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Lion Defense Rapid | 1h 57m | 243 | |
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≤1300 Rapid | 57m | 126 | |
≤1500 Blitz | 57m | 127 | |
Hourly King of the Hill | 57m | 38 | |
Hourly Antichess | 57m | 72 | |
≤1700 SuperBlitz | 57m | 152 | |
≤2000 Bullet | 27m | ||
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Congrats FM @Ragehunter on winning our 2025 Spring Marathon - their 4th Marathon victory in a row - with a 58% win rate in 382 games, 16 points ahead of runner-up @cbev378! Thanks to all 21,169 registered users who played a total of 189,867 games and 13,482,523 moves! The next Marathon will take place on 2 August.

Watch Round 14 of the German Bundesliga and Round 10 of the German Women's Bundesliga now with us and our host WCM Katharina Reinecke on YouTube and Twitch!

Our 2025 Spring Marathon starts at midnight UTC! Join us and thousands of players for 24 hours of 5+0 Blitz and be part of one of the biggest chess tournaments in history. The top 500, top 100, top 50, top 10 and the winner will all get a unique trophy.

Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 13 of the German Bundesliga and Round 9 of the German Women's Bundesliga with our host WCM Katharina Reinecke! Follow the games of GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, Anish Giri, Alexandra Kosteniuk and many more.

Congrats GM @delta_horsey on winning the Lichess Game of the Month March 2025! Thank you all for your submissions!

Congratulations to team Saqochess & friends and fan club by FM Sargis A. Manukyan for winning the third ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers GM Mamikon Gharibyan, IM Reza Mahdavi, IM Samir Sahidi and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and players!

GM Humpy Koneru is the winner of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/25 event in Pune, India! She is now 2nd in the overall GP standings behind GM Aleksandra Goryachkina. The top two will qualify for the next Women's Candidates Tournament. The final GP event starts on 6 May in Grosslobming, Austria.