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Did you know that desktop users can explore studies and analysis without looking at the move list by enabling variation arrows in the hamburger menu? Press ↑, ↓, or shift by itself to cycle the next move in a branch. Press shift → and shift ← to quickly navigate to nearby variations.

Find your favourite OTB players on our new FIDE players page! Search by name and FIDE ID or click on a player name in a broadcast game and see all broadcast tournaments they played in. Federations are sorted by the top 10 players' average rating and the federation profile lists all of their players.

After the G.O.A.T. Challenge a month ago, Magnus Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner launch the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, consisting of five Chess960 tournaments per year, each held on a different continent. The first tournament will take place in India in November with a prize fund of $500,000.

The Yearly King of the Hill Arena starts in 1 hour! You win by moving your king to the center of the board, but otherwise standard chess rules apply, so checkmate is also possible.

Have a powerful computer that's always online? Want to contribute to Lichess? Now is a great time to request your fishnet key! As you may know, fishnet is the distributed program that powers the free server analysis on Lichess.

We have redesigned the broadcast interface: A new game list shows the engine evaluation and live clocks, navigation buttons replace the old tabs, the schedule is integrated into a new round dropdown, flags are displayed for each player and much more. Check it out in one of our broadcasts!

Our Yearly Blitz Arena starts in 4 hours! Join us and thousands of players for 6 hours of 5+0 blitz chess.