The FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 starts tomorrow! We will cover every round on our blog with annotations by WIM Raluca Sgîrcea and GM Renier Castellanos. Read our preview and follow all the games of the Open and Women tournaments on Lichess.

Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamer Arenas on 8 September at 15:00 UTC and 13 October at 15:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4! If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, see here.

Our Game of the Month August Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in August 2025 until 12 September! The winner will be announced on 24 September, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.

We are currently encountering technical difficulties with the broadcast page. During this time, the page will redirect to the broadcast calendar. We apologize for the inconvenience.
[EDIT] The technical difficulties have been resolved and the broadcast page is working again.

GM Pranav Venkatesh won the first edition of the Fujairah Global Superstars 2025 undefeated with 7/9! Watch our winner's interview on YouTube.

GM Wesley So won the Sinquefield Cup 2025! The tournament was decided in a round-robin blitz playoff between tied GMs Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Fabiano Caruana, and Wesley So.

Congrats @CyberShredder on winning the Lichess Game of the Month July 2025! Thank you for all your countless submissions!