Congratulations to Ronaldo Playing Chess for winning our Streamer Arena December 2025! Congrats also to K2N_chess for taking 2nd place, to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for 3rd place, and to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,825 registered players!
The Chess960 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 Finals have started in Cape Town, South Africa! Follow all the games in our broadcast, featuring GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Vincent Keymer and Hans Niemann among others.
The ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Finals, featuring a prize fund of $10,000 and an additional $2,500 for the overall Grand Prix winner, will take place on 20 December at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all qualified Lichess streamer teams and invited wildcard teams.
Congratulations to IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján for winning our Chess960 Titled Arena December 2025, ahead of GM Pranav V, FM @PawnArchitect, IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, and GM Haik Martirosyan!
Our Chess960 3+2 Warm-up Arena starts at 19:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Chess960 Titled Arena.
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the 2025 London Chess Classic Elite with 7.5/9, finishing two points ahead of runner-up GM Alireza Firouzja. Watch our winner's interview with Abdusattorov on YouTube! The London Chess Classic continues with the Super Rapidplay tournament at 12:00 UTC.
We have added two new puzzle themes: the Blind Swine Mate and the Corner Mate! Check out the blog post by @dirkster99, introducing both patterns and including tips on sustainable training with puzzles.
Our Game of the Month November Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in November 2025 until 12 December! The winner will be announced on 24 December, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
Get ready for the final Streamer Arena of 2025 on Sunday, 7 December at 16:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4! If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, register now.
Congratulations to GM Nihal Sarin for winning our Bullet Titled Arena November 2025, ahead of GM Emin Ohanyan, GM Pranav V, IM Matvey Galchenko, and FM Artem Bardyk!
The November 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 18:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Bullet Titled Arena.
Our new Triangle Mate puzzle theme is now available! Read more about the theme and related patterns in the blog post by @dirkster99.
Congrats @Panikin_Skywalker on winning the Lichess Game of the Month October 2025! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
GM Javokhir Sindarov won the FIDE World Cup 2025, defeating GM Wei Yi in the rapid tiebreaks! Read our final recap and check out the annotations by IM Nitish Belurkar for 20 of the most important World Cup games.
GM Andrey Esipenko defeated GM Nodirbek Yakubboev in the 3rd place match of the FIDE World Cup 2025, joining finalists GM Wei Yi and GM Javokhir Sindarov at the Candidates! The Final will be decided in the tiebreaks, starting at 09:35 UTC. Follow the games in our broadcast and watch our interview with GM Andrey Esipenko.
We have updated our API documentation! It is now much faster, has new helpful features, with sample code in almost 40 programming languages, and makes testing and debugging much easier. Check it out in our video on YouTube.
Congratulations to team CHESS CLASSROOM for winning the 10th and final ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers GM Haik Martirosyan, IM Jakub Pulpan, GM Mitrabha Guha, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,388 registered players!
GM Wei Yi and GM Javokhir Sindarov advanced to the Finals of the FIDE World Cup 2025 and qualified for the Candidates! GM Andrey Esipenko and GM Nodirbek Yakubboev will play for another Candidates spot in their 3rd place match. Read our recap, watch our interviews on YouTube, and follow the Finals in our broadcast at 09:45 UTC!
The Hindu newspaper interviewed our Director of Operations, Theo Wait: "We want to keep Lichess completely free, and say no to ads as well. There have been offers to buy out Lichess, but we are not for sale." Check out the free version of the article on The Hindu newspaper's website.
We have launched two new team leagues! The Lichess Rapid League is held every Monday at 17:00 UTC and the Lichess Bullet League is held every Wednesday at 18:00 UTC. Read more in our announcement.
GM Wei Yi, GM Javokhir Sindarov, GM Andrey Esipenko, and GM Nodirbek Yakubboev are through to the Semifinals of the FIDE World Cup 2025! Read our recap, watch our interviews on YouTube, and follow all the games in our broadcast. The tournament will continue on 21 November at 09:45 UTC, after tomorrow's rest day.
You may experience issues on Lichess due to a Cloudflare outage since 11:48 UTC. According to Cloudflare, "a fix has been implemented" and they "believe the incident is now resolved". We apologize for the inconvenience and will continue to monitor the situation.
Check out our new puzzle theme: the Balestra Mate. Read about how we identify these patterns from our puzzles database in the blog post by @dirkster99 and get involved.
GM Alexander Donchenko won a tense match against GM Lê Quang Liêm in Round 5 of the FIDE World Cup 2025 to advance to the Quarterfinals! Among others, top seeds GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Wei Yi will face each other in the next round. Read our recap, watch our interviews on YouTube, and follow the games in our broadcast at 09:45 UTC.