Our broadcasts now support custom game scores on player and result pages! Check it out in our Norway Chess 2025 broadcast, where players receive 3 points for a win in the classical game instead of just 1, for example.
Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battles on 9 June at 15:00 UTC and 7 July 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.
Our Game of the Month May Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in May 2025 until 12 June! The winner will be announced on 24 June, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
Happy Pride Month! Lichess is for everyone, chess is for everyone!
After 4 rounds and into the first rest day of Norway Chess 2025, GM Magnus Carlsen is leading the Open with a narrow edge of 1 point over GM Fabiano Caruana. In the Women’s section, GMs Anna Muzychuk and Koneru Humpy are tied at the top. The event resumes tomorrow. Follow the games in our broadcasts at 15:00 UTC!
Norway Chess 2025 has started! Follow all the action live on Lichess until 6 June. Don't miss a move by top players like World Champion Gukesh D and GM Magnus Carlsen in the Open, and five-time Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun and GM Koneru Humpy in the Women's tournament.
Congrats @Ceburashka on winning the Lichess Game of the Month April 2025! Thank you all for your countless submissions!
GM Anish Giri won the Sharjah Masters 2025! He defeated GM Aditya Mittal in the final round to finish in clear 1st place. IM Bibisara Assaubayeva achieved her final GM norm during the event, while IM Edgar Mamedov reached a rating of 2500. Both players will now become grandmasters!
Congratulations to GM Nihal Sarin for winning a star-studded Lichess Titled Arena, ahead of GM Alireza Firouzja, CM Konstantin Kornienko, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, and GM Magnus Carlsen!
Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for the final round of the Sharjah Masters with our commentators GM Toms Kantāns and WIM Raluca Sgîrcea!
Our May 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 17:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena.
Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 8 of the Sharjah Masters with our commentators GM Toms Kantāns and WIM Raluca Sgîrcea! GM Anish Giri is in the clear lead on 6/7 points, playing GM Velimir Ivić with the black pieces on board 1 today.
Congratulations to team Saqochess & friends and fan club by FM Sargis A. Manukyan for winning the fourth ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers CM Konstantin Kornienko, IM Jakub Pulpan, @Velikii2003, IM Alexandr Ulanov and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 2,399 registered players!
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.