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GM GABUZYAN_CHESSMOOD

Why Being Amateur Might Be Better Than Being Grandmaster

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Can my club win the local chess league?

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WCC 2024 Round 14: Gukesh Becomes the Youngest World Champion in History

FM nikhildixit

Tournament Review: Qatar Masters 2024

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Cognitive Dissonance and Chess Improvement

WIM RanchoWangdu

"All Izz Well": Overcoming Negative Emotions on and off the Chessboard

GM Fedoseev vs. GM IndjicFM jeffforever

Interview with GM Aleksandar Indjic - European Champion 2024

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Science of Chess: Can you tell a human opponent from a machine?

NM Chess-Network

Game 14: Ding Liren vs Gukesh D | World Chess Championship 2024

Lichess is translated to 80+ different languages. Thank you to Tux960 for translating over 11,000 words this month for our Tamil translation! You can help contribute other languages with Crowdin.

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!

Our puzzle database comes from real user games played on Lichess - see if any of your masterpieces (or blunders) made it into the collection!

Your 2024 Lichess recap is ready! See a personalised look back at your chess activity this year.

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!

Our December week of variant Shield Arenas starts at 16:00 UTC with the 3+2 Chess960 Arena! The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until next month's arena.