The FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities 2026 has started, with 41 teams competing in Samarkand, Uzbekistan! Follow all the games in our broadcast until 2026-09-17.

Meet the Lichess Team for chess, snacks, and camaraderie in Prague, Czech Republic! Join us on 2026-09-20 from 15:00 UTC at Juliš Hub 1933, Nové Město. Many thanks to Chess House Praha for helping us out with the event! Find more details in our full announcement.

Get ready for our next Streamer Arenas on 2026-09-14 at 16:00 UTC and 2026-10-05 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 for winning our Streamer Arena August 2026! Congrats also to CSCA Open Events for taking 2nd place, to DarkOnTeams for 3rd place, and to Online World Chess Lovers for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,514 registered players!

Our Game of the Month August Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in August 2026 until 2026-09-13 at 00:00 UTC! The winner will be announced on 2026-09-24, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.

Our Light Theme now supports background images! Open the account menu, go to Theme settings, enable Background image, and pick an existing picture or add a custom image link. Adjust the Image opacity to your liking for better readability.

Congratulations to GM Artem Uskov for winning our Bullet Titled Arena August 2026, ahead of IM Reza Mahdavi, FM @BrightFalcon, IM @ManiacalZerker, and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk!