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GM mraquariyaz67

33630:15

GM junglebook134150:18

Puzzle of the day

White to play

17 Dec 2025Lichess

ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Finals

16 Dec 2025ReyEnigma

7️⃣TRUQUITOS de mi ESCANDINAVA ENIGMÁTICA

10 Dec 2025CkickyCheck

100 games experiment (Part 1/5)

10 Dec 2025GM ChessMindAI

Antichess: 1. e3 Wins for White in #79

12 Dec 2025HollowLeaf

Using Maia and Leela Chess Zero to Find Repertoire Gaps

10 Dec 2025NM VoicelessFeather

The Schematic of Threatening Opening Preparation

12 Dec 2025JustAnotherLine44

What I Learned from Spending 1,000+ Hours Writing an Opening Course

Open tournaments

Semi-Slav Defense Rapid	1h 57m	176
≤2000 Bullet	27m	123
Hourly Atomic	27m	20
Hourly SuperBlitz	57m	241
Hourly Three-check	57m	11
Hourly HyperBullet	27m	49
Hourly Chess960	27m	16
Hourly Blitz	57m	135
Hourly Racing Kings	27m
≤1500 Blitz	57m	86
≤1300 Rapid	57m	65
Hourly Bullet	27m	176
Hourly Antichess	57m	19
≤1700 SuperBlitz	57m	107
Hourly UltraBullet	27m

Your 2025 Lichess recap is ready! See a personalized look back at your chess activity this year.

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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