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Meet the Lichess Team in Berlin! Triff das Lichess-Team in Berlin!

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FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Shymkent Round 5: Goryachkina Takes Sole Lead

GM NoelStuder

Why CEOs have a hard time improving their chess

WFM fla2021

Sometimes, it's better not to castle too quickly! Here's why!

IM mysterious_expert

Arjun Erigaisi Crosses 2800 at the European Chess Club Cup

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The Castle of Chess Vampires

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What changed in Ding's play?

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Lichess Game of the Month: September '24

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The Minimalist Chess Workout

More new features and improvements were added to Lichess last month! See what the developers and community contributors have been working on in our updated changelog.

Meet the Lichess Team in Berlin, Germany on Sunday 10th November from 16:00 until late in the evening! Check out our blog for more details.

Our November 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.

Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battles on 18th November at 16:00 UTC and 16th December at 16:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4!

At the age of 3 years, 8 months and 19 days, Anish Sarkar becomes the youngest FIDE rated player in the world, as reported by The Indian Express.

Our Game of the Month October Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in October 2024 until 5 November! The winner will be announced on 14 November, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.

The second of six FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-25 tournaments starts at 10:00 UTC in Shymkent, Kazakhstan! Follow all the games in our broadcast until 8 November, as GMs Tan Zhongyi, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Koneru Humpy and others try to earn points for the WGP Series.