The fifth ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier Arena - again featuring a $1,000 prize fund - will be held on 20th June at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.

The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships 2025 just started in London, England! GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Vishy Anand, Alireza Firouzja and many more will compete with their teams for the Rapid Championship title until 13 June and the Blitz Championship title from 14 to 15 June.

More new features and improvements were added to Lichess last month! See what the developers and community contributors have been working on in our updated changelog and discuss the changes in our feedback forum topic.

Congratulations to GM @SVODMEVKO for winning our Blitz Titled Arena, ahead of GM @FeegLood, GM Christopher Yoo, GM Shant Sargsyan, and GM Alireza Firouzja!

Our June 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 18:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena.

GM Magnus Carlsen is the winner of Norway Chess 2025! GM Fabiano Caruana finished in 2nd place, while the reigning World Champion, GM Gukesh Dommaraju, took 3rd place. GM Anna Muzychuk secured 1st place in the Women's Tournament, with GM Lei Tingjie coming in 2nd and GM Koneru Humpy in 3rd place.

GM Aravindh Chithambaram won the 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial ahead of GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, repeating his success at the 2025 Prague International Chess Festival, and climbed to 9th in the live ratings!