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What do grandmasters actually do with 45 minutes to think? 🤔 Watch IM Emil Stefanov’s breakdown of our first Ladder Legends edition, featuring insights from the players, GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko and GM Volodymyr Vetoshko: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc31...

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What Grandmasters Actually Do With 45 Minutes to Think

What happens when two Grandmasters get 45 minutes to think? In this game from the inaugural Ladder Legends, GM Oleksiyenko takes on GM Vetoshko in a hard-fought classical battle featuring the…

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GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won our Bullet Titled Arena September 2026, ahead of GM Brandon Jacobson, IM Robert Piliposyan, GM Artem Uskov, & IM BrightFalcon! 🏆️ Find all the games & full standings on Lichess: lichess.org/tournament/s... 📷️ Charlotte Chess Center

lichess.org Bullet Titled Arena September 2026 winner design with a photo of grandmaster Oleksandr Bortnyk and repeated "Winner" text in the yellow colored background.

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Tune in to our livestream tomorrow, September 30 at 16:00 UTC: YouTube: www.youtube.com/@LichessDotOrg Twitch: www.twitch.tv/lichessdotorg

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GM Peng Li Min replaces GM Ivan Cheparinov to face GM Iván Salgado López in the second edition of Ladder Legends by Lichess! GM Peng & GM Salgado López will play a 45+30 classical game on Lichess - with instructive live commentary by IM Emil Stefanov!

lichess.org "Ladder Legends" stream announcement design. September 30 at 16:00 UTC. Grandmaster Ivan Salgado Lopez versus grandmaster Peng Li Min.

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🧩 Black increases the pressure on the d-file - can you find White's brilliant response to win the game? GM Humpy Koneru secured Bronze for Team India 🇮🇳 thanks to this last-round victory over GM Nana Dzagnidze of Team Georgia!🥉 Solution: lichess.org/broadcast/46... #chesspuzzle #chessolympiad

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Matthew Aziz from Gambia secured the CM title! www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ku...

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Bodhana Sivanandan is the youngest WGM in history! 🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyxG...

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🥇🥇IM Lu Miaoyi after winning both team & individual Gold with the Chinese Women's team www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iiu...

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Final standings of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026! 🥇 🥈 🥉

lichess.org design for final standings of the Open section at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad, Samarkand 2026: Uzbekistan first place, India second place and Germany third place. United States, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Hungary, China, France, Spain placed 4th to 10th.

lichess.org design for final standings of the Women's section at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad, Samarkand 2026: China first place, Kazakhstan second place and India third place. United States, Poland, Armenia, Mongolia, Georgia, Vietnam, Slovenia placed 4th to 10th.

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📷 Rafal Oleksiewicz / FIDE; Michał Walusza / FIDE

🇭🇺 GM Gleb Dudin (Board 5 - Open) 🇮🇳 IM Savitha Shri (Board 5 - Women)

lichess.org 2026 Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist "Board 5 Open" design with a photo of Gleb Dudin

lichess.org 2026 Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist "Board 5 Women" design with a photo of Savitha Shri

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🇺🇦 GM Ihor Samunenkov (Board 4 - Open) 🇰🇿 WIM Elnaz Kaliakhmet (Board 4 - Women)

lichess.org 2026 Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist "Board 4 Open" design with a photo of Ihor Samunenkov

lichess.org 2026 Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist "Board 4 Women" design with a photo of Elnaz Kaliakhmet

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🇩🇪 GM Frederik Svane (Board 3 - Open) 🇨🇳 IM Lu Miaoyi (Board 3 - Women)

lichess.org 2026 Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist "Board 3 Open" design with a photo of Frederik Svane

lichess.org 2026 Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist "Board 3 Women" design with a photo of Lu Miaoyi

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🇨🇳 GM Wei Yi (Board 2 - Open) 🇺🇸 IM Alice Lee (Board 2 - Women)

lichess.org 2026 Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist "Board 2 Open" design with a photo of Wei Yi

lichess.org 2026 Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist "Board 2 Women" design with a photo of Alice Lee

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Congrats to all the individual gold medalists of the 46th Chess Olympiad! 🥇 🇺🇿 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Board 1 - Open) 🇨🇳 GM Zhu Jiner (Board 1 - Women)

lichess.org 2026 Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist "Board 1 Open" design with a photo of Nodirbek Abdusattorov

lichess.org 2026 Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist "Board 1 Women" design with a photo of Zhu Jiner

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Team Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 wins the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026! 🥇 Congratulations to the gold medalists GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, GM Javokhir Sindarov, GM Nodirbek Yakubboev, GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov & GM Mukhiddin Madaminov! 🎉 📷️ Rafal Oleksiewicz / FIDE; Michał Walusza / FIDE

lichess.org 2026 Chess Olympiad winner design for Team Uzbekistan, with photos of GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, GM Javokhir Sindarov, GM Nodirbek Yakubboev, GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov, and GM Mukhiddin Madaminov.

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Team China 🇨🇳 wins the 46th FIDE Women's Chess Olympiad 2026! 🥇 Congratulations to the gold medalists GM Zhu Jiner, IM Song Yuxin, IM Lu Miaoyi, WIM Yan Tianqi & WGM Zhai Mo! 🎉 📷️ Rafal Oleksiewicz / FIDE; Michał Walusza / FIDE

lichess.org 2026 Women's Chess Olympiad winner design for Team China, with photos of GM Zhu Jiner, IM Song Yuxin, IM Lu Miaoyi, WIM Yan Tianqi, and WGM Zhai Mo.

