
Interview: Ju Wenjun - Women's World Chess Champion 2025

Hiding chat and regaining space with LiChess Tools

Game Against Chess.com Maximum Bot using Turbo Eval #1

TMC Cash League Round 6 & 7 Overview

X-Ray Defence: Hidden Resource, Sudden Lifeline

An offline Chess academy:"Logistics, Politics, and Perseverance"

15+10 Is All You Need

The Women's World Championship Match in 6 Graphs

One study i made, where the white player got 5 pawns on the same file.
Open tournaments
More »King's Gambit Accepted Rapid | 1h 57m | 410 | |
≤2000 Bullet | 27m | 192 | |
Hourly Antichess | 57m | 75 | |
Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 492 | |
Hourly Three-check | 57m | 50 | |
Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | 93 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 311 | |
≤1500 Blitz | 57m | 153 | |
≤1300 Rapid | 57m | 97 | |
Hourly Bullet | 27m | 266 | |
Hourly Chess960 | 27m | 43 | |
≤1700 SuperBlitz | 57m | 152 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | ||
Racing Kings Shield | 6h | 38 | |
Weekly Blitz | 3h | 20 |

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.


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.


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!