Our Game of the Month June Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in June 2026 until 2026-07-13 00:00 UTC! The winner will be announced on 2026-07-24, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.

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

Congratulations to team Online World Chess Lovers by @Gouravprithyani for winning the 5th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026 Qualifier with top scorers IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, FM Dinçer Taşdöğen, @minisnake, IM Reza Mahdavi, IM @querencia, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,183 registered players!

All women players with a FIDE title are welcome to join the WR Women's Chess Tour Africa Online Qualifier on 2026-06-30 18:30 UTC and the Europe Online Qualifier on 2026-07-01 16:00 UTC on Lichess! Find out more in the Africa Qualifier Announcement and Europe Qualifier Announcement by WR Chess.

Congratulations to GM Andrew Tang for winning our Bullet Titled Arena June 2026, ahead of FM @BrightFalcon, GM Matthias Blübaum, GM Christopher Yoo, and IM Robert Piliposyan!

Our June 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-06-27 17:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at 19:00 UTC.

Congrats @Blundered_Match on winning the Lichess Game of the Month May 2026! Thank you for all your countless submissions!