Congratulations to CHESS CLASSROOM for winning our Streamer Arena July 2025! Congrats also to K2N_chess for taking 2nd place, to NIGERIA ELITE for 3rd place, and to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 2,721 registered players!

GM Magnus Carlsen won the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2025! Reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju beat Carlsen in the Rapid section and was the clear leader after the first 9 rounds, but couldn't maintain his lead in the Blitz section and finished in 3rd place, behind GM Wesley So.

The FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 has started in Batumi, Georgia! 107 players, including former Women's World Champion Tan Zhongyi, GMs Lei Tingjie, Koneru Humpy, Anna Muzychuk and many others, will compete for a total prize fund of $691,250 and three spots in the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026 until 28 July.

GMs Magnus Carlsen, Gukesh Dommaraju, Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja and others play in the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2025! The Rapid section will be held from today until 4 July, followed by a Blitz double round-robin tournament on 5 and 6 July.

Our Game of the Month June Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in June 2025 until 12 July! The winner will be announced on 24 July, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.

GM Alexey Sarana won the Aktobe Open 2025, undefeated with 7/9 points! GM Aryan Chopra finished in 2nd place and GM Zhamsaran Tsydypov - winner of the Lichess Qualifiers - took 3rd place.

Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamer Arenas on 7 July at 15:00 UTC and 11 August at 15:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4! If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, see here.