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.

We've been experiencing an outgoing email outage since April 17th. We're working hard to correct the issue. But if you tried to sign up recently and never received the confirmation email, maybe just this once it is NOT in your spam folder!

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!

Our April 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 17:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena.

We interviewed GM Ju Wenjun after she won her fifth Women's World Chess Championship title against GM Tan Zhongyi! Read the interview in our blog or watch the video on YouTube.