GM Magnus Carlsen is the winner of Norway Chess 2025! GM Fabiano Caruana finished in 2nd place, while the reigning World Champion, GM Gukesh Dommaraju, took 3rd place. GM Anna Muzychuk secured 1st place in the Women's Tournament, with GM Lei Tingjie coming in 2nd and GM Koneru Humpy in 3rd place.

GM Aravindh Chithambaram won the 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial ahead of GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, repeating his success at the 2025 Prague International Chess Festival, and climbed to 9th in the live ratings!

Our broadcasts now support custom game scores on player and result pages! Check it out in our Norway Chess 2025 broadcast, where players receive 3 points for a win in the classical game instead of just 1, for example.

Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battles on 9 June at 15:00 UTC and 7 July at 15:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4! If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, see here.

Our Game of the Month May Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in May 2025 until 12 June! The winner will be announced on 24 June, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.

Happy Pride Month! Lichess is for everyone, chess is for everyone!

After 4 rounds and into the first rest day of Norway Chess 2025, GM Magnus Carlsen is leading the Open with a narrow edge of 1 point over GM Fabiano Caruana. In the Women’s section, GMs Anna Muzychuk and Koneru Humpy are tied at the top. The event resumes tomorrow. Follow the games in our broadcasts at 15:00 UTC!