Our Game of the Month July Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in July 2026 until ! The winner will be announced on , followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
Congrats @Fritzi_2003 on winning our 2026 Summer Marathon with a 74% win rate in 875 games, finishing 720 points ahead of runner-up @speedrunchessgames! Thanks to all 20,350 registered players who played a total of 429,085 games and 30,608,664 moves. Our 2026 Autumn Marathon will start on at .
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.
Our 2026 Summer Marathon starts on ! Join us for 24 hours of 1+0 Bullet and take part in one of the biggest chess tournaments in history. The top 500, top 100, top 50, top 10 and the winner will all get a unique trophy.
Congrats @Bengal_Tiger_2011 on winning the Lichess Game of the Month June 2026! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
Congratulations to IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher for winning our Bullet Titled Arena July 2026, ahead of FM @BrightFalcon, GM Pranav Venkatesh, GM Sergei Zhigalko, and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk!
Our July 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at .
Congratulations to team IQPI by WIM Irina Petrova for winning the 6th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026 Qualifier with top scorers IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, @beranboyeokuzde, @LOTOSI, @Psbc2, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,799 registered players!
Get ready for our next Streamer Arena on , with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4! If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, register now.
You can now see your game accuracy broken down by phase - opening, middlegame, and endgame! Just request a computer analysis as usual, in your or someone else's game.
Join us in celebrating the 200th Lichess Rapid League today, ! The Lichess Rapid League takes place every Monday, with more than 200 teams and 1,500 players.
The next $1,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier will be held on ! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.
Congratulations to IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján for winning our Blitz Titled Arena July 2026, ahead of GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, GM Shant Sargsyan, and GM Emin Ohanyan!
Our July 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Blitz Titled Arena at .
IM Mai Narva has also won the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Europe Online Qualifier and advances to the $40,000 over-the-board event in Saint-Tropez, France! Congratulations again!
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 .
Our Game of the Month June Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in June 2026 until ! The winner will be announced on , 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!
All women players with a FIDE title are welcome to join the WR Women's Chess Tour Africa Online Qualifier on and the Europe Online Qualifier on on Lichess! Find out more in the Africa Qualifier Announcement and Europe Qualifier Announcement by WR Chess.
Congratulations to GM Andrew Tang for winning our Bullet Titled Arena June 2026, ahead of FM @BrightFalcon, GM Matthias Blübaum, GM Christopher Yoo, and IM Robert Piliposyan!
Our June 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at .