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
  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
  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
  Currently ongoing
  An Atomic960 event with a group stage followed by a double-elimination top 16.
• Atomic Rookie League
  From July to August - Currently ongoing
  A tournament for players under 2050 rating to play against similar rated opponents.
• Wolfrandom arena
  Currently ongoing, open to registration!
  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
  Currently ongoing
  16 of the best hyper atomic players compete to win a 140$ cash prize.
• Atomic Openings Championship
  Currently ongoing
  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?
• Atomic World Championship
  From September to November - Registrations expected to open at the end of July
  The AWC is the most important tournament of the year! Its winner becomes the world champion.

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