Our May 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-05-09 18:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Blitz Titled Arena at 19:00 UTC.

Watch the second Swiss qualifier for the FIDE World University Team Chess Championship 2026 now in our broadcast! The top 16 teams from each Swiss tournament advance to the knockout stage on Lichess, with 8 teams qualifying for the over-the-board finals in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

You can now pin your favourite players in broadcasts! Use the pin icon in the Players tab to show their games on top of other boards, or enable "Pinned" in the Boards tab to only show their games.

The finals of the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Asia Online Qualifier are taking place on Lichess and have just started! Watch all the games in our broadcast now, featuring IM Alua Nurman, IM Dinara Wagner and IM Anna M. Sargsyan, among others. Read the announcement for more information.

Our Game of the Month April Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in April 2026 until 2026-05-14 00:00 UTC! The winner will be announced on 2026-05-24, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.

Lichess is hosting the online qualifiers for the FIDE World University Team Chess Championship 2026! Watch all the games of the first Swiss qualifier now in our broadcast, featuring GM Awonder Liang, GM Aryan Chopra, GM Francesco Sonis, GM Gleb Dudin, and many more.

Congratulations to team Шустрий кабан by @detective_378 for winning our Streamer Arena April 2026! Congrats also to K2N_chess for taking 2nd place, to The United Royal Legion for 3rd place, and to The Dark Horse Youtube and Twitch Community for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,638 registered players!