Thank you everyone for participating!
2025 November's Opening of the Month—elected through community vote across Chess.com, Discord and x.com/GreenPawns—is the Sicilian Dragon, which set all other options aflames.
| 2025 November Opening of the Month Community Vote | ||||||||
| Opening | Total | Percent | Chess.com | Percent | Discord | Percent | GreenPawns | Percent |
| Sicilian Dragon | 1386 | 53.8% | 365 | 49.6% | 1002 | 55.9% | 19 | 38.8% |
| Pirc Defense | 416 | 16.1% | 135 | 18.3% | 268 | 15.0% | 13 | 26.5% |
| Bird's Opening | 388 | 15.1% | 136 | 18.5% | 243 | 13.6% | 9 | 18.4% |
| English, Anglo-Indian | 387 | 15.0% | 100 | 13.6% | 279 | 15.6% | 8 | 16.3% |
| Totals+Overall % | 2577 | — | 736 | 28.6% | 1792 | 69.5% | 49 | 1.9% |
Since it was such a tremendously popular pick, we're taking the opportunity to "kill two dragons with one stone!" We strongly suggest not trying this with real dragons though...
November's official Chess.com Thematic Daily Chess tournaments: Quick Knockouts 2nd Edition (now rated!) will feature the Sicilian Dragon in its usual velocity. Here's the format:
- Daily Chess, 1 day per move.
- Groups of 6 players, top 1 each round advance. If tied, all tied for 1st advance.
- All games start from the Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon Variation position.
- Rating windows: U600, 601-1000, 1001-1200, 1201-1400, 1401-1600, 1601-1800, Over 1800.
- Games are rated. Players are moved to the correct rating category before tournament starts.
With this speed, if the dragon catches up to you, at least you can try some dialogue!
November's weekly Chess.com Community Rapid Opening Roulette arenas will feature the Sicilian Dragon in it's accelerated form. Here's the format:
- Weekly arenas every Monday at 1 p.m. ET / 19:00 CEST.
- 2 hours duration with a 10+0 rapid time control.
- All games start form the Old Sicilian: Open, Accelerated Dragon Variation position.
- Monthly prizes for top finishers in both Open and U1500 rating categories.
- Games are unrated. Min 5 games played on the site to participate.
With this speed, if the dragon catches up to you, well, good luck!
May you have fun games! See you in the next one. 
Hello everyone!
Hope you're enjoying the Evans Gambit (:
It is time for us all to pick the November opening, to be featured both in the Rapid Opening Roulette and our Official Thematic Daily Chess Tournaments set to start late next month.
Here's how we structured the November Opening of the Month choices:
We'll be checking and testing these to see which ones make sense to keep or let go. As always, feel free to share your feedback and ideas in the survey comments in addition to suggesting an opening you'd like to support for the next month voting. These are hugely appreciated.
Hit the button below and cast your vote for the opening you'd love to play!
Submissions close Monday, October 20 at 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. ET / 4:00 CEST (next day) so be sure to submit your vote and comment your suggestions by then, and happy chessing!
Opening of the Month: Previously Featured Openings
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Would you like to suggest an opening? Share the ones you'd love to play in the survey comments!