From 15 to 22 February, you have the chance to qualify for the Bled Chess Festival 2026 through online qualifiers held on Lichess! The first qualifier arena starts tomorrow, 2026-02-15 16:00 UTC. Check out our full announcement for the schedule and...
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14.02.2026 18:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our February 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-02-14 19:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Blitz Titled Arena at 20:00 UTC.
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14.02.2026 11:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Chess960 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026 starts today, 2026-02-15 14:00 UTC! GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Vincent Keymer and others will compete for the title and a total prize fund of $300,000 until 2026-02-...
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13.02.2026 11:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
More new features and improvements were added to Lichess last month! See what the developers and community contributors have been working on in our updated changelog and discuss the changes in our feedback forum topic.
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10.02.2026 11:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Any chess position with 8 pieces on the board and at least one pair of opposed pawns has been solved! Lichess can now tell you definitively if it's a win, loss or draw without requiring an engine. Read about the massive technological undertaking to ...
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08.02.2026 07:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations to GM Artem Uskov for winning our Bullet Titled Arena January 2026, ahead of GM Christopher Yoo, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, and GM Sergei Zhigalko!
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04.02.2026 13:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our Game of the Month January Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in January 2026 until 12 February! The winner will be announced on 24 February, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
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04.02.2026 04:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations to K2N_chess for winning our Streamer Arena January 2026! Congrats also to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for taking 2nd place, to The Dark Horse Youtube and Twitch Community for 3rd place, and to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 4th place. Than...
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03.02.2026 07:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026, finishing on 9/13! GM Andy Woodward won the Challengers with 10/13, qualifying to next year's Masters tournament. Check out our final recap with annotations by GM Renier Castellanos and...
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02.02.2026 00:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our January 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-01-31 18:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at 20:00 UTC.
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31.01.2026 15:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
With only two rounds left to play, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov and GM Javokhir Sindarov are tied for 1st place in the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026, while GM Andy Woodward is the sole leader of the Challengers. Check out our recap with annotations by G...
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31.01.2026 03:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Get ready for our next Streamer Arena on 2026-01-30 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.
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26.01.2026 19:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov is the sole leader of the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026 after 8 rounds. In the Challengers, GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi and GM Andy Woodward are tied for 1st place on 6.5/8. Check out our recap of rounds 6–8 with annotations by ...
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26.01.2026 01:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After 5 rounds of Tata Steel Chess 2026, GM Hans Niemann, GM Javokhir Sindarov, and GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov are tied for 1st place in the Masters, while GM Aydin Suleymanli, IM Faustino Oro, and GM Andy Woodward lead the Challengers. Read our recap...
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22.01.2026 14:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations to IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher for winning our Blitz Titled Arena January 2026, ahead of GM @Eyesless18, IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, CM @innocentguy, and GM @handofprince!
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18.01.2026 02:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our January 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-01-17 19:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Blitz Titled Arena at 20:00 UTC.
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17.01.2026 17:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We have announced the schedule for our first Titled Arenas of 2026! As usual, each arena has a total prize fund of $1,000 and will be preceded by a Warm-up Arena open to all players.
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16.01.2026 17:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Discovered Check puzzle theme is now available! Find out more about the theme, related patterns, and how we implement new puzzle themes in the blog post by @dirkster99.
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09.01.2026 16:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Let's look back at the highlights of Lichess over the past year in our 2025 End of Year Update!
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07.01.2026 19:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Due to your kindness and generosity, we received over $80,000 USD last month - the most donations we've ever received in a single month in our entire history! Thank you, so much, for believing in our work and supporting us to provide free chess for ...
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05.01.2026 23:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our Game of the Month December Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in December 2025 until 12 January! The winner will be announced on 24 January, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
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03.01.2026 01:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations to team Saqochess & friends and fan club for winning the $10,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Final with top scorers IM Reza Mahdavi, @catask, IM Jakub Pulpan, FM Semyon Puzyrevsky, GM Haik Martirosyan, and many others! Thanks to all p...
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02.01.2026 14:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GM Magnus Carlsen is the 2025 World Blitz Champion and GM Bibisara Assaubayeva is the 2025 Women's World Blitz Champion! Read our final recap and check out our player interviews by IM Laura Unuk on YouTube.
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30.12.2025 18:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After the first day of the FIDE World Blitz Championships 2025, GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and GM Fabiano Caruana are in shared first on 10/13, while in the Women's tournament, IM Eline Roebers is in the sole lead with 8.5/10! Rea...
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29.12.2025 22:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congrats FM Dimitrios Makridis on winning our 2025 Winter Marathon with a 70% win rate in 299 games, finishing 201 points ahead of 2nd placed GM @delta_horsey! Thanks to all 21,402 registered players who played a total of 164,563 games and 11,277,34...
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29.12.2025 01:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GM Magnus Carlsen is the 2025 World Rapid Champion and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina is the 2025 Women's World Rapid Champion! Read our recap and check out our player interviews on YouTube. The event continues with the FIDE World Blitz Championships 202...
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28.12.2025 18:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Heading into the final day of the FIDE World Rapid Championships 2025, GM Vladislav Artemiev and GM Hans Niemann are in the shared lead on 7.5/9, while GM Humpy Koneru and GM Zhu Jiner are tied for first place on 6.5/8 in the Women's tournament. Rea...
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28.12.2025 03:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our 2025 Winter Marathon starts at midnight UTC! Join us and thousands of players for 24 hours of 5+3 Blitz and be part of one of the biggest chess tournaments in history. The top 500, top 100, top 50, top 10 and the winner will all get a unique tro...
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27.12.2025 21:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congrats @Ben2020Tor on winning the Lichess Game of the Month November 2025! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
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27.12.2025 13:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After the first day of the FIDE World Rapid Championships 2025, GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, GM Vladislav Artemiev, and GM Gukesh D are tied for first place on 4.5/5. In the Women's tournament, GM Zhu Jiner is in ...
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26.12.2025 23:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
