Lichess Chess960
Team leaders: NM visualdennis
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TeamChess960
Welcome to the official Lichess Chess960 Team!
We are the home of Chess960 fans across Lichess. Join the team for tournaments and other community-driven Chess960 events. Everyone is welcome to join!
VOTE here for the time control you would like to see more for Chess960 Tournaments
Resources:
• Detailed Guide to Chess960 with history, strategy and opening tips as well as further resources.
• Table of all 960 starting positions (PDF)
Tournaments Schedule:
| Time | Day | Event | Time Control |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly | Every day | Hourly Chess960 | Various |
| 19:00 UTC | Tuesdays | Weekly Chess960 Rapid Arena | 10+2 |
| 19:00 UTC | Wednesdays | Weekly Chess960 SuperBlitz Arena | 3+0 |
| 11:00 UTC | Saturdays | Weekly Chess960 SuperBlitz Team Battle | 3+0 |
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The Lichess Chess960 Titled Arenas twice every 6 months.
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The Hourly Tournaments
Links to these regular tournaments can be found below , if you scroll down a bit or here.
Additionally, if you are fan of team battles, you can find Daily Chess960 Team Battles hosted by Fischer Random Chess Center
Community:
• Share and discuss your games here
• Feel free to create a topic in the forum if you have questions, want to give feedback, or make suggestion for tournament ideas, events, format or any kind of thing.
• Chess960 versions for other variants, such as Crazyhouse960 and Atomic960 can be played on Pychess. Every 2nd Monday of the month, Crazyhouse960 Shield takes place here
Lichess official variant teams
Lichess Chess960 • Lichess King of the Hill • Lichess Three-check • Lichess Antichess • Lichess Atomic • Lichess Horde • Lichess Racing Kings • Lichess Crazyhouse
Tournaments
Forum
Hello, @sicilian3, @BobbyDerFischer, @earlpurple, @Guedex and everyone! This Thursday, July 11 at 14:00 UTC the first inter-club chess-960 arena with classical control 30+30 will take place. Time to t…
It would be really cool to have some longer Chess960 tournaments. Not some classical 60 or 90 min game, but something like 20+10 or 25+20
I have an idea, we can make a team of classical chess960 tournaments. If yes, please like to encourage me.
I guess there are some people who need classical time control.so, I hope this team makes it possible. I wanted it to be like freestyle chess tournaments which are held for top players. Even 30+20 is o…
I'm glad you added 10+2 as a possibility, I think that's a good time control - I don't like 10+0 because I hate zero increment. 2 seconds isn't a big increment but it's enough to avoid the main situat…
I second that, slower time control are much better for improvment, and currently we only see 1+0 or 3+0. I've seen a 3+2 but that still very fast for positional play.
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