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Open tournaments
More »Petrov's Defense SuperBlitz | 57m | 244 | |
Hourly Chess960 | 57m | 79 | |
≤1500 Rapid | 57m | 237 | |
Hourly Three-check | 57m | 48 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 433 | |
≤1700 Blitz | 57m | 322 | |
Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 388 | |
≤2000 SuperBlitz | 57m | 548 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | ||
≤1300 Bullet | 27m | ||
Hourly Bullet | 27m |
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Congratulations to GM Andrew Tang for winning our Titled Arena December! GM Nihal Sarin took 2nd place, ahead of GM Daniel Naroditsky in 3rd place.
Our December 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts in just 2 hours at 16:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena!
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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!