Congratulations to team K2N_chess for winning the sixth ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers GM José Martínez Alcántara, IM Reza Mahdavi, @doughnut42, GM Mitrabha Guha and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,452 registered players!
Follow the FIDE Women's World Cup semi-final tiebreaks between GMs Koneru Humpy and Lei Tingjie now on YouTube and Twitch with our hosts WIM Jesse February and WCM Niusha Afshar! The winner will face IM Divya Deshmukh in the final, who defeated former Women's World Champion Tan Zhongyi yesterday.
Watch Game 2 of the FIDE Women's World Cup semi-finals now on YouTube and Twitch with our hosts WIM Jesse February and WCM Niusha Afshar and read our recap of round 5 with annotations by WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea!
Join us now on YouTube and Twitch with our hosts WIM Jesse February and WCM Katharina Reinecke for the FIDE Women's World Cup quarter-final tiebreak match between IM Divya Deshmukh and GM Harika Dronavalli!
GM Levon Aronian won the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas! He defeated GM Hans Niemann 1.5 to 0.5 in the Grand Final, while GM Magnus Carlsen beat GM Hikaru Nakamura in the 3rd place match.
The final round of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas is about to start at 18:00 UTC! GM Hans Niemann faces GM Levon Aronian in the Grand Final, and former World Champion Magnus Carlsen plays GM Hikaru Nakamura for 3rd place. Follow all the games in our broadcast.
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Watch the second round of the FIDE Women's World Cup quarter-finals with our hosts WIM Jesse February and WCM Katharina Reinecke now on YouTube and Twitch!
Join the special FIDE Social Chess Day Marathon on Lichess to celebrate International Chess Day on 20 July! Get yourself a temporary trophy on your profile by scoring at least a draw in the arena and win one of the randomly distributed prizes, including flights and accommodation to the 2026 World Chess Olympiad.
Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for the first game of the FIDE Women's World Cup quarter-finals with our hosts WIM Jesse February and WCM Katharina Reinecke! Former Women's World Champion GM Tan Zhongyi faces GM Vaishali Rameshbabu, and GM Nana Dzagnidze takes on women's world number 3, GM Lei Tingjie.
In Round 3 of the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025, IM Song Yuxin eliminated one of the tournament favorites, GM Anna Muzychuk, while GM Kateryna Lagno won her match against IM Vantika Agrawal in what was a very close and exciting tiebreak. Read our recap with annotations by WGM Petra Papp.
More new features and improvements were added to Lichess last month! See what the developers and community contributors have been working on in our updated changelog and discuss the changes in our feedback forum topic.
Congratulations to GM José Martínez Alcántara for winning our Blitz Titled Arena July 2025! IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher took 2nd place, ahead of IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján in 3rd place.
Our July 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 18:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena.
From 12 to 26 July, you have the chance to qualify for the Almaty Open 2025 - with all expenses covered - in a series of Lichess tournaments, featuring a prize fund of $2,000! The first qualifier arena starts on 12 July at 15:00 UTC. See the schedule for all upcoming arenas.
Rising stars IM Meruert Kamalidenova, WFM Elnaz Kaliakhmet, and WIM Umida Omonova have eliminated veterans GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, GM Nino Batsiashvili, and IM Alina Kashlinskaya in Round 2 of the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025! Read our recap with annotations by WGM Petra Papp.
The sixth ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier Arena - again featuring a $1,000 prize fund - will be held on 20th July at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.
Congratulations to CHESS CLASSROOM for winning our Streamer Arena July 2025! Congrats also to K2N_chess for taking 2nd place, to NIGERIA ELITE for 3rd place, and to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 2,721 registered players!
GM Magnus Carlsen won the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2025! Reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju beat Carlsen in the Rapid section and was the clear leader after the first 9 rounds, but couldn't maintain his lead in the Blitz section and finished in 3rd place, behind GM Wesley So.
The FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 has started in Batumi, Georgia! 107 players, including former Women's World Champion Tan Zhongyi, GMs Lei Tingjie, Koneru Humpy, Anna Muzychuk and many others, will compete for a total prize fund of $691,250 and three spots in the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026 until 28 July.
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Gukesh Dommaraju, Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja and others play in the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2025! The Rapid section will be held from today until 4 July, followed by a Blitz double round-robin tournament on 5 and 6 July.
Our Game of the Month June Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in June 2025 until 12 July! The winner will be announced on 24 July, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
GM Alexey Sarana won the Aktobe Open 2025, undefeated with 7/9 points! GM Aryan Chopra finished in 2nd place and GM Zhamsaran Tsydypov - winner of the Lichess Qualifiers - took 3rd place.
Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamer Arenas on 7 July at 15:00 UTC and 11 August at 15:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4! If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, see here.
Join us now on YouTube or Twitch for the final round of the Aktobe Open with our hosts IM Laura Unuk and WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea! The winner of the tournament will be decided on the top board, where the current leader, GM Alexey Sarana, faces second-placed GM Zhamsaran Tsydypov, who qualified through Lichess!