The FIDE World Corporate Chess Championship 2025 online qualifiers and knockout stage will be played on Lichess from 11 to 18 October. The top 8 teams will advance to the finals in Goa, India, from 14 to 16 November. Companies can register a team up to 48 hours before the qualifiers. Read the full announcement for more information.

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

The FIDE World Cadet Chess Championships 2025 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, have ended! The new world champions are CM Danis Kuandykuly (U12), Lacey Wang (Girls' U12), Yuan Shunzhe (U10), WCM Sharvaanica A S (Girls' U10), Adinur Adilbek (U8) and Alisha Bissaliyeva (Girls' U8). Replay all the games in our broadcasts.

Together, we have now played over 7 billion rated standard games - and counting! All available for download in our free and open database.

Congrats @lz42 on winning the Lichess Game of the Month August 2025! Thank you for all your countless submissions!

The new season of the German Bundesliga has started! Round 1 features GMs Vincent Keymer, Javokhir Sindarov, Richard Rapport and Pentala Harikrishna, among others, with many more top players expected to join in later rounds. Watch all the games in our broadcast.

Meet the Lichess Team at the Annex Chess Club in Toronto, Canada, on 19 October from 6 pm to 9 pm local time for a few hours of chess, snacks and camaraderie! Check out our blog for more information.