LichessLichess Game of the Month: November '24
FM realcyberbirdFun stats about the Lichess 2024 Winter Marathon
LichessTitled Arena Announcement(s)
ebk1976Aging in Chess
IM hari2209How to Use Calculation Books Effectively!
NM Chess-NetworkCarlsen and Nepomniachtchi share Blitz Chess Champion Title in historic finale
CM loristavernierWhat Are the Most Effective Openings at a High Level?
CyberShredderWorld Rapid and Blitz being absolute meme
frugofruit90AI research for better puzzles - competition results and summary
Open tournaments
More »| Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 340 | |
| Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Bullet | 27m | 82 | |
| Hourly Antichess | 57m | 29 | |
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 339 | |
| Hourly Three-check | 27m | 22 | |
| ≤1500 Blitz | 57m | 106 | |
| Daily Racing Kings | 1h | 10 | |
| Hourly Blitz | 57m | 138 | |
| ≤1700 SuperBlitz | 57m | 151 | |
| ≤1300 Rapid | 57m | 58 | |
| Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | 81 | |
| Hourly Chess960 | 57m | 25 | |
| ≤2000 Bullet | 27m | 178 | |
| Hourly UltraBullet | 27m |
In December, Lichess had 41 people who contributed code across 17 of our repos! See what was worked on in the updated changelog and discuss the changes in our feedback forum thread.
Our Game of the Month December Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in December 2024 until 5 January! The winner will be announced on 14 January, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
The FIDE World Blitz Championship 2024 ended with GMs Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi as co-champions in an unprecedented decision by FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, after Carlsen suggested to Nepomniachtchi that they share 1st place. GM Ju Wenjun is the new Women's World Blitz Champion for the first time in her career, defeating GM Lei Tingjie in the tiebreaks!
The final stage of the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2024 starts at 19:00 UTC! GM Magnus Carlsen, who has returned to play after withdrawing from the Rapid event, meets GM Hans Niemann in the Quarter-Final and GM Ju Wenjun faces two-time and reigning Women's World Blitz Champion GM Valentina Gunina in the Women's tournament, among others.
Congrats FM @Ragehunter on winning our 2024 Winter Marathon - their third Marathon victory in a row - with a 61% win rate in 501 games, 57 points ahead of runner-up GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi! Thanks to all 25,275 registered users who played a total of 303,231 games and 21,886,759 moves! The next Marathon will take place on 26th April.
18-year-old GM Volodar Murzin is the 2024 FIDE World Rapid Champion! GM Alexander Grischuk came 2nd and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 3rd. GM Koneru Humpy has won the FIDE Women's World Rapid Championship, for the second time after 2019, ahead of GMs Ju Wenjun and Kateryna Lagno!
GM Magnus Carlsen quit the FIDE World Rapid&Blitz Championships after being unpaired from Round 9 for violating the dress code by wearing jeans and refusing to change them. He didn't appeal the decision, calling the incident "a matter of principle". FIDE issued a statement explaining that these "rules have been in place for years" and apply "equally to all players".
