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Grand Prix vs Early e6+d5 Plan: A Complete Breakdown for White

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The Sicilian Slayer: Why the Grand Prix Attack Works at Every Level

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Sicilian Defense Rapid	1h 57m	543
Hourly Antichess	57m	95
Hourly SuperBlitz	57m	691
Hourly Three-check	57m	56
Hourly Blitz	57m	411
≤1500 Blitz	57m	227
≤1300 Rapid	57m	185
≤1700 SuperBlitz	57m	288
≤2000 Bullet	27m	22
Hourly Chess960	27m
Hourly Bullet	27m
Hourly UltraBullet	27m
Monthly SuperBlitz	3h 30m	238

Together, we have now played over 7 billion rated standard games - and counting! All available for download in our free and open database.

Congrats @lz42 on winning the Lichess Game of the Month August 2025! Thank you for all your countless submissions!

The new season of the German Bundesliga has started! Round 1 features GMs Vincent Keymer, Javokhir Sindarov, Richard Rapport and Pentala Harikrishna, among others, with many more top players expected to join in later rounds. Watch all the games in our broadcast.

Meet the Lichess Team at the Annex Chess Club in Toronto, Canada, on 19 October from 6 pm to 9 pm local time for a few hours of chess, snacks and camaraderie! Check out our blog for more information.

Congratulations to team Moon Club for winning the 8th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, GM @FeegLood, @doughnut42, GM Mitrabha Guha, IM Harshavardhan GB, GM Benjamin Bok and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,846 registered players!