Lichess Chess960
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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 Saturday, 11:00 UTC
Resources:
• Detailed Guide to Chess960 with history, strategy and opening tips as well as further resources.
• Table of all 960 starting positions (PDF)
• Castling Rules
Tournaments Schedule:
Time Day Event Time Control
Hourly Every day Hourly Chess960 Various
19:00 UTC Tuesdays Weekly Chess960 Rapid Arena 10+2
19:00 UTC Wednesdays Weekly Chess960 SuperBlitz Arena 3+0
11:00 UTC Saturdays Weekly Chess960 SuperBlitz Team Battle 3+0
The Lichess Chess960 Titled Arenas twice every 6 months.
The Hourly Tournaments
Links to these regular tournaments can be found below , if you scroll down a bit or here.
Additionally, if you are fan of team battles, you can find Daily Chess960 Team Battles hosted by Fischer Random Chess Center
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