2026 Atomic World Championship

The 2026 Atomic World Championship registration is now open, until August 31st.

Step 1: You can register by leaving a comment in this forum thread: https://lichess.org/forum/team-atomic-wc/2026-atomic-world-championship-rules-and-registration, or you can register privately by sending a direct message to @Atomic.

Step 2: Whether you registered in the forum thread, or by messaging @Atomic, you must message @Atomic to say that, in case you reach the top 8, you consent to the storage and processing of your audio/video data, according to the section 8 of the rules. If you do not do this, you will not be registered.

There are several rule changes in 2026. They are all listed in this blog post: https://lichess.org/@/HowlinD/blog/2026-atomic-world-championship-announcement/5Zn5ASwo
Alternatively, you can also read the rules. See you soon.

Some more work is needed so there will be some slight delay before the pairings are published. Once it is ready, you will be contacted directly. Thank you for your patience.

and this slight delay is ending when?

@stinkypotato next week maybe

@AtomicOverseer said ^

@stinkypotato next week maybe

@stinkypotato said ^

and this slight delay is ending when?

someone told me Monday (tomorrow)

I don't believe everyone more :(