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More »| Sicilian Defense Rapid | 1h 57m | 628 | |
| Hourly Antichess | 57m | 89 | |
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 691 | |
| Hourly Three-check | 57m | 60 | |
| Hourly Blitz | 57m | 436 | |
| ≤1500 Blitz | 57m | 254 | |
| ≤1300 Rapid | 57m | 168 | |
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | 339 | |
| Hourly Chess960 | 27m | 51 | |
| ≤1700 SuperBlitz | 57m | 329 | |
| ≤2000 Bullet | 27m | ||
| Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | ||
| Weekly Bullet | 2h | 32 |
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Congratulations to GM Andrew Tang for winning our Titled Arena December! GM Nihal Sarin took 2nd place, ahead of GM Daniel Naroditsky in 3rd place.
Our December 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts in just 2 hours at 16:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena!
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Congratulations to Полина Янученко1 for winning our Streamers Battle December 2024! Congrats also to Ronaldo Playing Chess for taking 2nd place, to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 3rd place, and to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,792 registered players!
