Play now with our new Firi piece set! Select it from the Piece set option in your account menu. Many thanks to James Faure for contributing it! The piece set was originally designed for Shogi - see this YouTube video for more information about the pieces.

The outgoing email outage has been fixed! You will now receive confirmation emails and other Lichess emails again.

GM Magnus Carlsen won the Chess960 Grenke Freestyle Chess Open 2025 with a perfect score of 9/9! The Grenke Chess Open 2025 was won by 16-year-old IM Aswath S, who achieved a GM norm with his performance.

Congratulations to CM Konstantin Kornienko for winning our Titled Arena April! GM Andrew Tang took 2nd place, ahead of GM Minh Lê in 3rd place.

The third ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier Arena - again featuring a $1,000 prize fund - will be held on 20th April at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register now for upcoming arenas.

We've been experiencing an outgoing email outage since April 17th. We're working hard to correct the issue. But if you tried to sign up recently and never received the confirmation email, maybe just this once it is NOT in your spam folder!

Congratulations to Ronaldo Playing Chess for winning our Streamers Battle April 2025! Congrats also to Alexandra Chess for taking 2nd place, to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 3rd place, and to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,545 registered players!