Our 2026 Autumn Marathon starts on 2026-10-24 at 00:00 UTC! Join us for 24 hours of 3+0 Blitz and take part in 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 trophy.

Lichess has resumed cooperation with US Chess after positive changes. Read more about our decision in our full announcement.

GM Daniel King is now live for Round 5 of Lichess4545 Season 50! Tune in to Daniel King's live commentary on Twitch.

Following our 2026 Lichess Meetup in Prague, we recap the successful weekend of chess, work, and camaraderie. Thank you to everyone who joined us, and special thanks to Chess House Praha and national arbiter Dominik Rous for helping us out with the event!

Watch Round 4 of Lichess4545 Season 50 now live on Twitch with NM Marc Nassar!

Congratulations to IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján for winning our Blitz Titled Arena October 2026, ahead of IM Reza Mahdavi, GM Saparmyrat Atabayev, FM Dinçer Taşdöğen, and GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi!

Our October 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-10-17 at 18:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Blitz Titled Arena at 19:00 UTC.