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Open tournaments
More »| Italian Game Rapid | 1h 57m | 307 | |
| Hourly Antichess | 57m | 123 | |
| Hourly Atomic | 57m | 86 | |
| ≤1500 SuperBlitz | 57m | 259 | |
| Hourly Three-check | 57m | 52 | |
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 834 | |
| Hourly Chess960 | 57m | 90 | |
| Hourly Blitz | 57m | 434 | |
| ≤1300 Blitz | 57m | 125 | |
| ≤2000 Rapid | 57m | 492 | |
| ≤1700 Bullet | 27m | 84 | |
| Hourly Horde | 27m | 19 | |
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | 234 | |
| Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 55 | |
| King of the Hill Shield | 6h | 16 | |
| Bled Chess Festival Qualifier 3 | 2h | 360 |
GM Magnus Carlsen is the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Champion! Carlsen defeated GM Fabiano Caruana 2.5 to 1.5 in the final, while GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov took 3rd place against GM Vincent Keymer.
Get ready for our next Streamer Arena on , with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4! If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, register now and check out our announcement for the schedule of the upcoming Streamer Arenas.
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, . Check out our full announcement for the schedule and more information.
Our February 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Blitz Titled Arena at .
The Chess960 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026 starts today, ! 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 . 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.
