FM mizant83Should Beginners Play the Sicilian Defense?
Ledger4545Lichess4545 League interview: Meet the player who returned after 38 seasons
FM realcyberbirdrecap of the Bundesliga 1 competition 2024 on Lichess
TeoKajLibrojIrish chess continued to grow in 2024
NM MrPushwoodFAVORITES: Geller vs Kogan 1946
s1mple_11Fischer Random Chess, or Freestyle Chess, that is the question
jk_182Expected Score of Grandmasters based on Evaluation
ZhrakosThe Invisible Opponent: Battling the Mind in Chess and Life
Amateur_Chess_OrgMeet and train with IM Eric Rosen at ACO World Amateur Chess Championship
Open tournaments
More »| Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 532 | |
| ≤2000 Blitz | 57m | 376 | |
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 454 | |
| Hourly Three-check | 57m | 43 | |
| Hourly Blitz | 57m | 211 | |
| ≤1300 SuperBlitz | 57m | 71 | |
| Hourly Chess960 | 57m | 53 | |
| ≤1700 Rapid | 57m | 218 | |
| ≤1500 Bullet | 27m | ||
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | ||
| Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | ||
| Yearly Chess960 | 5h | 81 |
Congrats @anandloks on winning the Lichess Game of the Month December 2024! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
The German Bundesliga saw GM Magnus Carlsen making his debut for FC St. Pauli with a win over GM Max Warmerdam! Replay all the Bundesliga games of this weekend's Round 5 and Round 6 in our broadcast, featuring other world-class players like GMs Alireza Firouzja and Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battles on 20th January at 16:00 UTC and 17th February at 16:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4!
Experimental French language support has been added to Voice Recognition! Select Français in the new language option in the voice settings gear menu to try it out and leave your feedback in the forum.
Our January 1+0 Bullet Shield Arena, the first of seven daily Shield Arenas this week, starts at 16:00 UTC! The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until next month's tournament.
Our December 2024 free and open databases are now available for download, bringing the total number of rated games to over 6.2 billion in standard chess and 125 million across variants!
Congratulations to GM Daniel Naroditsky for winning our Blitz Titled Arena January! IM Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid took 2nd place, ahead of GM José Martínez Alcántara in 3rd place.
