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Open tournaments
More »Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 251 | |
Daily Racing Kings | 1h | ||
Hourly Chess960 | 57m | ||
Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | ||
Hourly Antichess | 57m | ||
≤1700 SuperBlitz | 57m | 30 | |
Hourly Three-check | 27m | ||
Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 32 | |
≤2000 Bullet | 27m | 22 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 31 | |
≤1500 Blitz | 57m | 25 | |
≤1300 Rapid | 57m | 14 | |
Ruy Lopez Bullet | 27m | 10 |

The third of six FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-25 tournaments starts at 14:00 UTC in Monaco! Follow all the games in our broadcast until 27 February, as GMs Tan Zhongyi, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Koneru Humpy and others try to collect more points for the WGP Series.

Congratulations to Ronaldo Playing Chess for winning our Streamers Battle February 2025! Congrats also to Полина Янученко1 for taking 2nd place, to Moon Club for 3rd place, and to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 2,002 registered players!

The final of the Antichess World Championship 2024 just started on Lichess! Watch the games between @TheUnknownGuyReborn and @Pinni7 in our broadcast, with live commentary by @firebatprime and others on YouTube.

This month's week of variant Shield Arenas starts soon at 16:00 UTC with the 3+2 Chess960 Arena! The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until the next tournament.

Congratulations to GM Ediz Gürel for winning our Titled Arena February! GM Andrew Tang took 2nd place, just three points ahead of GM Christopher Yoo in 3rd place.

The ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix - featuring a total prize pool of $20,000 - will be held on the 20th of each month at 20:00 UTC from February to December on Lichess! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register for the first arena now.

Our February 1+0 Warm-up Arena begins at 17:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena!