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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

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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Day 3: Defend with Confidence – Understanding the Sicilian Defense

GM NoelStuder

Why CEOs have a hard time improving their chess

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Lichess Game of the Month: September '24

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

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What changed in Ding's play?

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.

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.