Lichess celebrates 275 Bundesliga editions
1.355.590 registrations in 275 editions, average of almost 5000 playersThe Lichess Bundesliga writes a history of more than 2,5 years since its first edition on March 13th, 2020.
Lichess Bundesliga Season 2022 Stats
Current team ranking of the Lichess season 2022 (of all Bundesliga editions, 82 editions already played this year):
Rank | Team | Team points | Participations | Championships | Average rank |
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1 | The House Discord Server | 38126 | 75 | 13 | 3.8 |
2 | Blue Moon Diamond | 37596 | 77 | 3 | 4.2 |
3 | SK 1962 Ladenburg e.V. | 35385 | 72 | 5 | 4.3 |
4 | Team Entwicklung & Kompensation | 26530 | 57 | 1 | 6 |
5 | Dark Horse | 25029 | 52 | 5 | 5.1 |
6 | Guillon chess | 21932 | 42 | 14 | 4.3 |
7 | La Garde du Roi | 15315 | 35 | 0 | 6.6 |
8 | سرعتی های ایران | 14241 | 28 | 2 | 4.8 |
9 | Schachfreunde Berlin 1903 | 11939 | 27 | 0 | 6.7 |
10 | Пылающее сердце | 11570 | 25 | 0 | 7.4 |
... a total of 61 teams already made it this year into the highest league, the Lichess Bundesliga.
Lichess Bundesliga All-time table
In the Lichess Bundesliga All-time table, The House Discord Server still has a solid advantage over SK 1962 Ladenburg e.V. with a bit more than 15000 team points:
Rank | Team | Team points | Participations | Championships | Average rank |
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1 | The House Discord Server | 108789 | 231 | 44 | 3.9 |
2 | SK 1962 Ladenburg e.V. | 93011 | 205 | 17 | 4.7 |
3 | Dark Horse | 55250 | 121 | 10 | 5.1 |
4 | Trio Fantastico and friends! | 48228 | 108 | 15 | 5.2 |
5 | Önderler syria | 39389 | 75 | 38 | 2.5 |
6 | Blue Moon Diamond | 39070 | 80 | 3 | 4.2 |
7 | На Западе Москвы | 38282 | 88 | 7 | 5 |
8 | La Garde du Roi | 34236 | 79 | 1 | 6.4 |
9 | Schachfreunde Berlin 1903 | 32045 | 76 | 1 | 6.6 |
10 | Hamburger SK | 31354 | 78 | 6 | 5.9 |
... a total of 201 teams already made it since March 13th, 2020 into the highest league, the Lichess Bundesliga.
275th Lichess Bundesliga edition
In the 275th edition, Torpedo Moscow won with quite a big margin of 83 team points:
Individual players stats by Thijscom
Thanks to Thijscom who provides a great analysis of Lichess rankings. The ranking is based on 12K events held between Mar 19, 2020 and Oct 09, 2022. In total, Lichess Bundesliga arenas featured 7.7M games (with 581M moves), and the 1.4M participants (115K unique players) scored a total of 20M arena points. In these games, white scored 48% wins, 7% draws, and 45% losses. The average berserk rate is 20.3%, and the average rating is 2030.
