LichessLichess Game of the Month: January '26
IM Lizard1The Rook That Did Nothing — Until It Won the Game
jk_182Predicting the Winner of Tournaments
Sputnik_1337Précision et pertinence.
FrankWillowTraining Openings with En Croissant
Ledger4545Lichess4545 Week 7 Update: Tangled Standings and Chat with a Fiber Artist
NDpatzerScience of Chess: Seeing moves with momentum over the board
NM b_6Calculation Techniques: Looking Ahead One "Extra" Move
HollowLeafNew Tool: ChessDB Explorer
Our Game of the Month February Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in February 2026 until ! The winner will be announced on , followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
Our "Advanced search" feature for games is currently missing recent games because we have reached the maximum number of games that can be indexed. We are working on a fix and will give an update when the feature is functioning properly again. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Congratulations to GM Nihal Sarin for winning our Bullet Titled Arena February 2026, ahead of IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, GM Andrew Tang, GM Emin Ohanyan, and FM Daniil Rakitin!
Our February 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at .
Congrats @stormy2018 on winning the Lichess Game of the Month January 2026! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
Open tournaments
More »| Weekly Crazyhouse | 3h | 155 | |
| Daily UltraBullet | 1h | 96 | |
| ≤1300 SuperBlitz | 57m | 57 | |
| ≤1700 Rapid | 57m | 99 | |
| Hourly Antichess | 27m | 33 | |
| Daily Racing Kings | 1h | ||
| Hourly Three-check | 27m | 16 | |
| ≤1500 Bullet | 27m | 47 | |
| Scotch Game Blitz | 57m | 73 | |
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | 227 | |
| ≤2000 Blitz | 57m | 255 | |
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 336 | |
| Daily King of the Hill | 1h |