Lichess Atomic

Upcoming events

How to learn

Find Atomic Chess learning resources, including opening studies, puzzles, endgame strategies, video guides and more, here.

Events

Atomic Chess has an active competitive scene, with some tournaments open to all players! Join those teams for more information.

• Atomic Chess League Season 2
  From February 8 to March 22 - Completed - Congratulations Team Hyper Addicts!
  A team tournament where teams of 4 or 5 players face off across different time controls. Two leagues, one for 2200+ rated players, one for U2200 rated players.
• Atomic960 Swiss
  From February 9 to April 5 - Completed - Congratulations @NitroColoraze!
  An 8-rounds 960 Swiss tournament. Who prevails when there is no theory?
• Atomic Unique Opening Quads
  From April 9 to April 30 - Completed
  A set of matches in which you have to play a different opening each game.
• Atomic960 elimination
  From May 4 to July 21 - Completed - Congratulations @Wolfram_EP!
  An Atomic960 event with a group stage followed by a double-elimination top 16.
• Atomic Openings Championship
  From July 1 to July 31 - Completed - Congratulations @JakeStateFarm!
  8 invited players face off in a direct elimination bracket, but they cannot play the same opening twice! Who's the strongest outside of their one best line?
• Wolfrandom arena
  Completed - Congratulations @Quasabianth!
  A match-based arena with a new atomic variant, Wolfrandom, where the starting position is randomized by playing three moves generated randomly at the start of the game.
• Atomic Hyper Championship
  Completed - Congratulations @RKROUNIT!
  16 of the best hyper atomic players compete to win a 140$ cash prize.
• U2000 Atomic Championship
  Currently ongoing
  A knockout tournament for players under 2000 rating.
• Atomic World Championship
  From September to November - Currently ongoing
  The AWC is the most important tournament of the year! Its winner becomes the world champion.

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