Lichess Horde
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.
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Tournaments Schedule:
| Time (UTC) | Day | Event | Time Control |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:30 | Wednesday | Weekly Hyper Arena | 0.5+0 |
| 17:00 | Wednesday | Weekly Blitz Arena | 3+2 |
| 18:00 | Wednesday | Weekly Bullet Arena | 1+0 |
| 14:00 | Every Day | Daily Hyper Arena | 0.5+0 |
| 14:30 | Every Day | Daily Blitz Arena | 3+2 |
| 17:00 | Every Day | Daily Bullet Arena | 1+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.
Other Lichess variant teams
Chess960 • King of the Hill • Three-check • Antichess • Atomic • Racing Kings • Crazyhouse
Tournaments
| Daily Hyper Arena½+0 • Horde • Rated • 30m | Inner team | 0 | |
| Daily Blitz Arena3+2 • Horde • Rated • 1h 30m | Inner team | 0 | |
| Daily Bullet Arena1+0 • Horde • Rated • 1h | Inner team | 0 | |
| Daily Hyper Arena½+0 • Horde • Rated • 30m | Inner team | 0 | |
| Daily Blitz Arena3+2 • Horde • Rated • 1h 30m | Inner team | 0 |
Forum
Thanks a lot guys
Yes
@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
thanks guys
you better move the black pawn before the situation happens the you can't attack there
@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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