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Lichess (/ ˈ l iː tʃ ɛ s /; LEE-ches) [3] [4] is a free and open-source Internet chess server run by a non-profit organization of the same name. Users of the site can play online chess anonymously and optionally register an account to play rated games .
A premove is an instruction given by a player to a chess program to make a certain move on a following turn if possible. Premoving is a feature exclusive to online chess. It is offered by many chess websites, including the Internet Chess Club, the Free Internet Chess Server, Chess.com, and Lichess. Chess.com allows players to make multiple ...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control.
The Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2024 was a fast chess tournament circuit organized in 2024 by Chess.com.The tour started on 26 January 2024 and ended on 21 December 2024. It involved four online chess tournaments and an over-the-board final round, featuring some of the world's top players who played for a prize money pool of US$1,700,000.
The Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) is a volunteer-run online chess platform. When the original Internet Chess Server (ICS) was commercialized and rebranded as the Internet Chess Club (ICC) in 1995, a group of users and developers came together to fork the code and host an alternative committed to free access, and a rivalry between the two servers persisted for years.
Performance rating (abbreviated as Rp) in chess is the level a player performed at in a tournament or match based on the number of games played, their total score in those games, and the Elo ratings of their opponents.
Qualification path Player Age March 2014 rating World Ranking (March 2014) 2013 World Championship runner-up : Viswanathan Anand: 44 2770 8 The top two finishers in the Chess World Cup 2013