GM Vincent Keymer joined us for an interview after playing against World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju in Round 8 of the Prague Chess Festival 2026! ➡️ Watch our interview with Keymer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a9z...

GM David Navara played an exciting and beautiful masterpiece against GM Nodirbek Yakubboev in Round 5 of the Prague Chess Festival Masters 2026🔥 ➡️ Replay the spectacular game: lichess.org/broadcast/pr... 📷️ Dominik Töpfer

GM Benjamin Gledura's next move made IM Jachym Nemec immediately resign in Round 6 of the Prague Chess Festival Challengers 2026! Can you find the move? It's even better than Bxg7 👀 See the solution on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/pr... 📷️ Stefan64, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

GM Aravindh Chithambaram defeated the reigning World Champion, GM Gukesh Dommaraju, in Round 6 of the Prague Chess Festival Masters 2026! ➡️ Watch our post-game interview and analysis with Aravindh: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojpd...

Our Game of the Month February Contest is underway! Share your best Lichess standard game played in February 2026 until March 12 in our forum: lichess.org/forum/genera... The winner will be announced on March 24, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

Our "Advanced search" feature for games is currently missing recent games because we reached the maximum number of games that can be indexed. We are working on a fix and will give an update when the feature is working properly again. We apologise for any inconvenience. github.com/lichess-org/...

How many steps in a "chain of victories" separate you from your favorite player? Try the community-built site chess.tutlis.com and tell us your number ⬇️

GM Nihal Sarin wins our Bullet Titled Arena February 2026! 🏆️ IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján finished in 2nd place, followed by GM Andrew Tang, GM Emin Ohanyan, and FM Daniil Rakitin. Full standings & all games: lichess.org/tournament/f...

Our February Bullet Titled Arena starts today at 20:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/f... Play against some of the titled players in our 1+0 Warm-up Arena at 18:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/f...

Congrats stormy2018 on winning the Lichess Game of the Month January 2026! 🎉 Thank you for all your countless submissions! 🙌 www.youtube.com/shorts/D7ZpN...

Our puzzles are back and all related features have been restored.

Our puzzles and related features are currently unavailable due to a server issue with our hosting provider. We apologise for any inconvenience and will give an update when the features are restored.

The Prague International Chess Festival 2026 has started! Follow all the games between World Champion GM Gukesh Dommaraju, GM Vincent Keymer, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, GM Hans Niemann and others in our broadcast until 6 March. lichess.org/broadcast/pr...

Congrats to IM Yoseph Team on winning the 1st ChessMood 20/20 GP 2026 Qualifier with top scorers IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, GM Emin Ohanyan, IM Jakub Pulpan, IM Robert Piliposyan, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,841 registered players! lichess.org/tournament/C...

The server issue has been resolved, according to our hosting provider, and we don't expect any further outages. network.status-ovhcloud.com/incidents/69...

All our functionality should currently be restored, but we expect further outages in the near future due to server disruption and will keep you updated. Monitoring status: network.status-ovhcloud.com/incidents/69...

Due to the current outage affecting 3 of our database servers, puzzles and insights are temporarily unavailable, and most site features may have errors - including tournaments, game play, and broadcasts. We will give an update when these issues are resolved, and apologise for any inconvenience.

Our servers hosting features related to puzzles and insights are experiencing unscheduled downtime, due to issues with our hosting provider. Other features may also be affected. We will give an update when these issues are resolved, and apologise for any inconvenience.

The Queens' Online Chess Festival is a series of online Blitz tournaments and open to all women and girls! The festival is organised by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess and will take place on Lichess from 1 to 29 March. Interested players can register now: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

Start in 30 min: 624. Lichess Bundesliga with 500+ teams and 4000+ players: lichess.org/tournament/O... Links of all leagues: lichess.org/forum/team-l...

Join our hosts IM Laura Unuk and GM Markus Ragger now for the Bled Chess Festival Qualifiers Finals! The top 3 players will qualify for the Bled Chess Festival 2026 and receive an accommodation package. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX0n...

Watch the Bled Chess Festival Qualifiers Semifinals now with our hosts IM Laura Unuk & GM Markus Ragger! The top 30 players will qualify for the Finals tomorrow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDLa...

Congratulations to team Ronaldo Playing Chess by jack2212 for winning our Streamer Arena February 2026! 🎉 Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,438 registered players! All games and full standings: lichess.org/tournament/f...

The $20,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix returns for a new season and will again be held on the 20th of each month at 20:00 UTC from February to December on Lichess! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. ➡️ Read our full announcement: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

Happy #YearOfTheHorse from Lichess! May your new year be full of brilliant knight forks.

