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Lichess Horde

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Welcome to the official Horde team!

This is the home of Horde fans across lichess and the #1 place to play in regular horde arenas, marathons, and team battles of all time controls.

For the World Championship and other bracket tournaments join the Horde WC Team.
Congratulations to @Horus_88 for becoming the new Horde World Champion!

Message @Dude128 for any sponsoring.


Tournaments Schedule:

Time (UTC)DayEventTime Control
16:30WednesdayWeekly Hyper Arena0.5+0
17:00WednesdayWeekly Blitz Arena3+2
18:00WednesdayWeekly Bullet Arena1+0
14:00Every DayDaily Hyper Arena0.5+0
14:30Every DayDaily Blitz Arena3+2
17:00Every DayDaily Bullet Arena1+0

Beginner Friendly Resources

A guide to Horde by The House Discord.
Another guide by PhilippeSaner.
How to approach strategy in horde - A blog on how to understand strategy in horde by DIAChessClubStudies
The Laws of Horde Chess - a compilation of instructive games by mindhunter0101.
Introduction to Horde Opening Theory - a study on basic opening theory by Sinamon73.

Intermediate Friendly Resources

Horde Opening Stuff - a study on 1. d5 and 1. e5 by Stubenfisch.
My Horde repertoire - a study on his repertoire by Svenos.
a6 b6 setups for black - a study on a sound opening setup by Stubenfisch
Opening Traps - a study on a bunch of unique opening traps by Matvei-e2e4

Advanced horde Resources

Diablo's Fortress - A study on a unique fortress found by Diablo4747
Horde ideas - Some horde ideas by Matvei-e2e4
The Lore of the Horde Lord - A study by maretate which goes deeper into horde chess.
Engine horde games - Engine games by Stubenfisch
Anti-Computer rook shuffles By the Former World Champion Horde_Coach
The variantsbot gambit By Matvei-e2e4


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Tournaments

Daily Hyper Arena½+0 • Horde • Rated • 30mInner team
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Daily Blitz Arena3+2 • Horde • Rated • 1h 30mInner team
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Daily Bullet Arena1+0 • Horde • Rated • 1hInner team
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Daily Hyper Arena½+0 • Horde • Rated • 30mInner team
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Daily Blitz Arena3+2 • Horde • Rated • 1h 30mInner team
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Forum

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2025 Horde Team LeagueDude128 •

Hello everyone! We have our full line-up and will be starting the event! If you are in this event, Join this team for pairings and results! https://lichess.org/team/horde-team-leaguepairings-and-resul…

2025 Horde Team LeagueDiablo4747 •

Team #3 is formed ! ( peak elos ) Brothers Of Destruction ( Name ) Board #1 @FM bijiy (2945) Board #2 @Diablo4747 (2600) Board #3 @NM CoD_Dragon (1777) Average peak elo 2440.66 Let's rock !

2025 Horde Team LeagueDude128 •

The third team that formed! @matvei-e2e4 (2738) @filippov_anton (2571) @Le_Chuchel (1901) 2403.33 average elo!

2025 Horde Team LeagueDude128 •

A new team has been formed! Also, I'll start asking players to name their teams when they are formed, just for the fun of it If you do not name it by the deadline I'll just name it after board #1. My …

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