A new puzzle theme is now available: the Kill box mate. Select it from the Puzzle Themes page and start practicing. Many thanks to @dirkster99 for identifying and tagging over 3,000 Kill box mate puzzles!

Let’s look back at everything we’ve achieved last year in our review of 2024!

Congrats @anandloks on winning the Lichess Game of the Month December 2024! Thank you for all your countless submissions!

The German Bundesliga saw GM Magnus Carlsen making his debut for FC St. Pauli with a win over GM Max Warmerdam! Replay all the Bundesliga games of this weekend's Round 5 and Round 6 in our broadcast, featuring other world-class players like GMs Alireza Firouzja and Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battles on 20th January at 16:00 UTC and 17th February at 16:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4!

Experimental French language support has been added to Voice Recognition! Select Français in the new language option in the voice settings gear menu to try it out and leave your feedback in the forum.

Our January 1+0 Bullet Shield Arena, the first of seven daily Shield Arenas this week, starts at 16:00 UTC! The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until next month's tournament.