LichessLichess Game of the Month: January '26
HollowLeafNew Tool: ChessDB Explorer
Ledger4545Lichess4545 Week 7 Update: Tangled Standings and Chat with a Fiber Artist
Sputnik_1337Précision et pertinence.
NDpatzerScience of Chess: Seeing moves with momentum over the board
IM Lizard1The Rook That Did Nothing — Until It Won the Game
FrankWillowTraining Openings with En Croissant
jk_182Predicting the Winner of Tournaments
NM b_6Calculation Techniques: Looking Ahead One "Extra" Move
Our "Advanced search" feature for games is currently missing recent games because we have reached the maximum number of games that can be indexed. We are working on a fix and will give an update when the feature is functioning properly again. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Congratulations to GM Nihal Sarin for winning our Bullet Titled Arena February 2026, ahead of IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, GM Andrew Tang, GM Emin Ohanyan, and FM Daniil Rakitin!
Our February 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at .
Congrats @stormy2018 on winning the Lichess Game of the Month January 2026! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
The Prague International Chess Festival 2026 has started! Follow all the games between World Champion GM Gukesh Dommaraju, GM Vincent Keymer, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, GM Hans Niemann and others in our broadcast until 6 March.
Open tournaments
More »| Queen's Gambit Declined Rapid | 1h 57m | 527 | |
| Hourly Three-check | 57m | 62 | |
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 743 | |
| Hourly Crazyhouse | 57m | 62 | |
| Hourly King of the Hill | 57m | 34 | |
| Hourly Blitz | 57m | 435 | |
| Hourly Racing Kings | 57m | 44 | |
| ≤1500 Blitz | 57m | 244 | |
| ≤1300 Rapid | 57m | 175 | |
| ≤1700 SuperBlitz | 57m | 263 | |
| ≤2000 Bullet | 27m | 81 | |
| Hourly Antichess | 27m | 33 | |
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | 163 | |
| Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 48 | |
| SuperBlitz Shield | 5h | 237 | |
| Daily Bullet | 1h |