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

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

WFM fla2021

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

The Castle of Chess Vampiresambrona

The Castle of Chess Vampires

FM realcyberbird

Fun stats about the Lichess 2024 Autumn Marathon

FM PavelMart

Stuck at Chess? Alekhine's Technique Will Change Your Game!

GM peradetlic83

Analyzing Your Approach: Overcoming Poor Decisions in Chess

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What changed in Ding's play?

kunalchesss

Day 3: Defend with Confidence – Understanding the Sicilian Defense

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.

Congrats FM @Ragehunter, the clear winner of our 2024 Autumn Marathon, with a 61% win rate in 454 games, 359 points ahead of 2nd placed CM @Statham_13! Thanks to all 20,555 registered users who played a total of 219,733 games. The next Marathon will take place on 28th December.

The Novy Bor Chess Club, with GM Vidit Gujrathi on board 1, won the European Chess Club Cup 2024. Tajfun ŠK Ljubljana, led by GM Nana Dzagnidze, won the Women's section. GM Arjun Erigaisi, who earlier crossed the 2800 mark in the live ratings, couldn't stay above 2800 after two draws in the final games.