Watch the finals of the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Europe Online Qualifier now on Lichess, and tune in for live commentary with WFM Lile Koridze on YouTube!

Congratulations to IM Mai Narva for winning the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Africa Online Qualifier on Lichess and qualifying for the $40,000 over-the-board event in Maputo, Mozambique!

The finals of the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Africa Online Qualifier are taking place on Lichess and have just started! Watch the live commentary with WFM Lile Koridze and follow all the games in our broadcast, featuring IM Teodora Injac, IM Mai Narva, and IM Padmini Rout, among others!

Our Titled Arena schedule from July to September 2026 has been announced! As usual, each Titled Arena has a total prize fund of $1,000 and will be preceded by a Warm-up Arena open to all players. The next Blitz Titled Arena will be held on 2026-07-11 19:00 UTC.

Our Game of the Month June Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in June 2026 until 2026-07-13 00:00 UTC! The winner will be announced on 2026-07-24, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.

More new features and improvements were added to Lichess! See what our developers and community contributors have been working on in the updated changelog and discuss the changes in our feedback forum.

Congratulations to team Online World Chess Lovers by @Gouravprithyani for winning the 5th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026 Qualifier with top scorers IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, FM Dinçer Taşdöğen, @minisnake, IM Reza Mahdavi, IM @querencia, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,183 registered players!