Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 7 of the Sharjah Masters with our commentators GM Toms Kantāns and WIM Raluca Sgîrcea! Watch the top game between GMs Anish Giri and Nodirbek Abdusattorov with live camera feeds!
GM Anish Giri defeated GM Parham Maghsoodloo in Round 6 of the Sharjah Masters and is now tied for 1st place on 5 points with GM Aleksandr Inđić, who won against GM Dai Changren!
Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 6 of the Sharjah Masters with our commentators GM Toms Kantāns and WIM Raluca Sgîrcea!
In Round 5 of the Sharjah Masters, GMs Anish Giri and Aleksandr Inđić agreed to an early draw after just 22 moves. GM Dai Changren beat GM Amin Tabatabaei to join them in the lead on 4/5 points. They are now followed by a group of 13 players on 3.5 points, including top seed GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 5 of the Sharjah Masters with our commentators GM Toms Kantāns and WIM Raluca Sgîrcea! The joint leaders, GM Anish Giri and GM Aleksandar Inđić, face each other on the top board.
From 21 May to 1 June, you have the chance to qualify for the Aktobe Open 2025 - with all expenses covered - in a series of online tournaments held on Lichess, featuring a prize fund of $2,000! The first qualifier arena starts on 21 May at 14:00 UTC. See the schedule for all upcoming arenas.
GM Bilel Bellahcene is the new African Chess Champion, winning the title for the first time! WGM Shrook Wafa is the new African Women's Chess Champion and now a five-time champion! Both players have secured a spot in the upcoming FIDE World Cup and FIDE Women's World Cup, respectively.
Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 4 of the Sharjah Masters with our commentators GM Toms Kantāns and WIM Raluca Sgîrcea!
Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 3 of the Sharjah Masters with our commentators GM Toms Kantāns and WIM Raluca Sgîrcea!
After the first two rounds of the Sharjah Masters 2025, just three players have won both their games: GM Visakh N. R., GM Dai Changren and the former European Champion, GM Aleksandar Inđić, who sacrificed an exchange in the endgame to beat GM Bharath Subramaniyam!
Watch Round 2 of the Sharjah Masters now with us and our hosts GM Toms Kantāns and IM Irene Sukandar on YouTube and Twitch! On the top board, GM Anish Giri plays against GM Karthik Venkataraman with the black pieces.
In Round 1 of the Sharjah Masters, GM S. P. Sethuraman had the advantage against top seed GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, but let his chances slip and the game ended in a draw. A minor upset happened on board 5, where home favourite GM Salem Saleh lost to GM Dai Changren. He will try to bounce back in Round 2, starting at 11:00 UTC.
Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 1 of the Sharjah Masters 2025 with our commentators GM Toms Kantāns and IM Irene Sukandar, featuring live camera feeds!
We will stream the Sharjah Masters 2025 every day from 17 to 25 May! Read our preview blog and join us daily on Twitch and YouTube with our hosts GM Toms Kantāns, IM Irene Sukandar and WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea! The first round starts tomorrow at 12:00 UTC, while all other rounds will begin at 11:00 UTC.
The FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-25 ended after six tournaments: GM Zhu Jiner is the overall winner and, together with runner-up GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, secured a spot in the Women's Candidates Tournament! While GM Anna Muzychuk won the final event in Großlobming, Austria, she couldn't overtake Goryachkina to qualify for the Candidates.
Congratulations to Ronaldo Playing Chess for winning our Streamers Battle May 2025! Congrats also to K2N_chess for taking 2nd place, to Moon Club for 3rd place, and to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,546 registered players!
GM Bardiya Daneshvar is the new Asian Chess Champion and IM Song Yuxin is the new Asian Women's Chess Champion! The top ten players of the Open and the top two players of the Women's tournament have qualified for the upcoming FIDE World Cup and FIDE Women's World Cup, respectively.
The fourth ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier Arena - again featuring a $1,000 prize fund - will be held on 20th May at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.
Congratulations to GM Andrew Tang for winning our Blitz Titled Arena May! GM Brandon Jacobson took 2nd place, ahead of IM Arash Tahbaz in 3rd place.
Join us now on Twitch for the final day of our MSF Charity Campaign with host @Toadofsky and play in the MSF Charity Finale arena! Thanks to everyone who donates and supports the fundraising campaign for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders).
Our May 3+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 Blitz Titled Arena.
See what our developers and community contributors have been working on over the past month in our updated changelog and discuss the changes in our feedback forum topic.
The final FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-25 tournament has started in Großlobming, Austria! Follow all the games in our broadcast until 15 May, as GMs Tan Zhongyi, Anna Muzychuk, Zhu Jiner and others try to collect their last points for the WGP Series.
Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battles on 12 May at 15:00 UTC and 9 June 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.