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Tata Steel Chess 2025 Round 12: Praggnanandhaa Joins Gukesh in Lead

Ledger4545

Meet the 4545er who is Big in Japan

FM Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang

What Reading About Human Intelligence Has Taught Me About Chess

Chess with hourglasses and clocksNM RyanVelez

I took my time, my opponent didn't, and I still lost!

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Tata Steel Chess 2025 Round 11: Gukesh Retains Lead, Praggnanandhaa Moves to 2nd

dirkster99

The Vukovic Mating Pattern

CM Olaffo

4 Essential Tips to Break the 1000 rating Barrier

IM theScot

Home Cooking: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Classical RetiFM mizant83

How to Play Classical Reti with Bf5 & Bd6 (for White)

Congratulations to GM José Martínez Alcántara for winning our Blitz Titled Arena February! GM @ARMJoker took 2nd place, ahead of IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján in 3rd place.

Our February 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.

The 5th Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup will be played on Lichess between 1 and 2 February. Academic institutions can still register a team until 24 hours before the start of Round 1. The winning team will receive an online training session with the former World Champion Garry Kasparov!

Last rest day of Tata Steel Chess 2025: World Champion Gukesh D is in the sole lead with 7.5/10, followed by GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov with 7 points and R Praggnanandhaa with 6.5 points. Read our recap of Round 10 and watch the final three rounds in our broadcast, continuing tomorrow at 13:15 UTC.

GM Joel Benjamin defeats @LeelaKnightOdds 4.5 to 3.5 in their exhibition match on Lichess, after taking an early lead with 2 wins in the first 2 games.

The 8-game knight odds match between GM Joel Benjamin and @LeelaKnightOdds, played with a classical time control, just started! Follow it in our broadcast until 27 January and tune in to GM Matthew Sadler's live commentary on YouTube.

Replay all our broadcast games now without spoilers! Turn off the Results toggle on a broadcast tournament page and the results of the games will be hidden - including the moves until you make them on the board. Try it now with the Tata Steel Masters.