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More »Daily Antichess | 1h | 20 | |
≤1300 Bullet | 27m | 15 | |
Hourly Bullet | 27m | 109 | |
Hourly Chess960 | 57m | 18 | |
≤1500 Rapid | 57m | 60 | |
Hourly Atomic | 57m | 18 | |
Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 154 | |
Hourly Three-check | 57m | ||
≤1700 Blitz | 57m | 100 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 99 | |
Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | 20 | |
Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 80 | |
≤2000 SuperBlitz | 57m | 124 |

Congratulations to GM Ediz Gürel for winning our Titled Arena February! GM Andrew Tang took 2nd place, just three points ahead of GM Christopher Yoo in 3rd place.

The ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix - featuring a total prize pool of $20,000 - will be held on the 20th of each month at 20:00 UTC from February to December on Lichess! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register for the first arena now.

Our February 1+0 Warm-up Arena begins at 17:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena!

GM Vincent Keymer wins the first Chess960 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 event in Weissenhaus! He defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the final after beating GMs Alireza Firouzja and Magnus Carlsen, who finished 3rd.

Congrats @Druismat on winning the Lichess Game of the Month January 2025! Thank you for all your countless submissions!

GM Vincent Keymer, who defeated GM Magnus Carlsen 1.5 to 0.5 in the semi-finals, will play GM Fabiano Caruana in the final of the Chess960 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Weissenhaus - starting tomorrow at 12:00 UTC. Watch all the remaining games in our broadcast.

Join us and thousands of players for 5 hours of 3+0 Blitz in our Yearly SuperBlitz Arena, starting at 17:00 UTC.