Watch Round 6 of the Olympiad now on YouTube and Twitch with us and our host GM Illia Nyzhnyk, and read our recap blog to find out what happened in Round 5!
The September week of Variant Shield Arenas starts in just one hour at 16:00 UTC with the 3+2 Chess960 Arena! The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until next month's arena.
Ukraine caused a big upset in Round 4 of the Olympiad, beating the pre-tournament favourites USA: Read more in our recap blog and join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 5 with our host FM Gauri Shankar!
Congratulations to GM Nihal Sarin for winning our Blitz Titled Arena September 2024! GM Jose Martinez Alcantara took 2nd place, tied with GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, but with a better performance.
Congrats @dauANHbac on winning the Lichess Game of the Month August 2024! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
In just 2 hours, you'll have the chance to play against some of the titled players in our 3+0 Warm-up Arena before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena!
Round 3 of the Olympiad was absolutely chaotic, with upsets all over the place: Find out what happened in our recap blog and join us on YouTube and Twitch at 13:00 UTC for Round 4 with today's hosts IM Eric Rosen and FM Gauri Shankar!
Streamers and their communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battle on 23 September at 15:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4!
GM Magnus Carlsen's absence was felt in Round 2 of the Olympiad as Norway drew Canada, while individual upsets in the women's section failed to turn the tide on overall match scores: Read our Round 2 recap blog and join us again at 13:00 UTC on YouTube and Twitch for Round 3 with our host GM Illia Nyzhnyk!
The favourites prevailed, but some big individual upsets occurred along the way: Read our Olympiad Budapest 2024 Round 1 recap blog and join us again at 13:00 UTC on YouTube and Twitch for Round 2 with our host GM Illia Nyzhnyk and live camera feeds!
Join us on YouTube and Twitch in just one hour at 13:00 UTC for Round 1 of the Olympiad Budapest 2024 with our hosts GM Illia Nyzhnyk and IM Eric Rosen - including live camera feeds!
You can now enable the new Stockfish 17 (79MB net) for analysis in the engine settings menu! Stockfish 16 is still available with a smaller 7MB net. Thanks to the Stockfish team for developing and providing their free and open-source engine!
Watch our latest interview and analysis with none other than IM Eric Rosen and of course our Lewis Chess Legends stream host IM Irene Sukandar!
Lichess had a productive August, with a total of 141 pull requests from 33 contributors, including 9 first-time ones! Check out more details on our updated changelog.
Our August 2024 free and open databases are available for download, bringing the total number of games now to over 5.9 billion in standard chess and 119 million across variants!
The September 3+0 SuperBlitz Shield Arena, the second of seven daily Shield Arenas this week, starts in 2 hours! The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until next month's tournament.
Check out our series of interviews and analyses on YouTube with famous players such as the former highest rated woman in the world, GM Pia Cramling, and Magnus Carlsen's main second in the 2013 World Championship match, GM Jon Ludvig Hammer - more to come!
Our Game of the Month August Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in August 2024 until 5 September! The winner will be announced on 14 September, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
We have updated our Masters Database with about 200,000 new games since 2022, now available in the Opening Explorer!
Clicking on a player's name in broadcasts now redirects you to a new, mobile-friendly page with more information about the player in the tournament.
Congratulations to GM Nihal Sarin for winning our Titled Arena August 2024, tied with GM Daniel Naroditsky, but with a 23-point better performance as the tiebreaker! GM Javohir Sindarov took 3rd place.
Our next 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts in just 3 hours at 16:00 UTC! You will have the chance again to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena!
Congratulations to Ronaldo Playing Chess for winning the Streamers Battle August 2024! Congrats also to runners-up IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS, Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for taking 3rd place and IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,852 registered players!
Hovering over player names in broadcast games will now display additional information, including their previous games and opponents, estimated Elo rating change and score! This information is also available in the new Players tab, which you can sort by clicking on one of the column titles.