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Hourly Atomic | 27m | 11 | |
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≤1700 Bullet | 27m | 42 | |
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Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | 42 | |
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≤2000 Rapid | 57m | 92 |
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Congrats @WiNDim on winning the Lichess Game of the Month September 2024! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
Demis Hassabis, the co-founder of Google DeepMind that created AlphaZero, has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry!
Congratulations to GM Daniel Naroditsky for winning our Blitz Titled Arena October, 29 points ahead of runner-up GM Jakhongir Vakhidov, followed by GM Mitrabha Guha in 3rd place!
In just 3 hours, you'll have the chance to play against some of the titled players in our 3+0 Warm-up Arena before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena!
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