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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.

Message @ichinschlecht to sponsor the team.


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

Resources:

A guide to Horde by The House Discord.
Another guide by PhilippeSaner.

Introduction to Horde Opening Theory - a study on basic opening theory by Sinamon73.
Horde Opening Stuff - a study on 1. d5 and 1. e5 by Stubenfisch.
The Laws of Horde Chess - a compilation of instructive games by mindhunter0101.
Basic Horde Shuffle ideas - a study on the rook shuffle by WhiteDancingRockstar.
My Horde repertoire - a study by svenos on his opening repertoire.


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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

How to win (tricks and stuff) in hordeinit2winit •

Thanks a lot guys

How to win (tricks and stuff) in hordelucabertolani •

Yes

How to win (tricks and stuff) in hordeinit2winit •

@lbluffuout said in #2: > as white, it is often a good strategy to sacrifice a pawn on the A file or the H file if it means closing that file. that is usually where black tries to attack. Than

How to win (tricks and stuff) in hordeinit2winit •

thanks guys

How to win (tricks and stuff) in hordeattractors •

you better move the black pawn before the situation happens the you can't attack there

How to win (tricks and stuff) in hordelbluffuout •

@JDTT said in #3: > thanks for the tips as white welcome. as black, the two possible winning plans are to break through the wing, or to restrict the movement of white's formation. in many cases, you

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