We are also able to congratulate the top 20 players, who scored the most points in all Lichess Bundesliga editions (Top 1000 players can also be found):
# | Title | Username | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | / Events | First - Last | Avg | Max |
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1. | GM | titan00013 | 111 | 40 | 15 | 13122 | / 284 | May'20 - Oct'22 | 46 | 116 |
2. | IM | chessexplained | 49 | 47 | 34 | 12390 | / 256 | Apr'20 - Oct'22 | 48 | 101 |
3. | IM | samisahi | 75 | 34 | 22 | 12201 | / 226 | Apr'20 - Oct'22 | 54 | 115 |
4. | morlockk | 42 | 34 | 23 | 10832 | / 262 | Mar'20 - Oct'22 | 41 | 96 | |
5. | mettigel | 89 | 29 | 26 | 10657 | / 208 | Apr'20 - Oct'22 | 51 | 121 | |
6. | GM | dj_haubi | 21 | 25 | 23 | 10501 | / 246 | Apr'20 - Oct'22 | 43 | 83 |
7. | IM | drmelekess | 37 | 20 | 21 | 10282 | / 157 | Jul'20 - Oct'22 | 65 | 177 |
8. | penicillus | 58 | 52 | 27 | 10094 | / 232 | Apr'20 - Oct'22 | 44 | 84 | |
9. | moppel1966 | 46 | 34 | 25 | 9964 | / 249 | Mar'20 - Oct'22 | 40 | 79 | |
10. | IM | vadimcernov | 3 | 7 | 9835 | / 266 | Mar'20 - Oct'22 | 37 | 61 | |
11. | FM | superfm1 | 53 | 16 | 13 | 9696 | / 202 | Mar'20 - Oct'22 | 48 | 104 |
12. | GM | danielhausrath1 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9333 | / 245 | Apr'20 - Oct'22 | 38 | 68 |
13. | IM | manitodeplomo | 13 | 10 | 6 | 9288 | / 231 | May'20 - Oct'22 | 40 | 123 |
14. | FM | cellini | 26 | 29 | 24 | 9267 | / 246 | May'20 - Oct'22 | 38 | 76 |
15. | lehrer_schmid | 25 | 29 | 40 | 9176 | / 238 | Mar'20 - Oct'22 | 39 | 74 | |
16. | mw1966 | 34 | 30 | 22 | 9161 | / 234 | Apr'20 - Oct'22 | 39 | 80 | |
17. | FM | chess-orca | 9 | 13 | 13 | 8941 | / 261 | Apr'20 - Oct'22 | 34 | 72 |
18. | thefinnisher | 1 | 1 | 8887 | / 251 | Apr'20 - Oct'22 | 35 | 60 | ||
19. | FM | simonmkrtchyan | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8634 | / 224 | May'20 - Oct'22 | 39 | 77 |
20. | smuelli | 31 | 32 | 16 | 8603 | / 220 | May'20 - Oct'22 | 39 | 84 |
Weekly Lichess Bundesliga puzzles by Ensemo
Thanks to the big help of weekly Rapid League organizer Ensemo, you can also find weekly updated Lichess Bundesliga puzzles and test your tactical skills.
Check out the latest Lichess Bundesliga puzzles of October:
And a big collection of 20 puzzles of September:
Ensemo created tons of other Lichess Bundesliga puzzles that you should definitely check out.
Which Bundesliga Arena had the most participants?
On August 4th, the biggest Lichess Bundesliga Arena counted 765 registered participants:
# | ID | Type | Date | f | Rtng | Pts | Mvs | ` | Winner | Max |
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1. | eaymuIK9 | sb/li | Aug 04, 2022 | 765 | 2054 | 16 | 38 | 33% | yoseph2013 | 101 |
2. | L2xMFLft | bz/li | Jan 02, 2022 | 762 | 2051 | 12 | 38 | 39% | neverenough | 70 |
3. | sRrklVl8 | bz/li | Oct 02, 2022 | 762 | 2040 | 12 | 38 | 44% | satunnainen | 75 |
4. | MGJgwDvs | bz/li | Jul 28, 2022 | 760 | 2058 | 12 | 37 | 27% | aqua_blazing | 58 |
5. | dHeV3CDw | sb/li | Apr 21, 2022 | 757 | 1999 | 14 | 37 | 29% | may_lin_che | 74 |
6. | xMGstRGY | sb/li | Jul 24, 2022 | 748 | 2078 | 16 | 38 | 30% | satunnainen | 91 |
7. | Y237Ivp2 | sb/li | Aug 25, 2022 | 743 | 2042 | 16 | 39 | 35% | mitrabha | 102 |
8. | i3c2L4Dl | bz/li | Aug 07, 2022 | 741 | 2022 | 12 | 37 | 28% | satunnainen | 91 |
9. | uz4DS9yT | sb/li | Aug 14, 2022 | 728 | 2058 | 17 | 37 | 35% | dimochka_tsoi | 108 |
10. | embjoVFI | sb/li | May 01, 2022 | 718 | 2000 | 16 | 37 | 30% | mitrabha | 101 |
Which Bundesliga Arena was the strongest?
