Lichess Chess960

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)

• Chess960 Generator

• Castling Rules

Tournaments Schedule:

• The Lichess Chess960 Titled Arenas twice every 6 months.

• 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.

• 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

• 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