Congratulations Koosha Jaferian Fan Club for winning the Streamers Battle March '24 and $500 once again! Congrats also to Saqochess & friends and fan club for 2nd place ($300), IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS (3rd, $150) and IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club (4th, $100). Thanks to all 2868 registered players!
Our 3+2 Crazyhouse Shield Arena, the second of eight Variant Shield Arenas this month, starts in 2 hours! All the rules and conventions of standard chess apply, but captured pieces can be dropped back on the board. The winner gets a unique trophy and will keep it until next month's tournament.
Find your favourite OTB players on our new FIDE players page! Search by name and FIDE ID or click on a player name in a broadcast game and see all broadcast tournaments they played in. Federations are sorted by the top 10 players' average rating and the federation profile lists all of their players.
After the G.O.A.T. Challenge a month ago, Magnus Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner launch the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, consisting of five Chess960 tournaments per year, each held on a different continent. The first tournament will take place in India in November with a prize fund of $500,000.
The Yearly King of the Hill Arena starts in 1 hour! You win by moving your king to the center of the board, but otherwise standard chess rules apply, so checkmate is also possible.
Have a powerful computer that's always online? Want to contribute to Lichess? Now is a great time to request your fishnet key! As you may know, fishnet is the distributed program that powers the free server analysis on Lichess.
We have redesigned the broadcast interface: A new game list shows the engine evaluation and live clocks, navigation buttons replace the old tabs, the schedule is integrated into a new round dropdown, flags are displayed for each player and much more. Check it out in one of our broadcasts!
Our Yearly Blitz Arena starts in 4 hours! Join us and thousands of players for 6 hours of 5+0 blitz chess.
From 22 to 31 March, you have the chance to qualify for the Sharjah Chess Masters in a series of online tournaments held on Lichess with a prize fund of $1,000! The first of three Stage 1 qualifier arenas will start on Friday, 22 March at 06:00 UTC.
Congrats @Dgaleano on winning the Lichess Game of the Month February 2024! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
ChessCam now allows you to play live games on Lichess with just a regular chessboard and a camera, as if it were an e-Board! To try and test it, simply follow the instructions by its developer @BlindfoldBlunderer. ChessCam is free and open-source.
Ever wanted to ask the Lichess Team anything? You can do so today in our Lichess Team AMA on r/chess! We will try to answer (almost) all your questions from 19:00 to 21:00 UTC. Feel free to get your questions in early!
Congratulations to GM Alireza Firouzja for winning the Chess960 Titled Arena March '24 with a berserk rate of 90%! GM Jose Martinez Alcantara finished in second place, 8 points behind.
Join the Chess960 Warm-up Arena for a chance to face some of the titled players before they enter the Chess960 Titled Arena! Last month saw the most rated Chess960 games played on Lichess since September 2022, available for download in our free and open database along with all the other rated games.
"I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves." — Robert James "Bobby" Fischer, 11th World Chess Champion and one of the most influential chess players of all time, was born on this day in 1943.
Happy International Women's Day! Join us for our 3-hour Thematic Women's Day Arena to celebrate this important day.
The Prague Chess Festival is over: GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the Masters 1.5 points ahead of a group led by GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen and is the new number 4 in the live ratings! The Challengers section was won by 15-year-old IM (and soon-to-be GM) Ediz Gürel, who achieved his 3rd and final GM norm.
The Lichess Bundesliga, world's largest online chess league, celebrates 2 million registrations after almost 4 years since its first edition! Join the next Lichess Bundesliga edition starting in 3 hours and celebrate together.
Final round of the Shenzhen Longgang Chess Masters 2024 in 2 hours: GMs Bu Xiangzhi, Yu Yangyi and Arjun Erigaisi are currently tied for first place with 4/6 points! Top seed GM Anish Giri hopes for a good result against Yu Yangyi to not finish last after a disappointing tournament performance.
Find out what's new on Lichess and see what our developers and community contributors have been working on over the past month in our updated changelog.
Streamers and their communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battle on the 18th - again with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4! It will start four hours earlier than usual to give users in different time zones better chances.
Our 3+0 SuperBlitz Shield Arena, the second of seven daily Shield Arenas this week, begins in 1 hour! The winner gets a unique trophy and will keep it until next month's tournament.
The pairings for the FIDE Open and Women's Candidates 2024 have been announced! However, with the tournaments only one month away, it is uncertain whether they can be held in Toronto: More than 40 people, including players and coaches, are reportedly still waiting for their visas to be approved.
Rest day in the Prague Chess Festival Masters: GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov leads undefeated with 4/5 points and a performance rating of over 2900, making him the new world number 5 in the live ratings! He will face GM Praggnanandhaa in round 6 tomorrow, while the Open section continues today.