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WCC 2024 Round 14: Gukesh Becomes the Youngest World Champion in History
GM Gukesh D pressed a slightly better endgame for a long time against GM Ding Liren, who blundered u…
WCC 2024 Round 13: Gukesh Misses Some Chances As Ding Defends Tenaciously
GM Gukesh came close to winning against GM Ding Liren, but Ding defended well and the game ended in …
WCC 2024 Round 12: Prescient Ding Makes His Own Destiny
GM Ding Liren bounced back after yesterday's loss against GM Gukesh D with a very accurate game.
WCC 2024 Round 11: Ding Blunders a Piece in a Complicated Slugfest
After GM Gukesh D and GM Ding Liren played a fighting opening with a lot of twists and turns, Ding, …
WCC 2024 Round 10: A French-Like London
An interesting moment marked what was otherwise a very solid game from both GM Ding Liren and GM Guk…
WCC 2024 Round 9: A Moral Victory for Ding
GM Gukesh D went for a Catalan sideline, but GM Ding Liren successfully sidestepped the opening prep…
WCC 2024 Round 8: A Double Advantage English
GM Ding Liren played an enterprising English Opening against GM Gukesh D today, and after both sides…
Lichess Game of the Month: October '24
Crushing the Sicilian Defence with the Smith-Morra Gambit
WCC 2024 Round 6: Drawing the London...
GM Ding Liren returns to 1.d4, with the two players navigating near-perfectly a less common London t…
WCC 2024 Round 5: A Close Draw in the Exchange French
GM Ding Liren was applying pressure after GM Gukesh D played the Exchange French, but the game abrup…
WCC 2024 Round 4: Ding and Gukesh Play a Perfect Game
GM Ding Liren surprised GM Gukesh D with a rare variation, but both he and Gukesh played with 100% a…
2024 Lichess Meetup in Berlin
A weekend of team working, chess, and meeting the public for more chess.
WCC 2024 Round 3: Gukesh Bounces Back After Trapping a Bishop
GM Gukesh D won a piece and converted his position against GM Ding Liren to tie up the match heading…
WCC 2024 Round 2: A Solid Draw With Many Positional Subtleties
After yesterday's thrill, GM Ding Liren and GM Gukesh D called it a day early on today as they repea…
WCC 2024 Round 1: Ding Liren Wins With the French Defense
GM Ding Liren won the first game of the 2024 World Chess Championship in what was a strong fighting …
2024 World Chess Championship Preview: GM Ding Liren vs. GM Gukesh D
GM Ding Liren is defending his title against challenger GM Gukesh D in Singapore starting on Monday,…
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Shymkent Round 9: Goryachkina Wins 130 WGP Points
GM Aleksandra Goryachkina drew her game against IM Nurgyul Salimova to clinch first place and, with …
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Shymkent Round 8: Status Quo Remains Unchanged
A quiet day of four draws saw little changes in the standings before the final round on November 8.
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Shymkent Round 7: Goryachkina Close To Double Hat-Trick
GM Aleksandra Goryachkina won her fifth game in a row while GM Tan Zhongyi also won to keep herself …
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Shymkent Round 6: Goryachkina Maintains Full Point Lead
GM Aleksandra Goryachkina won again to extend her lead over the field as IM Bibisara Assaubayeva los…
Meet the Lichess Team in Berlin! Triff das Lichess-Team in Berlin!
Meet the team! German version also available below – Deutsche Version weiter unten
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Shymkent Round 5: Goryachkina Takes Sole Lead
A very exciting round 5 saw four decisive games and a shakeup in the standings as GM Aleksandra Gory…
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Shymkent Round 4: Tan, Goryachkina, and Koneru Lead
GM Tan Zhongyi's draw meant that GM Aleksandra Goryachkina's win against IM Stavroula Tsolakidou and…