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Our Game of the Month May Contest is still underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in May 2026 until ! The winner will be announced on , followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.

GM Felix Blohberger and GM David Navara play a classical OTB match from June 8 to 13, starting every day at ! Tune in now for live commentary by GM Alex Colovic and IM Kostya Kavutskiy and follow the games in our broadcast.

Our Chess960 3+2 Warm-up Arena starts today, ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Chess960 Titled Arena at .

Kong Xiangrui won the 2026 Asian Individual Chess Championship, becoming the first IM to ever win the tournament and gaining the GM title directly! In the women's section, Savitha Shri B won on tiebreaks with a score of 7.5/9. 

Praggnanandhaa R won Norway Chess 2026 after 4 classical wins in a row to score 18 points, while Bibisara Assaubayeva secured victory in the women's section a round in advance with a score of 16.5.

15-year-old Anastasiia Hnatyshyn won the 2026 European Women's Chess Championship! Entering the tournament as the 76th seed with a 2207 rating, she finished with a 2580 performance to gain 214 Elo from the event and become the women's world No. 18.