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🧩 Black wants to trade bishops - how would you continue as White? #chessolympiad #chesspuzzle Solution: lichess.org/broadcast/46...

lichess.org Chess Puzzle design for the 2026 Olympiad Round 10 game between Woman FIDE Master Shohradova and Woman International Master Tarasenka after Black's move 12: Knight to a5

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11-year-old Skye Attieh joined us for a quick interview after earning the WFM title at the 2026 Olympiad, scoring 6 out of 9 points on board 1 for Lebanon! www.instagram.com/p/DdwuAHZiOmk/

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Standings before the FINAL ROUND of the 2026 #ChessOlympiad 🥇🥈🥉 Follow all the games tomorrow from 06:00 UTC on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/46... The last round starts 4 hours earlier than usual.

lichess.org Chess Olympiad 2026 Samarkand standings design. Open standings after Round 10: 1st place Uzbekistan. 2nd place India. 3rd place Germany. 4th place Ukraine. 5th place Hungary. 6th place USA. 7th place Azerbaijan. 8th place Türkiye. 9th place Croatia. 10th place "Uzbekistan 2"

lichess.org Chess Olympiad 2026 Samarkand standings design. Open standings after Round 10: 1st place China. 2nd place Kazakhstan. 3rd place India. 4th place Poland. 5th place Vietnam. 6th place USA. 7th place Azerbaijan. 8th place Georgia. 9th place Armenia. 10th place Romania

🇺🇦 GM & European Champion Roman Dehtiarov won vs. 🇨🇳 GM Kong Xiangrui www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayfz...

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Our Bullet Titled Arena starts today 19:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/s... Play against some of the titled players in our 1+0 Warm-up Arena at 17:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/s...

Screenshot of Lichess Bullet Titled Arena September 2026 top 10 player leaderboard.

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🇺🇿 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov on the results of Uzbek teams: youtu.be/Fw4rtwyDiR0

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Erdogmus won vs. Oro - watch the whole interview: youtu.be/IE8318YW97Y

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GM Daniel King is now live for Round 1 of Lichess4545 Season 50! 🤩 ➡️ Tune in now for Daniel King's live commentary: www.twitch.tv/chesswithjor...

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🧩 Black is in trouble - how can White deliver mate? #chessolympiad #chesspuzzle Solution: lichess.org/broadcast/46...

lichess.org puzzle design for 2026 Chess Olympiad Round 9 game between IM Ortega Amarelle and FM Hasford after Black's move 21 King to h8

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Interview with the new FIDE President’s team Darmen Sadvakasov & Milan Dinic: youtu.be/OkLCOoqzsFA

The next edition of Ladder Legends by Lichess will be played between GM Ivan Cheparinov & GM Iván Salgado López! Mark your calendars for September 30 at 16:00 UTC and tune in to our livestream with host IM Emil Stefanov. YouTube: www.youtube.com/@LichessDotOrg Twitch: www.twitch.tv/lichessdotorg

Jakhongir Vakhidov beat Anish Giri today in Round 9 of the Chess Olympiad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hObm...

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2026 Samarkand Olympiad Rounds 7–9: Uzbekistan & China Lead Open and Women’s

Just two more rounds to go in the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad! Uzbekistan is still leading the Open, while China is now in sole 1st place of the Women's tournament. ➡️ Check out our Rounds 7–9 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

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Uzbekistan is in sole first on 16/18 match points, with India, Uzbekistan 2, and Armenia one point behind on 15/18; in the Women's, China is in sole first on 17/18 match points, with its closest…

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IM Vantika Agrawal came back with another win after a two-day break: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5TG...

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Open - Local teams Uzbekistan 1 and Uzbekistan 2 in the top 3! 🔥 Full standings after Round 9: lichess.org/broadcast/46... Women - Full standings after Round 9: lichess.org/broadcast/46...

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GM Felix Blohberger After Beating GM Peter Leko today! youtu.be/MZTiFyXf8JQ #chessolympiad

🧩 Black just activated the rook... but how can White punish it? #chessolympiad #chesspuzzle See the solution: lichess.org/broadcast/46...

2026 Olympiad chess puzzle from the Round 8 game WGM Anastasiya Rakhmangulova versus WFM Antonia Christodoulaki after Black's move 44: Rook to a3

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Round 9 of the 2026 Olympiad has started! Uzbekistan and Germany lead by 1 point, and many teams are close behind. Follow the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/-/...

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Interview with GM Jorden van Foreest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTgw... #chessolympiad

Lichess @lichess.org · 24/09/2026

IM Stavroula Tsolakidou on the Chess Olympiad: youtu.be/pQ_LbHV2amk

Lichess @lichess.org · 24/09/2026

🧩 White tries to trade knights, but Black has a crushing attack - can you find the move? #chessolympiad #chesspuzzle See the solution at lichess.org/broadcast/-/...

Lichess branded chess puzzle design for the Round 7 game between IM Gaal and WGM Ouellet at the 46th Chess Olympiad

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Lichess @lichess.org · 24/09/2026

Interview with WIM Rachel Miller from Jamaica 🇯🇲 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyaZ...

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Check out the Open - Full standings after Round 7: lichess.org/broadcast/46... Check out the Women - Full standings after Round 7: lichess.org/broadcast/46...

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Alice O‘Gorman: The Irish team needs a bit luck! 🍀 youtu.be/FCkMwAp40WQ

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MVL was on the verge of resigning, but miraculously saved the game and helped secure a 2–2 team result for France against Uzbekistan 2! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QExq...

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🧩 White just attacked Black's queen, how should Black react to win the game? #chessolympiad #chesspuzzle

Chess puzzle for Round 6 Olympiad 2026 game between WCM Jooyeon Kim and WFM Alina Mihailova. Find the position at https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/S9n2EDaS/Msa2o4bY#45

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GM Xu Xiangyu prepared 2 years for the Chess Olympiad! 🤯 www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO9n...