GM Nihal Sarin won the strongest Bundesliga Arena so far which was played in August 22, 2021 with an average rating of 2295 per player:
# | ID | Type | Date | f | Rtng | Pts | Mvs | ` | Winner | Max |
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1. | 1ZQP6kHA | sb/li | Aug 22, 2021 | 605 | 2295 | 25 | 40 | 47% | nihalsarin2004 | 87 |
2. | cRO1enqG | bz/li | Dec 09, 2021 | 192 | 2294 | 15 | 38 | 21% | galeonovich | 51 |
3. | 2IGczbOg | bz/li | Oct 10, 2021 | 203 | 2283 | 15 | 39 | 36% | hovik7 | 74 |
4. | 9sV1tQWT | sb/li | Aug 12, 2021 | 341 | 2280 | 25 | 40 | 46% | drmelekess | 84 |
5. | LBXXNFH6 | sb/li | Oct 24, 2021 | 163 | 2279 | 20 | 39 | 14% | gevo199064 | 59 |
6. | dxPeOTzq | bz/li | Jul 25, 2021 | 217 | 2278 | 18 | 39 | 29% | greennight | 63 |
7. | ZteA7BD1 | sb/li | Feb 17, 2022 | 141 | 2269 | 20 | 40 | 23% | mbojan23 | 74 |
8. | pBlF6JFb | bz/li | Jun 24, 2021 | 138 | 2266 | 14 | 38 | 8% | donnerhall | 53 |
9. | I2c8M0y8 | bz/li | Sep 26, 2021 | 124 | 2264 | 12 | 40 | 11% | arthurpijpers | 35 |
10. | yDlSJ5XS | bz/li | Aug 19, 2021 | 218 | 2263 | 19 | 38 | 58% | the_chess_experience | 92 |
How many titled players already took part in the Lichess Bundesliga?
According to Thijscom's ranking, 380 registered GMs, 22 WGM and at least 600 IMs participated in at least one of the Lichess Bundesligas. As the page stops at 1000 players, there were for sure many more :-)
World Champion Magnus Carlsen also played 2 games in the Lichess Bundesliga
On March 7th 2021, World Champion Magnus Carlsen supported his Team Offerspill Sjakklub in the 6th division of the Lichess Bundesliga and won both games:
Game 1:
Game 2:
How can my team participate in the Lichess Bundesliga and where do I find the links for my team?
Teams may contact me via Lichess PM anytime to get their teams added into the league. Teams can join, pause and withdraw anytime. Teams find all the information about upcoming links via tournament descriptions (if a team becomes first, it can just click on "Team 1..." in the description and it can join the future Arena shortly after the Arena ends). They can also look it up anytime also in the announcement forum with an overview of all Lichess Bundesliga team battles and an overview of all teams.
How can I create or join a team of the Lichess Bundesliga?
If you don't have a team yet, you can either create a team yourself or you can lookup any team. Some teams may accept anyone who wants to join their team, some others might choose themselves if they will let you in or not. If you want to support the team of Lichess, feel free to play in the Lichess Bundesliga for the official Lichess Discord Bundesliga Team.
Thank you Lichess and thanks to all team captains and participants!
Last but not least I would like to take the opportunity to thank Lichess again for making the former "Quarantine League" the official Lichess League and for the ongoing support of this project. A big thanks also to all the active team leaders, team captains who gather their teams together in each edition, as well to all participants who also love chess and like to play in a team!