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Congratulations to team Super monster Knights by @anuhas_dharana_2010 for winning the 2nd ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026 Qualifier with top scorers GM Andy Woodward, @Kunyavka, IM Toivo Keinänen, IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 2,562 registered players!
One hundred women and girls have qualified for the Queens' Online Chess Festival Semi-Final! Watch all the games in our broadcast, starting today, . The top eight players will advance to the final on . Read more about the event in our announcement.
Congratulations to team K2N_chess by FM Konstantin Kostin for winning our Streamer Arena March 2026! Congrats also to Ronaldo Playing Chess for taking 2nd place, to The United Royal Legion for 3rd place, and to Шустрий кабан for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,484 registered players!
Congratulations to GM @legendreturns for winning our Blitz Titled Arena March 2026, ahead of FM Havard Haug, CM @innocentguy, IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk!
Our March 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Blitz Titled Arena at .
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| Hourly Atomic | 57m | 106 | |
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 677 | |
| Hourly Crazyhouse | 57m | 60 | |
| ≤1500 Rapid | 57m | 263 | |
| Hourly King of the Hill | 57m | 41 | |
| Hourly Blitz | 57m | 361 | |
| Hourly Chess960 | 57m | 57 | |
| ≤1700 Blitz | 57m | 329 | |
| Hourly Horde | 57m | 44 | |
| Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 425 | |
| ≤2000 SuperBlitz | 57m | 452 | |
| Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 20 | |
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| Weekly SuperBlitz | 3h | 93 |