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Hosted by LWS Chess Club on Lichess — open to all students.

Join the team to play: lichess.org/team/so-chess-1

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When — every Sunday (live)

Check your local time below — the tournament starts at the same moment everywhere.

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Region City Local Time (Sunday)
🇮🇳 India (IST) Delhi / Mumbai / Bengaluru 8:30 PM
🇺🇸 US East (ET / EDT) New York / Toronto 11:00 AM
🇺🇸 US West (PT / PDT) Los Angeles / San Francisco 8:00 AM
🇬🇧 UK (BST) London 4:00 PM
🇪🇺 Europe (CEST) Berlin / Paris / Amsterdam 5:00 PM
🌍 UTC / GMT Reference time 3:00 PM
🇦🇪 Gulf (GST) Dubai / Abu Dhabi 7:00 PM
🇸🇬 Singapore (SGT) Singapore / Kuala Lumpur 11:00 PM
🇦🇺 Australia (AEST) Sydney / Melbourne 1:00 AM (Mon)

How to join

  1. Click the team link above and tap Join team on Lichess.
  2. Find the upcoming tournament in the table below and open the Lichess Link for that Sunday.
  3. Tap Join on the tournament page a few minutes before start time.
  4. Check the Level column to see who the event is best suited for — but everyone is welcome to play.

📅 Tournament Schedule

Tournaments

🔗 Lichess Tournament Links

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Lichess links will be updated here soon. Each Sunday's tournament page on Lichess will be posted below — check back closer to the date, or join the team to get notified automatically.

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Date Tournament Format Lichess Link
Sun, May 31, 2026 Sunday Rapid #1 Rapid lichess.org/tournament/oA2uBzNT
Sun, Jun 7, 2026 Sunday Blitz Blitz Coming soon
Sun, Jun 14, 2026 Sunday Rapid #2 Rapid Coming soon
Sun, Jun 21, 2026 Variant Chess Special Variant Coming soon
Sun, Jun 28, 2026 Month-End Prize Showdown Prize Special Coming soon

🏅 Monthly Winner Categories

Every month we celebrate 4 categories — winners are announced at the end of each month, based on performance across all of that month's Sunday tournaments.

Category What it recognizes
🥇 Best Player Overall Highest score / tournament winner.
🚀 Emerging Player Best performance from a newer or lower-rated player — biggest jump in form.
🎯 First Wins Recognition for students who scored their first tournament win — a big milestone.
♛ Game of the Month The single most beautiful, instructive, or dramatic game across the month — picked by coaches.

🏆 Monthly Winners Tracker

Month 🥇 Best Player Overall 🚀 Emerging Player 🎯 First Wins ♛ Game of the Month
June 2026 TBD TBD TBD TBD