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Join us in celebrating the 200th Lichess Rapid League, starting now at 16:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/i... The Lichess Rapid League takes place every Monday, with more than 200 teams and 1,500 players.
Were you watching the World Cup or playing chess? Well, we have the stats for it... (1/2)
The next $1,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier will be held on 20 July at 20:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/C... The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
You can now see your game accuracy broken down by phase - opening, middlegame, and endgame! Just request a computer analysis in the analysis board as usual, completely free forever.
Renato Terry wins the Lichess Blitz Titled Arena July 2026! 🏆️ Oleksandr Bortnyk finished in 2nd place, Yoseph Theolifus Taher in 3rd, Shant Sargsyan in 4th, and Emin Ohanyan in 5th! All games & full standings: lichess.org/tournament/j... 📷️ Lennart Ootes / FIDE
Our Blitz Titled Arena starts today at 19:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/j... Play against some of the titled players in our Warm-up Arena at 18:00 UTC, before they enter the Titled Arena: lichess.org/tournament/j...
Congratulations to IM Mai Narva for winning the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Africa Online Qualifier on Lichess and qualifying for the $40,000 over-the-board event in Maputo, Mozambique! 🎉 Replay the games: lichess.org/broadcast/wr... 📷 European Chess Union
Our Game of the Month June Contest is underway! Share your best Lichess standard game played in June 2026 until July 12 in our forum: lichess.org/forum/genera... The winner will be announced on July 24, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
The 2026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz by the Charlotte Chess Center is about to start! Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/20... In memory of GM Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025), the beloved chess grandmaster, commentator, and content creator.
More new features and improvements were added to Lichess! 🔥 See what our developers and community contributors have been working on in the full changelog: lichess.org/changelog
GM Andrew Tang wins the Lichess Bullet Titled Arena June 2026! 🏆️ FM BrightFalcon finished in 2nd place, GM Matthias Blübaum in 3rd, GM Christopher Yoo in 4th, and IM Robert Piliposyan in 5th! All games & full standings: lichess.org/tournament/j... 📷️ Charlotte Chess Center
Our Bullet Titled Arena starts today at 19:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/j... Play against some of the titled players in our Warm-up Arena at 17:00 UTC, before they enter the Titled Arena: lichess.org/tournament/j...
We recently crossed 6 million chess puzzles in our open database. Like the platform itself, Lichess data is free and open source. Go and build something cool with it, Available wherever you get your datasets!
"My courage has improved". Ding Liren discussed how his relationship with chess has changed in an interview with Lichess, after winning both the World Team Rapid & Blitz championships with his team Dragon Chilling! 📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE
Join us in celebrating 48 successful Lichess4545 seasons in the faster 15+15 Season 49 Kick-off Arena, today at 17:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/4... Lichess4545 has over 800 active members and hundreds of games played on a weekly basis. Register for Season 49 now: www.lichess4545.com/team4545/
Lichess turns 16 today! 🎂 We've had 16 great chess years together, thank you all! ❤️ Let's celebrate together in our arena, starting today at 12:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/i...
Ding Liren wasn’t able to watch the World Cup live because he was competing in (and winning) the World Rapid Team Championship, but shared his thoughts on the event in an interview with Selina Xie! 📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE
Anish Giri made a draw in this position against Huang Renjie, one of the strongest untitled players in the world. How could he have delivered checkmate instead? 📷 Yunfan Zhao, Andrei Anosov / FIDE
Get ready for our next Streamer Arena, starting tomorrow at 16:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4: lichess.org/tournament/j... If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, register now: lichess.org/page/streame...
GM Felix Blohberger won 3.5 to 2.5 against GM David Navara in their six-game match in Vienna, Austria! Game 3 turned out to be the only decisive game and secured the match victory for Felix Blohberger. Replay the games: lichess.org/broadcast/gm... 📷️ Emilia Castelao
Our Game of the Month May Contest is still underway! Share your best Lichess standard game played in May 2026 until June 12 in our forum: lichess.org/forum/genera... The winner will be announced on June 24, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
Our Chess960 Titled Arena starts today at 19:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/9... Play against some of the titled players in our Warm-up Arena at 18:00 UTC, before they enter the Titled Arena: lichess.org/tournament/9...
15-year-old Anastasiia Hnatyshyn won the 2026 European Women's Chess Championship! Entering the tournament as the 76th seed with a 2207 rating, she finished with a 2580 performance to gain 214 Elo from the event and become the women's world No. 18. 📷 ECU, 2700chess
Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈 Lichess is for everyone, chess is for everyone! #pride #pridemonth
You can now pin your favourite players in broadcasts! Use the pin icon in the Players tab to show their games on top of other boards, or enable "Pinned" in the Boards tab to only show their games.
More new features and improvements were added to Lichess last month! 🔥 See what our developers and community contributors have been working on in the full changelog: lichess.org/changelog
The finals of the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Americas Online Qualifier are taking place on Lichess and have just started! Watch all the games in our broadcast now, featuring IM Leya Garifullina, IM Mai Narva, IM Teodora Injac and IM Tatev Abrahamyan, among others. lichess.org/broadcast/wr...
GM Ediz Gürel won the Lichess Bullet Titled Arena May 2026! 🏆️ GM Sergei Zhigalko finished in 2nd place, GM José Martínez in 3rd, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk in 4th, and IM Renato Terry in 5th! All games & full standings: lichess.org/tournament/m... 📷️ Türkiye Satranç Federasyonu