Lichess Game of the Month: August '24
checkravenLucky boy!
OnTheQueensideNine Biggest Stars of the Women's Olympiad!
NoseKnowsAllIntroducing a universal rating converter for 2024
CM HGaborEffective training methods - doing tactics
HollowLeafChessboard Magic: October 2024 Update (Halloween)
WFM fla2021Bishop or Knight? Which one to choose?
NDpatzerScience of Chess: What happens in the brain when we see the best move?
Manu_ChessMoodRoad to 2200 FIDE
Leaderboard
More »GM Wafwhij02 | 3334 | |
GM Lintchevski_Daniil | 2966 | |
GM DrVitman | 2916 | |
IM Unicorn7Love | 2720 | |
GM penguingim1 | 2717 | |
catask | 2981 | |
GM Zhigalko_Sergei | 2841 | |
catask | 2663 | |
catask | 2638 | |
TheUnknownGuyReborn | 2466 | |
jasos12 | 2510 | |
Schachtrainer_76 | 2746 | |
NM QueenEatingDragon | 2516 |
Tournament winners
More »Open tournaments
More »Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 193 | |
≤1700 Bullet | 27m | 70 | |
Hourly Atomic | 27m | 23 | |
Hourly Bullet | 27m | 152 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 34 | |
Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | ||
≤1500 Blitz | 57m | ||
Hourly Blitz | 57m | ||
≤1700 SuperBlitz | 57m | ||
≤1300 Rapid | 57m | ||
Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | ||
≤2000 Bullet | 27m |
Together, we have now played over 6 billion rated standard games - and counting! All available for download in our free and open database.
Our Game of the Month September Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in September 2024 until 5 October! The winner will be announced on 14 October, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
Congratulations to GM Nihal Sarin for winning our Titled Arena September 2024! GM Andrew Tang took 2nd place and GM Daniel Naroditsky came in 3rd.
Our September 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts in just 2 hours at 16:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena!
The new season of the German Bundesliga has started, with GMs Magnus Carlsen, Gukesh D, Hikaru Nakamura, Arjun Erigaisi and many more expected to play in the coming rounds. Follow each round in our broadcast.
The FIDE General Assembly voted against lifting sanctions on the Russian and Belarusian federations. Instead, it voted to consider lifting sanctions only on players with disabilities and children under 12. Yolander Persaud is the new chairperson of FIDE's Ethics & Disciplinary Commission after a chaotic election, as reported on Chessdom.
Congratulations to Ronaldo Playing Chess for winning the Streamers Battle September 2024! Congrats also to runner-up Полина Янученко1, to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for taking 3rd place, and to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 2,019 registered players!