2026 Samarkand Olympiad Rounds 4–6: Uzbekistan in Sole Lead, Plays China in R7
The Game(s) to NM
5 Moments from the Dutch Blitz Championship.
Time to draw conclusions
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ChessLFM: 2000 Elo in 230M params
Chess Olympiad 2026: round 5 in numbers
Olympiad Rounds 5-6 Recap: Uzbekistan at the Top
F1,Legends & Prodigies Tournament, Toto's Chess Club, and the Cramling Family!
On the only rest day of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad, Uzbekistan is leading the Open, while China and Kazakhstan are in 1st place of the Women's tournament. Check out our Rounds 4–6 Recap and watch our interviews on YouTube. Round 7 starts tomorrow, at .
Follow Round 6 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad now in our broadcasts and watch our player interviews with Zhu Jiner, Frederik Svane, Eline Roebers, and more players on YouTube.
Round 5 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad has started! Follow all the games in our broadcasts and check out our interviews with Levon Aronian, Savitha Shri, Kong Xiangrui, and more players on YouTube.
Our 2026 Lichess Meetup in Prague takes place tomorrow, from ! Join us for a few hours of chess, snacks, and camaraderie at Juliš Hub 1933, Nové Město. Find more details in our full announcement.
After the first three rounds of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad, most of the top 10 seeds remain steady on 6/6 match points - except for England in the Open, and Georgia, Ukraine, and France in the Women's. Check out our Rounds 1–3 Recap and watch our player interviews on YouTube. Round 4 starts at .
Round 3 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad has just started! Follow all the games in our broadcasts and check out our interviews with Wei Yi, Carissa Yip & Alice Lee, Lorenzo Lodici, and more players on YouTube.
Team Poland won the 3rd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities! Congratulations to the gold medallists IM Marcin Molenda, IM Paweł Piekielny, IM Aleksander Czerwoński, Julia Salamon, and Andrzej Migala! Silver went to Team Cuba, while Team Uzbekistan 1 took bronze.
Open tournaments
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