Lichess blog posts from 2021
Carlsen versus Nepomniachtchi: FIDE World Championship Round 2
The 2nd/14 clash between Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi
Carlsen versus Nepomniachtchi: FIDE World Championship Round 1
The first clash of 14 between Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi
World Championship 2021 Officially Opens in Dubai
Insight, thoughts and predictions as the Chess World Championship officially opens
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk wins November Bullet Titled Arena
FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Riga Recap - Rounds 7 to 11, and the Tal Memorial Blitz
The Grand Swiss in Riga continued after the rest day, which saw players visit a national park just outside the capital.
GM Bortnyk wins Titled Arena
Controversial Grand Swiss Underway in Riga: Rounds 1 - 6 Recap
The most prestigious Swiss event in the world is well underway - but at what cost?
How long does it take to "get good"?
An investigation of the Lichess database
Announcing the Personal Opening Explorer
Indexing RandomMoverBot ...
FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Will Proceed Despite Lockdown in Latvia
IM Minh Le Wins October Bullet Titled Arena
Anonymous IM Wins Titled Arena in Climactic Final Game
FIDE Picks Breast Implants as a Sponsor for Women's Chess
Sparrow Chess Catches Streamers Team Battle Victory
Nihal Sarin Wins Titled Arena
Norway Chess Kicks Off Despite Nepomniachtchi Niggle
The 9th edition of Norway Chess kicks off - despite Nepomniachtchi missing his flight
Anonymous GM wins Titled Arena, again. (...and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov!)
Titled Arena Announcement(s)
Announcing our schedule for upcoming Titled Arenas!
European Women Championship - Elina Danielian Wins, Upcoming Players Impress
Titled Arena won by Penguins and Hot Tubs
Penguin Takes Time out From the Marathon to win the Titled Arena.
FIDE World Cup - Delight for Duda as Carlsen crushes Fedoseev
Duda wins the World Cup, as Karjakin comes second and Carlsen wins the play-off for third
FIDE World Cup - Carlsen out of Final as Kosteniuk Wins Women’s
Women's winner is known as Carlsen is knocked out of the Open final
FIDE World Cup - Karjakin Circumvents Shankland; Vidit Vexed by Duda
Semifinalists and finalists known as tournament approaches end
FIDE World Cup - Round 5 Report: 6 of 8 Games go to Tense Tiebreaks
Excitement in the tiebreaks as Carlsen narrowly holds on
FIDE World Cup - Round 4 Report: Dubov, Andreikin, and Artemiev Whittled Down
FIDE World Cup - Round 3 Report: Caruana, Mamedyarov, Giri Out
Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup finished yesterday with a series of surprises, upsets and interesting games.
Fat Fritz is not the Only Ripoff and now ChessBase is Getting Sued
Andrew Tang wins Titled Arena
With a 50 points lead!
World Cup Wobbles after Covid-19 scare as Aronian and others withdraw; Concerns for Caruana
Round 2 of the World Cup continues, as the first impact of Covid-19 is felt.
World Cup Kicks Off in Sochi
Magnus Loses 2 Chess Games in 3 hours (and Wins a Titled Arena)
Stockfish 14 has arrived!
Vladislav Artemiev wins Katara 2021
Katara Qualifiers Advance to Face Magnus, and a Weekend of Bullet Chess on Lichess
Announcing the Katara Bullet Championship 2021 with World Champion Magnus Carlsen
The world's best bullet players gather to see who comes out on top.
You Don't Get to Know Who Won the Titled Arena, Sorry.
Naroditsky Wins Third Titled Arena
Aleksei Sarana Wins His First Titled Arena.
Candidates over as the Candidate is found: Round 13 report
Titled Arena Announcement(s)
Announcing our schedule for upcoming Titled Arenas!
Nepo one step closer to victory: Candidates Round 12 Report
Giri wins again: Round 11 Report.
Why Lichess will always be free.
Nepo extends his lead: Candidates Round 10 report
Anish Ascendant: Round 9 Candidates Report
The Candidates Resumes One Year Later.
"I used to win these tournaments without too much sweat, not anymore"
Bortnyk Reigns Supreme
With a few of the usual favourites distracted by their streams...
Lichess OTB Mode (not really)
Back to basics?
Andrew Tang holds off Magnus, wins March Bullet Titled Arena.
New feature: Puzzle Racer
Competitive Puzzle Storm is here, see you on the race-track!
First Russian-only Titled Arena won by Vladimir Fedoseev
Alireza wins a 13th Titled Arena.
Another dominant victory.Stockfish 13 NNUE on Lichess
The latest release of the strong open source engine is now available in your browser!
Fat Fritz 2 is a rip-off
An important message from open source chess organizations.
Shamsiddin Wins Variant Titled Arena.
Not Chess, not exactly, but close.
Puzzlers on the Storm
More puzzling, more faster
Some Puzzling Analysis
A quick look at how the new puzzle system is going!
Daniel Naroditsky wins the first Bullet TA of the year
...and for (surprisingly) only his second time!
Introducing Maia, a human-like neural network chess engine
A guest post from the Maia Team