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11 things I did to take my USCF rating from 1547 to 1976
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The Axiom System - Part 1 - Introduction
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Science of Chess: A g-factor for chess? A psychometric scale for playing ability
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Tournament winners
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Hourly Chess960 | 57m | 35 | |
Hourly Atomic | 57m | 44 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 211 | |
Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 209 | |
≤1500 Rapid | 57m | 112 | |
Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 322 | |
Hourly Bullet | 27m | 112 | |
≤1300 Bullet | 27m | 21 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 30 |
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The Sharjah Masters 2024 kicks off tomorrow with GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Parham Maghsoodloo, Yu Yangyi and others. We will be streaming the event with commentary by our host IM Irene Sukandar on Twitch and YouTube from 13:00 UTC tomorrow and 11:00 UTC the following days until 22 May!
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Congrats @PrydunAndrii2004 on winning the Lichess Game of the Month April 2024! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
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GM Magnus Carlsen has won the 2024 Superbet Poland, overtaking and beating GM Wei Yi on the final day of blitz! World Championship challenger GM Gukesh D finished in last place.
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Congratulations to @Gakolchess765 for finishing 1st in our 2024 Spring Marathon, winning 69% of the total 336 games with a berserk rate of 99%, followed by runner-up @Ragehunter and @Fritzi_2003 in 3rd place! Thanks to all 22,000+ players who participated.
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@EricRosen has streamed the entire 2024 Spring Marathon so far on Twitch! Make sure to join one of our classic events for the remaining 10 hours - together with over 16,000 players already!
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Join our 2024 Spring Marathon for 24 hours of 5+0 blitz chess and be part of the biggest chess tournament in history, starting at midnight UTC! The winner, top 10, top 50, top 100 and top 500 players will all get a unique trophy.
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GM Wei Yi leads the 2024 Superbet Poland after the rapid section, ahead of GMs Magnus Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa R. The winner of the event, which also features World Championship challenger GM Gukesh D, will be decided in blitz games over the next two days, starting at 11:05 UTC.