203. Lichess Rapid League 200+ teams and 1800+ players
LichessLichess Meetup: Prague
LichessLichess Game of the Month: June '26
TheCaptain7777How I won my first ever OTB tournament
FM BuendiaChessThe Armenians win Dole Open with 1.e4
TimelessJunu1425The Halloween Gambit - A Creative Non-fiction Piece About Modern Chess Culture
TimelessGM rhungaskiBlitz, UFC del Futuro
TotalNoob69Delaying d6 in the Indian Defense
Mike-SheaSometimes you just get lucky
FM realcyberbirdFun stats about the Lichess 2026 Summer Marathon
You can now change the opacity of your background picture! Open the account menu, go to Theme settings, select Picture, and adjust the Background image opacity.
Please note that the default opacity is set to 50%. You can set it to 100% to restore the previous appearance of your image.
Congratulations to team Online World Chess Lovers by @Gouravprithyani for winning our Streamer Arena July 2026! Congrats also to K2N_chess for taking 2nd place, to TIM NASIONAL CATUR ONLINE INDONESIA for 3rd place, and to ChessExpertsTeam for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,629 registered players!
The Chess Programming Wiki is back! One of the most valuable resources for chess programming is now hosted by Lichess. While edits and logins are currently disabled, we’re working on restoring such features soon. Stay tuned!
Our 2026 Lichess Meetup will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, on September 20! Join us for an open OTB blitz event, snacks, and camaraderie. Boards and sets will be provided. More details coming soon!
Team messages now appear on the new Team Updates page, instead of going in your inbox!
You can now customize the shape of buttons and other elements on Lichess! Open your account menu, go to Theme settings, and adjust the Roundness to make corners rounded or square.
Our Game of the Month July Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in July 2026 until ! The winner will be announced on , followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
