December 14th, Lichess is hosting a $1000 Bullet tournament for titled players!
Read the blog post here:
lichess.org/blog/WgtAgSgAABRkEU_x/titled-prize-tournamentOr if your titled, join the tournament here:
lichess.org/tournament/GToVqkC9Niceee :) I bet
chess.com is scared to death right now ,becouse some big names can join this !!
Awesome, this is an excellent initiative. Super strong GMs like Georg Meier and Bassem Amin have already joined the tournament, and I expect a lot more strong titled players to create an account to play in it. I hope MC participates in the tournament, the site would explode!
Either way, this will significantly boost lichess' popularity and the tournament will be very exciting to spectate.
Do you know if their going to allow LM's?
@KingMeTaco666Assios> They cannot play - this tournament is only for players who obtained their title during OTB play.
http://disq.us/p/1o16lzh Kinda of goes against what about lichess is about- a free site
@howchessYT what are you talking about? how does this take away from it being a free site?
@bakkouz Lichess (About this sound /'liː-tʃɛs/ (help·info)[4][need quotation to verify]) is an Internet chess server. Anyone can play anonymously, although players may register an account on the site to play rated games. All features are available for free, as the site is funded by donations.[5][6][7]
@howchessYT ok. and your point is what exactly? how does this tournament violate that?
GREAT IDEA to increase titled players on lichess and increase Lichess TV quality!
Is nice to motivate titled players to play here...and a titled tournament with a money trophy is the correct way because it is like a real official OTB titled tournament; beautiful to see.