Congratulations to GM Ediz Gürel for winning our Bullet Titled Arena May 2026, ahead of GM Sergei Zhigalko, GM José Martínez Alcántara, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, and IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján!

Our May 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-05-23 17:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at 19:00 UTC.

Congratulations to team The United Royal Legion by @TheoLego for winning our Streamer Arena May 2026! Congrats also to TIM NASIONAL CATUR ONLINE INDONESIA for taking 2nd place, to K2N_chess for 3rd place, and to ChessExpertsTeam for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,433 registered players!

All women players with a FIDE title are welcome to join the online qualifier for the WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026 Americas Leg! The first stage starts on 2026-05-20 22:00 UTC. Find out more in the announcement by WR Chess.

Congratulations to IM Anna M. Sargsyan for winning the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Asia Online Qualifier on Lichess and qualifying for the $40,000 over-the-board event in Tokyo, Japan! Sargsyan defeated WFM Shubhi Gupta in the finals, while IM Alua Nurman took 3rd place against WIM Pandey Srishti.

The next $1,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier will be held on 2026-05-20 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.

Get ready for our next Streamer Arenas on 2026-05-18 16:00 UTC and 2026-06-15 16:00 UTC, 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.