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We have added a new puzzle theme: the Balestra Mate! 🧩 ➡️ Check it out and start practicing: lichess.org/training/bal...

Start in 40 minutes: 165. Lichess Rapid League lichess.org/tournament/z... Links of all leagues: lichess.org/forum/team-r... Join the info team lichess.org/team/rapid-l... #chess #lichess

Our #FIDEWorldCup simulations have been updated ahead of the Quarterfinals! Arjun Erigaisi has the highest chance of winning, while Javokhir Sindarov has the highest chance of qualifying to the candidates by finishing in the top 3. 📸 Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE

GM Alexander Donchenko won a tense match against GM Lê Quang Liêm in Round 5 of the FIDE World Cup 2025 to advance to the Quarterfinals! Among others, top seeds GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Wei Yi will face each other in the next round. ➡️ Read our recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

GM Javokhir Sindarov beats GM Frederik Svane to advance to the Quarter-Finals of the FIDE World Cup! He joined us to discuss the match and to talk about playing bullet and Puzzle Storm on Lichess. ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Javokhir Sindarov: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGk9...

GM Wei Yi wins the second game and the match against GM Samuel Sevian in Round 5 of the FIDE World Cup! ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Wei Yi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSpG...

GM Arjun Erigaisi eliminates GM Levon Aronian in Round 5 of the FIDE World Cup and advances to the Quarter-Finals! ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Arjun Erigaisi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzSP...

Congratulations to K2N_chess for winning our Streamer Arena November 2025! 🎉 Congrats also to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for 2nd place, to Chess City Team for 3rd place, and to ChessExpertsTeam for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,316 players! ➡️ lichess.org/tournament/n...

Our #FIDEWorldCup simulations have been updated ahead of Round 5! Notably, the qualification chances and top 3 chances are now the same, as Gukesh and all Candidates qualifiers have been eliminated. 📸 Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE

Samuel Sevian solves Lichess puzzles in preparation for the faster tiebreak games! He managed to defeat Lorenzo Lodici - who previously eliminated Hans Niemann and Michael Adams - in their Sudden Death game of Round 4! ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Samuel Sevian: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxNS...

GM Andrey Esipenko eliminated GM Vincent Keymer, current No. 4 in the world, and faces GM Aleksey Grebnev in the next round of the FIDE World Cup! ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Andrey Esipenko: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXN6...

GM Sam Shankland was "dumbstruck at how easy it was" after beating GM Richard Rapport 2-0 in the rapid tiebreaks of Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup, adding that "Richard is normally much stronger than that". ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Sam Shankland: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1dy...

GM Daniil Dubov defeated GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup, while GM Vincent Keymer, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and GM Matthias Blübaum were eliminated as well. Follow all the games of Round 5 in our broadcast at 09:45 UTC. 👉 Read our recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Peter Leko 2-0 in the tiebreaks and advances to Round 5 of the FIDE World Cup! ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Arjun Erigaisi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK_p...

The 10th & final ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier Arena, featuring a $1,000 prize fund, will be held on 20th November at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. ➡️ lichess.org/tournament/C... Read our full announcement and register your team now: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

The 595. Lichess Bundesliga with 500+ teams and 4000+ players starts in 25 minutes, join the action! lichess.org/tournament/M... All team pairings: lichess.org/forum/team-l... #chess #lichess

GM Lê Quang Liêm advances to the Round of 16 in the World Cup, drawing Game 1 against GM Karthik Venkataraman and winning Game 2 with the black pieces. ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Lê Quang Liêm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouI8...

Alexander Donchenko defeats compatriot Matthias Blübaum in Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup 2025! After Anish Giri in the previous round, Blübaum is now the second Candidates participant he has eliminated in the World Cup. ➡️ Watch our interview with Alexander Donchenko: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jpl...

Praggnanandhaa was walking on the edge in the first game against Dubov! What move could Dubov play to gain the upper hand? 🧐 👉 See the solution and replay the game: lichess.org/broadcast/fi... Photos: Michał Walusza / FIDE

GM José Martínez Alcántara defeated GM Alexey Sarana in the first game of Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup 2025! He is now on a 3-game winning streak and will play with the white pieces in the next game. ➡️ Watch our interview with GM José Martínez Alcántara: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK7w...

GM Levon Aronian managed to surprise GM Radosław Wojtaszek in the opening of their first game in Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup! After winning Game 1, Aronian now only needs a draw in Game 2 to advance to the next round. ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Levon Aronian: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vqG...

Researchers at Google DeepMind used our free puzzle database and reinforcement learning to train a model to generate creative chess puzzles. ➡️ Read more on this by Tom Zahavy from the DeepMind discovery team: lichess.org/@/tomas135/b...

Who will win the #FIDEWorldCup? We ran the simulations again before Round 4:

Which country has the highest chance of winning the #FIDEWorldCup? We ran the predictions again after Round 3, here are the results! 📷 Michal Walusza, Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE

GM Frederik Svane had to face the reigning World Champion, GM Gukesh Dommaraju, in Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup 2025 - and he won! 😮 ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Frederik Svane: www.youtube.com/watch?v=waY-...

GM Frederik Svane eliminated World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju in Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup 2025, as GM Anish Giri and GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov are also out of the tournament! 👉 Read our recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

GM Lorenzo Lodici first upset GM Hans Niemann in Round 2 and then defeated the legendary GM Michael Adams in Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup! ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Lorenzo Lodici: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5AX...

GM Peter Leko won both Round 3 World Cup games against GM Kirill Alekseenko! He will play against GM Arjun Erigaisi in Round 4 tomorrow. ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Peter Leko: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uf1...

Broadcast player search is now available on our new mobile app! Find your favourite player's game with the search bar on top of the boards page. Watch our video to see how it works: www.youtube.com/shorts/UIPN6...

GM Matthias Blübaum defeated 15-year-old prodigy GM Ivan Zemlyanskii and will face compatriot GM Alexander Donchenko in Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup! ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Matthias Blübaum: www.youtube.com/watch?v=barC...

GM José Martínez Alcántara upset the Uzbek No. 1, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, in Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup! ➡️ Watch our interview with GM José Martínez Alcántara: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTVE...

White to move! 🧩 How did Daniil Dubov defeat Georg Meier in the third tiebreak game to advance to Round 4? 📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE

World No. 5, GM Arjun Erigaisi, reflects on his crushing victory over GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov in their first game of Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup 2025! ➡️ Watch our interview with GM Arjun Erigaisi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzCr...

Thank you to all 12,205 players who joined our Memorial Arena for GM Daniel Naroditsky. Today would have been Danya's 30th birthday. We will remember him for his passion and inspiration, as one of the brightest advocates for chess. lichess.org/tournament/n...

Radoslaw Wojtaszek won his second game in round 3 against Vladimir Fedoseev's unusual preparation for a must-win game! #FIDEWorldCup Review the game on lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi... 📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE

Congratulations to GM Sergei Zhigalko for winning our Blitz Titled Arena November 2025! 🏆 He finished ahead IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, IM Reza Mahdavi, GM Brandon Jacobson, and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk. ➡️ All games & full standings: lichess.org/tournament/n...

White to move and win! 🧩 There's only one winning move.. 🤔 What move did GM Jorden van Foreest play to force a tiebreak in his FIDE World Cup Round 3 match against GM Alexey Sarana? See the solution on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi... 📷 Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE

Our November 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts in less than two hours at 19:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/n... Play against some of the titled players before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena: lichess.org/tournament/n...

We invite you to join us tomorrow at 15:00 UTC for a bullet arena in memory of GM Daniel Naroditsky. November 9 would have been his 30th birthday. lichess.org/tournament/n... Photo: Maria Emelianova / FIDE

Pentala Harikrishna played yet another brilliancy to win Game 1 of Round 3! #FIDEWorldCup 📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE

We ran some more simulations for Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup. Here are the results! 1/3 📷 Michal Walusza, Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE

Top seeds GM Wesley So, GM Hans Niemann, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, and GM Nihal Sarin were eliminated in Round 2 of the FIDE World Cup 2025! 👉 Read our recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl... 👉 Check out our interviews: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 👉 Watch Round 3: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...

Endgame tactics 🧩 How did GM Gabriel Sargissian convert to a winning endgame with Black against GM Maxim Rodshtein? 🤔 📷 Eteri Kublashvili

Huge blunder! 😱 Australian GM Temur Kuybokarov was on the verge of upsetting GM Praggnanandhaa after winning their third tiebreak game, but blundered and lost the match after three more tiebreak games. How did Praggnanandhaa gain a decisive advantage after White's move? 🧐 📷 Eteri Kublashvili

Start in 50 minutes: 592. Lichess Bundesliga with 500+ teams and 4000+ players lichess.org/tournament/O... Links of all leagues: lichess.org/forum/team-l... #lichess #chess

GM Rasmus Svane won the first Armageddon of the 2025 World Cup against GM Rauf Mamedov and advances to Round 3! 🔥 Watch our interview with Rasmus Svane after the 11-game match: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCd7...

Round 2 of the FIDE World Cup 2025 saw the defeat of many top seeds, including GM Wesley So, GM Hans Niemann, and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi! 📷 Michal Walusza, Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE

Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamer Arenas on 10 November at 16:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4: lichess.org/tournament/n... If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, see here: lichess.org/page/streame...