Announcing the Crazyhouse960 Championship 2025 — with Prizes!
This is a side event held alongside the ongoing Crazyhouse World Championship 2025.
This post covers the rules, format, prizes, and eligibility.
Format
The entire event — including all stages — will take place on our partner site, Pychess.org, since Lichess currently does not support Crazyhouse960.
There will be two Qualifier Arenas, and the Top 2 players from each Arena will advance to the Semi-Finals.
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Arena duration: 3 hours
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Time control: 3+2 rated
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Qualifier 1:
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Date: 22 November, 17:00 UTC
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Qualifier 2: Date to be announced
Semi-Finals
The four qualifiers will play a Single-Elimination Knockout.
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Match format: Best of 10 games, 5+5 rated Crazyhouse960
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Tiebreaks: Mini-matches (best of 2) with 3+2 time control
You can follow the bracket here:
https://challonge.com/2025zh960
Prizes
Placement | Prize (€)
- Winner of the event: €30
- Runner-Up: €20
- 3rd Place: €15
- 4th Place: €10
Total Prize Fund: €75 (Guaranteed by the organisers)
Eligibility
To qualify from the Arenas, players must:
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Join using their main Lichess account; and
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Have played at least 50 rated Crazyhouse games on Lichess before 22 November 2025.
(Simply log in to PyChess using your Lichess account — when prompted, authorize PyChess to connect with Lichess. Accounts registered directly on PyChess are not eligible for the Semi-Finals.)
Prize Distribution
All prizes will be distributed together with those of CWC 2025, from the same CWC Prize Fund.
You can contribute to the prize pool here: https://tiltify.com/@lichess/personal/cwc-2025-prize-fund
All games will be monitored by PyChess for fair play. Any fair play violations will result in immediate disqualification, and all such decisions are final. The same Terms of Service and fair play rules that apply on Lichess also apply to this event.
Good luck to all players!


