Hourly Chess960 | 57m | 85 | |
≤1500 Rapid | 57m | 229 | |
Hourly Three-check | 57m | 71 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 512 | |
≤1700 Blitz | 57m | 409 | |
Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 503 | |
≤2000 SuperBlitz | 57m | 497 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 27 | |
Hourly Atomic | 27m | 38 | |
≤1300 Bullet | 27m | 26 | |
Hourly Bullet | 27m | 196 | |
Titled Arena Warm-up December '24 | 1h 50m | 577 | |
Titled Arena December '24 | 2h | 126 |
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Congratulations to Полина Янученко1 for winning our Streamers Battle December 2024! Congrats also to Ronaldo Playing Chess for taking 2nd place, to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 3rd place, and to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,792 registered players!
Our December 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 arena.
Congrats @joddle on winning the Lichess Game of the Month November 2024! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
The Lichess Bundesliga, world's biggest online chess league, celebrates its 500th edition today after over 4 years - starting at 19:00 UTC!
18-year-old GM Gukesh D has become the youngest World Chess Champion in history! Read our final recap blog and find out what happened in Game 14 against GM Ding Liren.