Lichess Chess960
Team leaders: 
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 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)
Tournaments Schedule:
| Time | Day | Event | Time Control |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly | Every day | Hourly Chess960 | Various |
| 18:00 UTC | Wednesdays | Weekly Chess960 SuperBlitz Arena | 3+0 |
| 11:00 UTC | Saturdays | Weekly Chess960 SuperBlitz Team Battle | 3+0 |
| 15:00 UTC | Sunday | Weekly Chess960 Blitz Team Battle | 3+2 |
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The Lichess Chess960 Titled Arenas twice every 6 months.
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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.
• 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
| Weekly Chess960 Blitz Team Battle3+2 • Chess960 • Rated • 4h | Battle of 135 teams Playing now | 45 | |
| Hourly Chess960 Arena5+0 • Chess960 • Rated • 1h | Inner team | 0 | |
| Hourly Chess960 Arena1+0 • Chess960 • Rated • 1h | Inner team | 0 | |
| Hourly Chess960 Arena2+1 • Chess960 • Rated • 1h | Inner team | 0 | |
| Hourly Chess960 Arena3+0 • Chess960 • Rated • 1h | Inner team | 0 |
Forum
@nyutixbrother Thanks for the suggestions and detailed plans. I do not think the format is the main issue, but there are other significant obstacles to solve. That being said, to be realistic - I do think unfor…
Qualifiers Main Qualifiers: 5 3+2 2h >1700 qualifiers with no berserk/streak. Top 3 qualifiy to the next stage. 1 3+2 2h >1700 qualifier with no berserk/streak. Only Top 1 qualifies to the next stage here. A to…
@visualdennis said [^] > @nyutixbrother It would be indeed great to have some community championship for Chess960 on Lichess. However, Chess960 has a bit tricky situation compared to other variant teams, such a…
(Copied from DMs) I had the idea of hosting a chess960 championship on lichess. (Registration may be optional) (Note: the time control for all events is 3+2, but in the future we could do different time control…
@nyutixbrother It would be indeed great to have some community championship for Chess960 on Lichess. However, Chess960 has a bit tricky situation compared to other variant teams, such as Crazyhouse (and Crazyho…
@visualdennis thoughts?