
Lichess 2025 MSF Charity Campaign

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King walk madness in May

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Open tournaments
More »≤2000 SuperBlitz | 57m | 376 | |
Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 463 | |
Hourly Atomic | 57m | 63 | |
Hourly Racing Kings | 57m | 38 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 227 | |
≤1500 Rapid | 57m | 177 | |
Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 264 | |
≤1700 Blitz | 57m | 213 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 21 | |
Hourly Crazyhouse | 27m | 13 | |
≤1300 Bullet | 27m | 23 | |
Hourly Bullet | 27m | 85 | |
Streamers Battle May '25 | 2h | 378 |

Congratulations to GM Andrew Tang for winning our Blitz Titled Arena May! GM Brandon Jacobson took 2nd place, ahead of IM Arash Tahbaz in 3rd place.

Join us now on Twitch for the final day of our MSF Charity Campaign with host @Toadofsky and play in the MSF Charity Finale arena! Thanks to everyone who donates and supports the fundraising campaign for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders).

Our May 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 18:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena.

See what our developers and community contributors have been working on over the past month in our updated changelog and discuss the changes in our feedback forum topic.

The final FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-25 tournament has started in Großlobming, Austria! Follow all the games in our broadcast until 15 May, as GMs Tan Zhongyi, Anna Muzychuk, Zhu Jiner and others try to collect their last points for the WGP Series.

Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battles on 12 May at 15:00 UTC and 9 June 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.

Our May 1+0 Bullet Shield Arena, the first of seven daily Shield Arenas this week, starts at 16:00 UTC! The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until next month's tournament.