WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026 Asian Leg Qualifier on Lichess
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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.
All women players with a FIDE title are welcome to join the online qualifier for the WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026 Asian Leg, featuring Vaishali R, Alexandra Kosteniuk, and Antoaneta Stefanova! The first stage starts on - Find out more in the announcement post by WR Chess.
SC Viernheim won the German Bundesliga 2025/26, securing their second title with a perfect score of 30/30! The team's top scorers include GM Bassem Amin, GM Alexey Sarana, GM Dennis Wagner, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, GM Jorden van Foreest, GM Georg Meier, and GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, among others. Replay all the games in our broadcast.
The Greenland Chess Federation is currently holding its first ever official chess championship! Follow all the games of the Greenlandic Championship 2026 on Lichess. The final rounds start at .
Congratulations to GM Oleksandr Bortnyk for winning our Bullet Titled Arena April 2026, ahead of GM @Hooligan64, GM Thomas Beerdsen, GM Artem Uskov, and GM Pranav Venkatesh!
Our April 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at .
Congratulations to team Moon Club by @MoonWarrior1 for winning the 3rd ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026 Qualifier with top scorers @DuploChess, IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, GM @FeegLood, GM @delta_horsey, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,926 registered players!
Open tournaments
More »| Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 252 | |
| Eastern SuperBlitz | 1h 30m | 22 | |
| Hourly Atomic | 57m | ||
| Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | ||
| Hourly Three-check | 27m | ||
| ≤1700 Rapid | 57m | 23 | |
| Hourly Chess960 | 57m | ||
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | ||
| ≤2000 Blitz | 57m | 16 | |
| ≤1300 SuperBlitz | 57m | ||
| ≤1500 Bullet | 27m | ||
| Sicilian Defense Blitz | 57m |