GM Magnus Carlsen is the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Champion! 🏆️ Carlsen defeated GM Fabiano Caruana 2.5 to 1.5 in the final, while GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov took 3rd place against GM Vincent Keymer. Replay the games: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...

🧩Did you know that the longest puzzle on Lichess has 17 moves? Try it out yourself, or check out the solution: lichess.org/training/iYZlc

Get ready for our next Streamer Arena, taking place tomorrow at 16:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4: lichess.org/tournament/f... If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, check out our announcement and register now: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

Congratulations to GM Sergei Zhigalko for winning our Blitz Titled Arena February 2026! 🏆️ Congrats also to IM Yoseph Taher for 2nd place, to IM Renato Terry for 3rd place, to GM Oleksandr Bortnyk for 4th place, and to GM Mitrabha Guha for 5th place! Full standings: lichess.org/tournament/f...

From 15 to 22 February, you have the chance to qualify for the Bled Chess Festival 2026 through online qualifiers held on Lichess - including accommodation packages worth $8,000 in total! ➡️ Check out our full announcement for more information: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

Our February Blitz Titled Arena starts today at 20:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/f... Play against some of the titled players in our 3+0 Warm-up Arena at 19:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/f...

What are your Valentine‘s Day plans? 🤣 We are there for you 24/7 💌

The FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026 starts today at 14:00 UTC! GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Vincent Keymer and others will compete for the title and a total prize fund of $300,000 until February 15. ➡️ Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...

More new features and improvements were added to Lichess last month! 🔥 See what our developers and community contributors have been working on in the updated changelog: lichess.org/changelog

Any chess position with 8 pieces on the board and at least one pair of opposed pawns has been solved! Lichess can now tell you definitively if it's a win, loss or draw with no engine required. Read about the massive technological undertaking to accomplish this partial 8 piece tablebase on our blog:

Congratulations to GM Artem Uskov for winning our Bullet Titled Arena January 2026! 🏆️ Artem Uskov finished ahead of GM Christopher Yoo, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, and GM Sergei Zhigalko. ➡️ All games and full standings: lichess.org/tournament/j...

Our Game of the Month January Contest is underway! Share your best Lichess standard game played in January 2026 until 12 February in our forum: lichess.org/forum/genera... The winner will be announced on 24 February, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

Congrats BRIANGD on winning our Game of the Month December 2025 Contest! 🎉 Thank you for all your countless submissions! 🙌 youtube.com/shorts/g3VEx...

Congratulations to team K2N_chess for winning our Streamer Arena January 2026! 🎉 Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,824 registered players! 🙌 lichess.org/tournament/j...

GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026, finishing on 9/13! 🏆️ GM Andy Woodward won the Challengers with 10/13, qualifying to next year's Masters tournament. 🏆️ ➡️ Check out our final recap with annotations by GM Renier Castellanos & WGM Petra Papp: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

The 618th Lichess Bundesliga edition starts in 50 minutes: lichess.org/tournament/9... ℹ️ Links of all leagues: lichess.org/forum/team-l... ➡️ Join the info team lichess.org/team/lichess... to stay tuned!

Congratulations to Andy Woodward for winning the Tata Steel Chess Challengers 2026! #TataSteelChess 📷️ Tata Steel Chess / Lennart Ootes

Congratulations to Nodirbek Abdusattorov for winning the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026! #TataSteelChess 📷️ Tata Steel Chess / Lennart Ootes

Our January 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today at 18:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/j... Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at 20:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/j...

With only two rounds left to play, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov and GM Javokhir Sindarov are tied for 1st place in the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026, while GM Andy Woodward is the sole leader of the Challengers. ➡️ Check out our recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl... Photo: Tata Steel Chess / Lennart Ootes

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Our #TataSteelChess predictions have been updated after Round 10, with Nodirbek Abdusattorov remaining in the lead in the Masters and Aydin Suleymanli surpassing Andy Woodward in the Challengers!

Get ready for our next Streamer Arena on 30 January at 15:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4: lichess.org/tournament/j... If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, see here: lichess.org/page/streame...

Nodirbek Abdusattorov still leads in our #TataSteelChess simulations despite his loss in Round 8, and Javokhir Sindarov is the only one close(r) behind! In the challengers, Marc'Andria Maurizzi's overall win probability decreased despite winning as others scored more unexpected wins.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov is the sole leader of the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026 after 8 rounds! In the Challengers, Marc'Andria Maurizzi and Andy Woodward are tied for 1st place on 6.5/8. ➡️ Check out our recap with annotations by GM Renier Castellanos and WGM Petra Papp: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...