The Worst Way to Change Your Thought Process
LichessLichess Game of the Month: August '24
CM loristavernierHow to Get Better at Blitz Chess ?
FM Zig_Zag_Zug_ZwangThe Blueprint On How to Prepare Against Your Opponent
jk_182Finding Threats and Piece Manoeuvres with Engines
GM Avetik_ChessMood7Q Method: Your Roadmap to Formulating Chess Plans in Any Position
WFM fla2021Bishop or Knight? Which one to choose?
ToadofskyRules Are Boring
GM NoelStuderThe simple way to learn a new opening
Open tournaments
More »Scandinavian Defense Rapid | 1h 57m | 568 | |
Hourly Antichess | 57m | 123 | |
Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 940 | |
Hourly Three-check | 57m | 77 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 578 | |
≤1500 Blitz | 57m | 283 | |
≤1300 Rapid | 57m | 162 | |
≤1700 SuperBlitz | 57m | 351 | |
≤2000 Bullet | 27m | 137 | |
Hourly Chess960 | 27m | 28 | |
Hourly Bullet | 27m | 223 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 58 | |
Daily Bullet | 1h | 10 | |
Classical Shield | 10h | 234 |
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.
Thank you to the more than 38 contributors who made September one of our highest activity months! See what we've been working on in the updated changelog.
Join the 2nd Chess Day USA Arena, organised by the Connecticut State Chess Association, starting 5 October at 17:00 UTC - for 2 hours of 3+0 Blitz with a total prize fund of $600!
Together, we have now played over 6 billion rated standard games - and counting! All available for download in our free and open database.