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Praggnanandhaa wins the Tata Steel Masters 2025! 🏆 He defeated World Champion Gukesh in the Blitz tiebreak, after both players lost their Classical games in an exciting final round! Congrats! 🎉
Photo of Praggnanandhaa (Photo credits: Lennart Ootes / Tata Steel Chess)

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The games: lichess.org/broadcast/tata-s…

Tata Steel Chess 2025 | Masters • Tiebreaks

14-player round-robin | 100 min / 40 moves + 50 min / 20 moves + 15 min / rest + 30 sec / move | standard | Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands | Caruana, Gukesh,…

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Watch former World Champion Garry Kasparov commentate Round 6 of the Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup now live on Twitch! twitch.tv/chessdojo

ChessDojo - Twitch

ChessDojo is a hub for chess players, improvers, and coaches. Make sure to follow our streams for educational chess content and join the Discord to connect with other ambitious chess players! —...

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Follow the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/5th-ka…

5th Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup • Round 1

Team vs Team Swiss | 10+2 | standard | lichess.org | Top Teams: UTRGV, TTU, SLU, MIZZOU, UTD

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Lichess is now on @kaggle! Use our puzzles, openings, and engine evaluation datasets directly in your kaggle notebooks: kaggle.com/organizations/lic… ♟️
Screenshot of Lichess organization overview page on Kaggle

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Congratulations to GM José Martínez Alcántara for winning our Blitz Titled Arena February! 🎉 GM ARMJoker took 2nd place, ahead of IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján in 3rd place: lichess.org/tournament/feb25…
Lichess Blitz Titled Arena February 2025 leaderboard

ALT Lichess Blitz Titled Arena February 2025 leaderboard

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Our February 3+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 the Blitz Titled Arena: lichess.org/tournament/feb25… 🏆
Screenshot of lichess.org Blitz Warm-Up February 2025 leaderboard

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The 5th Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup will be played on Lichess between 1 & 2 February. Teams can still register until 24 hours before the start. The winners will receive an online training session with the former World Champion @Kasparov63! kcfuniversitycup.org/uc/regi…
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Last rest day of Tata Steel Chess 2025: World Champion Gukesh is in the sole lead with 7.5/10, followed by Abdusattorov with 7 points and Praggnanandhaa with 6.5 points. Read our recap and watch the final three rounds in our broadcast, continuing tomorrow: lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/t…

Tata Steel Chess 2025 Round 10: Gukesh, Abdusattorov, and Praggnanandhaa Win

GM Gukesh D won his game against GM Max Warmerdam, while GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov and GM Praggnanandhaa R won their games against GM Alexey Sarana and GM Vladimir Fedoseev, respectively.

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Super-GM @FabianoCaruana warmed up for his Tata Steel Masters game by playing a few Blitz games vs LeelaKnightOdds! Check out all 9 games via (lichess.org/@/Bombegranate/s…). Challenge our bots via lichess.org/player/bots What are your thoughts on this? #chess #caruana #leela
Super-GM Fabiano Caruana warmed up for his Tata Steel Masters game by playing a few Blitz games vs LeelaKnightOdds! Check out all 9 games here (https://lichess.org/@/Bombegranate/search?dateMin=2025-01-28&dateMax=2025-01-29&players.a=bombegranate&players.b=LeelaKnightOdds&sort.field=d&sort.order=desc). You can challenge our bots via https://lichess.org/player/bots What are your thoughts on this? #chess #caruana #leela #lc0

ALT Super-GM Fabiano Caruana warmed up for his Tata Steel Masters game by playing a few Blitz games vs LeelaKnightOdds! Check out all 9 games here (https://lichess.org/@/Bombegranate/search?dateMin=2025-01-28&dateMax=2025-01-29&players.a=bombegranate&players.b=LeelaKnightOdds&sort.field=d&sort.order=desc). You can challenge our bots via https://lichess.org/player/bots What are your thoughts on this? #chess #caruana #leela #lc0

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GM Gukesh D won his game against GM Leon Luke Mendonca to top the standings as GM Vladimir Fedoseev and GM Anish Giri won their games against GM Pentala Harikrishna and GM Praggnanandhaa R. Learn more: lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/t… #chess #tatasteel
GM Gukesh D won his game against GM Leon Luke Mendonca to top the standings as GM Vladimir Fedoseev and GM Anish Giri won their games against GM Pentala Harikrishna and GM Praggnanandhaa R. Learn more: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/tata-steel-chess-2025-round-9-gukesh-tops-the-standings-as-fedoseev--giri-win/h2KSsMXw

ALT GM Gukesh D won his game against GM Leon Luke Mendonca to top the standings as GM Vladimir Fedoseev and GM Anish Giri won their games against GM Pentala Harikrishna and GM Praggnanandhaa R. Learn more: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/tata-steel-chess-2025-round-9-gukesh-tops-the-standings-as-fedoseev--giri-win/h2KSsMXw

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Your turn! 🤔 White to move and win. Can you find the solution to our Daily Lichess Puzzle? 🧩 lichess.org/training/daily #chess #chesspuzzle #chesstactics
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Get to know the "Adhiban Gambit" founder (current Elo: 2555, highest Elo: 2701 in April 2019) lichess.org/@/jeffforever/bl… #chess #interview #Adhiban #Baskaran
Get to know the "Adhiban Gambit" founder (current Elo: 2555, highest Elo: 2701 in April 2019) https://lichess.org/@/jeffforever/blog/interview-with-the-beast-gm-adhiban-baskaran/YJot3mMs #chess #interview #Adhiban #Baskaran

ALT Get to know the "Adhiban Gambit" founder (current Elo: 2555, highest Elo: 2701 in April 2019) https://lichess.org/@/jeffforever/blog/interview-with-the-beast-gm-adhiban-baskaran/YJot3mMs #chess #interview #Adhiban #Baskaran

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The 8-game knight odds match between GM Joel Benjamin and Leela, played with a classical time control, just started! Follow it in our broadcast until 27 January: lichess.org/broadcast/leela-…

Leela Knight Odds vs GM Joel Benjamin • Game 1

8-game match | 60 min + 30 sec / move | standard | lichess.org

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Replay all our broadcast games now without spoilers! Turn off the "Results" toggle on a broadcast tournament page and the results of the games will be hidden - including the moves until you make them on the board. Try it now with the Tata Steel Masters: lichess.org/broadcast/tata-s…
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First rest day of Tata Steel Chess 2025: GMs R Praggnanandhaa and Nodirbek Abdusattorov share the lead in the Masters, while GM Erwin l'Ami is in sole first place in the Challengers section. Read our recap of Round 5: lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/t…

Tata Steel Chess 2025 Round 5: Abdusattorov and Praggnanandhaa in Joint Lead

GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov won a brilliant game against GM Jorden van Foreest to join GM Praggnanandhaa R in first.

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You can now pin up to three of your favourite blog posts to your profile page by enabling the new "Sticky post" option in the blog settings. Many thanks to Yet Another Fred (github.com/yafred) for implementing this feature!
Screenshot of the three highlighted blogs on the Lichess account profile.

ALT Screenshot of the three highlighted blogs on the Lichess account profile.

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Congratulations to Ronaldo Playing #Chess (lichess.org/team/ronaldo-pla…) for winning our Streamers Battle January 2025 (lichess.org/tournament/jan25…)! Congrats also to Moon Club for taking 2nd place, to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 3rd place, and to Sadistic Minions for 4th place.
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