Added a list of upcoming or ongoing tournaments that each user has registered for. It can be reached by going to your profile and clicking on "tournament points," then "upcoming."
The swiss tournaments featured on https://lichess.org/swiss will now be more recent tournaments and exclude tournaments with manually scheduled rounds.
Numerous tweaks and fixes to the puzzle system. (The site has been updated 6 times since the last changelog entry, mostly with small changes to the new puzzle system)
It is now against Lichess rules to offer a pdf file or software as the prize in a tournament. Please report this with lichess.org/report if you see it happening.
The small orange circle that appeared in the lower right corner of each chessboard has been removed. (It's still possible to resize the board this way)
Fixed a bug where the chat presets weren't appearing for anonymous games.
Fixed a bug where it was sometimes possible to chat in anonymous games that come from the lobby.
Fixed a bug where the Racing Kings preview image was flipped for players when they played black.
Piece animation durations have been simplified and normalized.
A slight gradient was added to capture indicators.
Added three new Variant World Champion 2020 Trophies.
December 16th, 2020
Upgraded all local analysis to Stockfish 12; the analysis board, studies, and broadcasts.
"Request Analysis" limits raised back to old levels. You now receive 30 per day/120 per week.
Fixed a bug where some users were able to use chat in an anonymous game started from the lobby. Chat is only supposed to be possible in anonymous games from direct challenges.
A welcome email will only be sent to new accounts if there is no confirmation email sent.
New Translations via Crowdin.
Fixed a bug where some thematic tournaments were using the wrong FEN start position.
Fixed a bug where Lichess was not able to send system DMs to users without an associated Email address.
Minor edits to the Fishnet acceptance message.
November 30th, 2020
A big update to Fishnet, the software that handles automated game analysis on Lichess. It will now use Stockfish 12 NNUE and provide better analysis faster.
"Close" button in team settings changed to "Close Team" for clarity. It was also made bigger, redder, and scarier to avoid accidental team closings.
Password Complexity meter added to the password reset form.
Limit on players in Swiss tournaments raised to 4000. (Previously 2000)
Now possible to abort a simul from the edit simul page.
New Crowdin translations.
November 25th, 2020
Fixed a bug on the swiss tournament form where the 90 second interval was labeled as "one minute"
Added a text warning on the change password form for when the 2 entered passwords don't match.
Improvements to the Oauth API system.
Fixed a bug where user's requested analysis was counted twice.
Updated the opening names database.
November 16th, 2020
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused a "bad request" error for Stripe payments.
Stricter limits on the amount of Fishnet game analysis that users can request. 25 per day/100 per week now allowed per account. (These limits subject to change)
Requesting analysis on the games of others now counts twice as much as your own games against the limit.
An account is now required to request analysis.
Homepage preset seek pairings tweaked to be more efficient.
Changing the associated Twitch or YouTube channel for a streamer page now requires mod approval.
The new Chess.com API for live games can now be used as a source for broadcast pages.
Fixed a small bug with DGT board text-to-speech.
Tournament creation limits doubled for tournament managers.
Fixed a bug with team leaders timing out users in their team chat.
The banned IP address is now shown on the page that says a user is IP blacklisted.
Small fix to the Tournament form.
New Crowdin translations.
October 20, 2020
It is now possible to start a swiss tournament, arena tournament or simul from any legal chess position by entering a FEN.
Added a setting to event pages. (The big buttons on the homepage that usually link to streams or events) It's now possible to give a countdown for an upcoming event or simply redirect to the intended URL immediately. (Event pages can only be created by admins)
New selectable icons added to homepage event buttons. A microphone, A trophy, The Lichess Logo and the Offerspill logo.
Added links to Lichess.org/dgt. The Lichess/dgt board integration feature.
Added support for playing multiple concurrent games with a dgt board
Added a new API endpoint for downloading the results of a swiss tournament.
Fixed a bug with the patron lifetime amount display.
Minor visual improvements to the Swiss tournament FAQ
Improved the "help" link to captchas on new forum posts, new account registrations and other pages.
New translations via Crowdin
October 16, 2020
Tweaks to markdown text on event and broadcast pages.
Lichess.org/support now redirects to lichess.org/contact.
Fixed a bug where zen mode would move the board slightly.
Tweaks to the ban appeal interface.
Banned users with shield trophies will now have them removed automatically for 30 days.
While choosing players, the simul user interface now shows the number of players currently selected to play.
Users are now allowed to re-try the "request computer analysis" button on a study or broadcast every 5 minutes.
Banned users are now greyed out on swiss tournament podiums.