LichessEnding the Boycott
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Open tournaments
More »| French Defense Rapid | 1h 57m | 319 | |
| ≤1300 Blitz | 57m | 107 | |
| ≤2000 Rapid | 57m | 385 | |
| ≤1700 Bullet | 27m | 91 | |
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | 259 | |
| Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 60 | |
| Horde Shield | 6h | 10 | |
| Titled Arena Warm-up June '25 | 1h 50m | 663 | |
| Titled Arena June '25 | 2h | 64 |
Lichess turns 15 years old today! Thanks to all our users, contributors and supporters. Celebrate with us in our anniversary tournament.
Lichess has resumed cooperation with Saint Louis Chess Club after positive changes. Read about our decision in full in our announcement.
WR Chess Team won the FIDE World Blitz Team Championship 2025 with GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alireza Firouzja, Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Hou Yifan, Alexandra Kosteniuk, team founder Wadim Rosenstein, and captain Jan Gustafsson! They defeated team KazChess in the final.
Team MGD1 are the new FIDE World Rapid Team Champions thanks to GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, David Anton Guijarro, Leon Luke Mendonca, Pranav V, IM Stavroula Tsolakidou, top scorer Atharvaa P Tayade, and team captain GM Srinath Narayanan! The World Team Championships continue with the first stage of the Blitz tournament at 13:00 UTC.
Congratulations to CHESS CLASSROOM for winning our Streamers Battle June 2025! Congrats also to Ronaldo Playing Chess for taking 2nd place, to K2N_chess for 3rd place, and to Chess_ranj for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 2,407 registered players!
The fifth ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier Arena - again featuring a $1,000 prize fund - will be held on 20th June at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.
The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships 2025 just started in London, England! GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Vishy Anand, Alireza Firouzja and many more will compete with their teams for the Rapid Championship title until 13 June and the Blitz Championship title from 14 to 15 June.
