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Welcome to the official Lichess Chess960 Team!

We are the home of Chess960 fans across Lichess. Join the team for tournaments and other community-driven Chess960 events. Everyone is welcome to join!

VOTE here for the time control you would like to see more for Chess960 Tournaments

Weekly Chess960 Team Battle every Sunday, 16:00 UTC

Resources:

• Detailed Guide to Chess960 with history, strategy and opening tips as well as further resources.

• Table of all 960 starting positions (PDF)

• Chess960 Generator

• Castling Rules

Tournaments Schedule:

TimeDayEventTime Control
HourlyEvery dayHourly Chess960Various
19:00 UTCWednesdaysWeekly Chess960 SuperBlitz Arena3+0
12:00 UTCSaturdaysWeekly Chess960 SuperBlitz Team Battle3+0
16:00 UTCSundayWeekly Chess960 Blitz Team Battle3+2

  • The Lichess Chess960 Titled Arenas twice every 6 months.

  • The Hourly Tournaments

Links to these regular tournaments can be found below

Additionally, if you are fan of team battles, you can find Daily Chess960 Team Battles hosted by Fischer Random Chess Center

Chess 960 league with 20+20: https://www.lichess4545.com/chess960/
Chess960 Ladders: https://lichessladders.com/

Community:

• Share and discuss your games here

• Feel free to create a topic in the forum if you have questions, want to give feedback, or make suggestion for tournament ideas, events, format or any kind of thing.

• Lichess Arena Ranking

• Chess960 versions for other variants, such as Crazyhouse960 and Atomic960 can be played on Pychess. Every 2nd Monday of the month, Crazyhouse960 Shield takes place here

• Chess960 Puzzles: https://www.960dojo.com/tactics

Lichess official variant teams

Lichess Chess960 • Lichess King of the Hill • Lichess Three-check • Lichess Antichess • Lichess Atomic • Lichess Horde • Lichess Racing Kings • Lichess Crazyhouse

Tournaments

Hourly Chess960 Arena3+0 • Chess960 • Rated • 1hInner team
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Hourly Chess960 Arena5+0 • Chess960 • Rated • 1hInner team
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Hourly Chess960 Arena1+0 • Chess960 • Rated • 1hInner team
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Weekly Chess960 SuperBlitz Arena3+0 • Chess960 • Rated • 2hInner team
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Hourly Chess960 Arena3+0 • Chess960 • Rated • 1hInner team
0

Forum

The 2+1 and 1+0 tournaments are rarely subscribed to: ditch them for a 3+3 and a 5+3elror • 

https://lichess.org/tournament/ZwZs8Ve8 37 attendees

The 2+1 and 1+0 tournaments are rarely subscribed to: ditch them for a 3+3 and a 5+3elror • 

https://lichess.org/tournament/Q9YsQrj4 0 attendees

Chess 960 against botspmpsoft • 

So far I've played 960 three times against Stockfish (3 and two 4), each game a draw. Lost one 960 game in a timed rated game against Demolito 1. That bot has a lower 960 rating than in the regular setup. A pre…

The 2+1 and 1+0 tournaments are rarely subscribed to: ditch them for a 3+3 and a 5+3elror • 

Bullet is just too crazy for 960: there is no muscle memory, which is why we like it. Lets make tournaments at the same time as the current 1+0 / 2+1 tournaments, so we can see what the people really want!

abcdefghkl 10/96(!?)=03=Genna_1954 • 

Я написал систему управления инфо по теме 960 Дебютные индексы ABCDEFGHKL 10/96(!?)=03= Вести картотеку теории игры 1996=2026(30 лет) Очень очень интересно. Пишите на почту gdrobotov1954@gmail.com @DGenna54

Chess 960 against botsAnt-469 • 

Chess960 is VERY HARD! I played a few games in Lichess and Chess.com and lose very badly.

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