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Open tournaments

Four Knights Game Rapid	1h 57m	117
≤1500 SuperBlitz	57m	168
Hourly SuperBlitz	57m	574
Hourly Chess960	57m	38
Hourly Horde	57m	23
Hourly Blitz	57m	295
≤1300 Blitz	57m	87
≤2000 Rapid	57m	339
≤1700 Bullet	27m	55
Hourly King of the Hill	27m	11
Hourly Atomic	27m	17
Hourly Bullet	27m	128
Hourly Crazyhouse	27m
Hourly UltraBullet	27m	16

Congratulations to GM Artem Uskov for winning our Bullet Titled Arena December 2025, ahead of GM Matthias Blübaum, GM Nihal Sarin, GM Haik Martirosyan, and IM Robert Piliposyan!

Our December 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 18:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter this year's final Bullet Titled Arena.

Congratulations to Ronaldo Playing Chess for winning our Streamer Arena December 2025! Congrats also to K2N_chess for taking 2nd place, to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for 3rd place, and to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,825 registered players!

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