One year later, we look back at the 2025 Lichess Meetup in Toronto, which saw three days of chess, work, and a whole lot of fun! Many thanks again to the Annex Chess Club for hosting a fantastic tournament.

Congratulations to team IQPI by WIM Irina Petrova for winning the 8th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026 Qualifier with top scorers IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, GM @Kingdomino1, @BundesligaChampion, FM Cristian Camilo Arrieta Hernández, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,129 registered players!

Get ready for our next Streamer Arenas on 2026-10-05 at 16:00 UTC and 2026-11-02 at 16:00 UTC, 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.

Congratulations to team K2N_chess by FM Konstantin Kostin for winning our Streamer Arena September 2026! Congrats also to DarkOnTeams for taking 2nd place, to Online World Chess Lovers for 3rd place, and to BelarusianBeasts&Company for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,220 registered players!

The second edition of Ladder Legends by Lichess has started! Join us now on YouTube and Twitch.

What do grandmasters actually do with 45 minutes to think? Watch IM Emil Stefanov’s breakdown of our first Ladder Legends edition, featuring insights from the players, GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko and GM Volodymyr Vetoshko. The second edition of Ladder Legends by Lichess starts today, 2026-09-30 at 16:00 UTC. Tune in to our livestream on YouTube and Twitch.

Congratulations to GM Oleksandr Bortnyk for winning our Bullet Titled Arena September 2026, ahead of GM Brandon Jacobson, IM Robert Piliposyan, GM Artem Uskov, and IM @BrightFalcon!