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Puzzle of the day

White to play

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ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Finals

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What I Learned from Spending 1,000+ Hours Writing an Opening Course

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The Schematic of Threatening Opening Preparation

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Using Maia and Leela Chess Zero to Find Repertoire Gaps

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100 games experiment (Part 1/5)

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Antichess: 1. e3 Wins for White in #79

Open tournaments

Semi-Slav Defense Rapid	1h 57m	32
Hourly Atomic	27m	18
Hourly Bullet	27m	128
Hourly Crazyhouse	27m
≤1500 SuperBlitz	57m	60
Hourly King of the Hill	27m
Hourly SuperBlitz	57m	188
Hourly Chess960	57m	14
≤1700 Bullet	27m	37
Hourly Horde	57m
Hourly Blitz	57m	100
Hourly HyperBullet	27m	22
≤1300 Blitz	57m	36
≤2000 Rapid	57m	122

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Congratulations to GM Artem Uskov for winning our Bullet Titled Arena December 2025, ahead of GM Matthias Blübaum, GM Nihal Sarin, GM Haik Martirosyan, and IM Robert Piliposyan!

Our December 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 18:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter this year's final Bullet Titled Arena.

Congratulations to Ronaldo Playing Chess for winning our Streamer Arena December 2025! Congrats also to K2N_chess for taking 2nd place, to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for 3rd place, and to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,825 registered players!

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