Congratulations to GM Sergei Zhigalko for winning our Blitz Titled Arena February 2026, ahead of IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, and GM Mitrabha Guha!

From 15 to 22 February, you have the chance to qualify for the Bled Chess Festival 2026 through online qualifiers held on Lichess! The first qualifier arena starts tomorrow, 2026-02-15 16:00 UTC. Check out our full announcement for the schedule and more information.

Our February 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-02-14 19:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Blitz Titled Arena at 20:00 UTC.

The Chess960 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026 starts today, 2026-02-13 14:00 UTC! GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Vincent Keymer and others will compete for the title and a total prize fund of $300,000 until 2026-02-15. GM Hikaru Nakamura, the reigning Chess960 World Champion, declined the invitation to the event.

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

Any chess position with 8 pieces on the board and at least one pair of opposed pawns has been solved! Lichess can now tell you definitively if it's a win, loss or draw without requiring an engine. Read about the massive technological undertaking to accomplish this partial 8-piece tablebase in our blog.

Congratulations to GM Artem Uskov for winning our Bullet Titled Arena January 2026, ahead of GM Christopher Yoo, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, and GM Sergei Zhigalko!