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What I Learned from Playing LoneWolf League Season #37

Finding miracle tactics even in check!

Do Stronger Players Play More Accurately? I Analyzed 35,000 Games to Find Out

Calculate like Fischer!

Lessons from my crazy horde journey

Chess in the Capital: Visiting Svarta Hästen & Stockholm Chess Federation

How should we play middlegames with opposite coloured bishops?

Draw after Petrov’s Defense between GM Navara and GM Blübaum in Poland
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GM Wesley So won the Sinquefield Cup 2025! The tournament was decided in a round-robin blitz playoff between tied GMs Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Fabiano Caruana, and Wesley So.

Congrats @CyberShredder on winning the Lichess Game of the Month July 2025! Thank you for all your countless submissions!

Congratulations to team Moon Club for winning the 7th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers @Guary1, GM @FeegLood, GM Thomas Beerdsen, @aloneking1234, GM Shant Sargsyan and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,904 registered players!

Lichess suffered unscheduled downtime between 14:48 UTC and 15:08 UTC. The cause appears to be a crucial server abruptly shutting down due to hardware failure, outside of our control. Things should be stable, but we will be monitoring closely. Unfortunately, we can't refund rating points or restore game positions. We apologise for disruption and inconvenience.

Former World Champion GM Ding Liren was defeated by GM Lu Shanglei in the quarter-finals of the 3rd China Chess King 2025! Follow the remaining rounds of the tournament in our broadcast, featuring GM Yu Yangyi among others.

Congratulations to GM Ediz Gürel for winning our August 2025 Bullet Titled Arena, ahead of GM Daniel Naroditsky, GM Andrew Tang, GM @legendreturns, and GM Haik Martirosyan!

Our August 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 17:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena.