Lichess Game of the Month: August '24
Chessdad1979David's Chess Journey - Installment 43
NoseKnowsAllIntroducing a universal rating converter for 2024
checkravenLucky boy!
FM Zig_Zag_Zug_ZwangHow to Beat Magnus Carlsen (Statistically)
CM HGaborEffective training methods - doing tactics
D2D4C2C4Why Opening Statistics Are Wrong
HollowLeafChessboard Magic: October 2024 Update (Halloween)
TheOnoZoneChess Flavoured Peanut Butter
Leaderboard
More »GM Wafwhij02 | 3324 | |
GM aspiringstar | 2976 | |
GM DrVitman | 2916 | |
IM Unicorn7Love | 2726 | |
anonymousblitz | 2702 | |
catask | 2979 | |
GM Zhigalko_Sergei | 2841 | |
catask | 2677 | |
catask | 2638 | |
TheUnknownGuyReborn | 2477 | |
jasos12 | 2510 | |
Schachtrainer_76 | 2746 | |
NM QueenEatingDragon | 2516 |
Tournament winners
More »Open tournaments
More »Nimzo-Indian Defense Rapid | 1h 57m | 223 | |
Hourly Crazyhouse | 57m | 98 | |
Hourly Atomic | 57m | 91 | |
≤1500 SuperBlitz | 57m | 197 | |
Hourly Racing Kings | 57m | 44 | |
Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 790 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 432 | |
≤1300 Blitz | 57m | 127 | |
≤2000 Rapid | 57m | 498 | |
≤1700 Bullet | 27m | 74 | |
Hourly Bullet | 27m | 144 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 33 | |
Monthly Rapid | 5h | 226 |
Together, we have now played over 6 billion rated standard games - and counting! All available for download in our free and open database.
Our Game of the Month September Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in September 2024 until 5 October! The winner will be announced on 14 October, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
Congratulations to GM Nihal Sarin for winning our Titled Arena September 2024! GM Andrew Tang took 2nd place and GM Daniel Naroditsky came in 3rd.
Our September 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts in just 2 hours at 16:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena!
The new season of the German Bundesliga has started, with GMs Magnus Carlsen, Gukesh D, Hikaru Nakamura, Arjun Erigaisi and many more expected to play in the coming rounds. Follow each round in our broadcast.
The FIDE General Assembly voted against lifting sanctions on the Russian and Belarusian federations. Instead, it voted to consider lifting sanctions only on players with disabilities and children under 12. Yolander Persaud is the new chairperson of FIDE's Ethics & Disciplinary Commission after a chaotic election, as reported on Chessdom.
Congratulations to Ronaldo Playing Chess for winning the Streamers Battle September 2024! Congrats also to runner-up Полина Янученко1, to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for taking 3rd place, and to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 2,019 registered players!