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Chess Football: A Fun and Creative Variant

Classical Online Tournaments

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Beating the Accelerated London

Petroff Defense Opening Traps
Open tournaments
More »Catalan Opening Rapid | 1h 57m | 363 | |
≤2000 Bullet | 27m | ||
Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 14 | |
Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | ||
Hourly Blitz | 57m | ||
≤1500 Blitz | 57m | ||
≤1300 Rapid | 57m | 22 | |
Hourly Bullet | 27m | ||
≤1700 SuperBlitz | 57m | 14 | |
Three-check Shield | 6h | 21 | |
Weekly UltraBullet | 2h | ||
Elite Bullet | 1h 30m | 25 |

Tune in now on YouTube and Twitch and watch Round 12 of the German Bundesliga, the strongest chess league in the world, with us and our host WCM Katharina Reinecke!

Congratulations to GM Daniel Naroditsky for winning our Titled Arena March! GM Brandon Jacobson took 2nd place, ahead of GM Christopher Yoo in 3rd place.

Join us now on Twitch and YouTube for Round 11 of the German Bundesliga with our host WCM Katharina Reinecke! Follow the games of GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Vincent Keymer and many more.

Our March 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 17:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena.

Enter the World of Solving Magic with six-time World Chess Solving Champion GM Kacper Piorun! The Lichess study introduces composed problems used in chess solving competitions. The course is aimed at advanced players.

Congratulations to team Moon Club by @MoonWarrior1 for also winning the second ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers IM Jakub Půlpán, @BetterCollSoul, @DrMystic, IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, @Aghapourchess100 and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and players!

GM Anna Muzychuk leads the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Nicosia on the first rest day with 4/5 points, ahead of GMs Zhu Jiner and Aleksandra Goryachkina. Watch more high-level chess now in the European Championship 2025, where GM Daniil Yuffa is the only player to have won every game after 5 rounds!