Happy #InternationalWorkersDay! Great things are possible without taking advantage of workers or users, we just have to work together 💪 Thank you to all our contributors & check out lichess.org/help/contrib... if you want to get involved! Whatever you do, fight for your rights✊️ #MayDay #LabourDay

Congrats FinalSpot on winning the Lichess Game of the Month March 2026! 🎉 Thank you for all your countless submissions! 🙌 www.youtube.com/shorts/3uuQu...

The new Lichess mobile app is now available on F-Droid, an Android app store for free, open-source applications! Download now: f-droid.org/packages/org...

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

All women players with a FIDE title are welcome to join the online qualifier for the WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026 Asian Leg, featuring Vaishali R, Kosteniuk, and Stefanova! The first stage starts on April 30th, 13:00 UTC - Find out more from the links in the tournament : lichess.org/tournament/J...

SC Viernheim won the German Bundesliga 2025/26, securing their second title with a perfect score of 30/30! The team's top players include Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Jorden van Foreest, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Parham Maghsoodloo and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, among others. 📷 Anna Giede, Frank Binding

The Greenland Chess Federation is currently holding its first ever official chess championship! Follow all the games of the 2026 Greenlandic Championship on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/gr... The final rounds start at 14:00 UTC and will begin soon.

Congratulations to Oleksandr Bortnyk for winning our Bullet Titled Arena April 2026, ahead of Hooligan64, Thomas Beerdsen, Artem Uskov, and Pranav Venkatesh! 🏆️ All games & full standings: lichess.org/tournament/a...

Our Bullet Titled Arena starts today at 19:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/a... Play against some of the titled players in our Warm-up Arena at 17:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/a...

Congratulations to team Moon Club for winning the 3rd ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026 Qualifier with top scorers DuploChess, IM Renato Terry, GM FeegLood, GM delta_horsey, and many others! 🎉 Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,926 registered players! 🙌 lichess.org/tournament/C...

Lichess founder Thibault Duplessis' 3 rules for the website #chess #lichess #opensource

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Get ready for our next Streamer Arena on 27 April at 16:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4: lichess.org/tournament/a... If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, register now: lichess.org/page/streame...

The final stage of the Chess Digital League, organized by the UAE Chess Federation, is taking place on Lichess right now: lichess.org/swiss/oMsM0vHz The event features a total prize pool of over AED 60,000 (USD 15,000+) for school students in the United Arab Emirates.

Vishy Anand reflects on his legacy, the current generation, and the future of chess! We sat down for 54 minutes with the 15th World Champion and India's first GM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvsK...

IM Roman Dehtiarov won the 2026 European Individual Chess Championship with a score of 9/11! 🏆️ He gained 46 Elo from his 2781 performance, and earned the GM title directly by winning a continental championship. Replay the games: lichess.org/broadcast/eu... 📷️ ECU / Rafal Oleksiewicz

Congrats GlasnostPerestroika on winning our 2026 Spring Marathon with a 76% win rate in 479 games, finishing 231 points ahead of runner-up FM Dimitrios Makridis! 🎉 Thanks to all 21,291 registered players who played a total of 286,975 games and 20,763,129 moves. 🙌 lichess.org/tournament/s...

"We're not creating value for ourselves, we're creating value for the entire chess community." Thibault Duplessis, our founder and lead developer, on his vision for Lichess, recent projects, the Take Take Take agreement, interests outside of chess, and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtIJ...

Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for our Inside Lichess: Recap & AMA live stream! YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uv8... Twitch: www.twitch.tv/lichessdotorg

The stream is starting soon, in 2 and a half hours! If you have a question for us, feel free to share it in advance in the comments below.

Renato Terry wins our Blitz Titled Arena April! 🏆️ 🏆️ Renato Alfredo Terry Luján 🥈 Emin Ohanyan 🥉 José Martínez Alcántara 4️⃣ Matthias Blübaum 5️⃣ Oleksandr Bortnyk 6️⃣ Andy Woodward 7️⃣ Dmitry Andreikin 8️⃣ Frederik Svane 9️⃣ Artem Uskov 🔟 Faustino Oro All games & full standings: lichess.org/tournament/a...

Our April 3+0 Blitz Titled Arena starts today at 19:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/a... Play against some of the titled players in our Warm-up Arena at 18:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/a...

Our 2026 Spring Marathon starts in under 1 hour at midnight UTC: lichess.org/tournament/s... Join us and thousands of players for 24 hours of 2+0 Bullet and be part of one of the biggest chess tournaments in history. The top 500, top 100, top 50, top 10 and the winner will all get a unique trophy.

Mark your calendars for Sunday, 19 April at 16:00 UTC! 🗓️ Join us as we recap what we've been up to in the last months, followed by a Q&A session with our Director of Operations, Theo Wait. Tune in for interviews with our founder, Thibault Duplessis, our charity president, Lucas Bonnet, and more!

14-year-old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus just reached 2704 in the live ratings, after beating Veselin Topalov for the 3rd time in game 5 of their 6-game match. He will officially become the youngest to reach 2700 if the final game ends in a draw (or win)! 📷 Etienne Mensch

The 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournaments are over! GM Javokhir Sindarov and GM Vaishali Rameshbabu have been crowned the next challengers for the World Chess Championship and Women's World Chess Championship titles, respectively. ➡️ Read our final FIDE Candidates Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

Vaishali Rameshbabu wins the FIDE Women's Candidates 2026 🏆️ She started the tournament as the lowest-rated player and will now challenge Ju Wenjun for the Women's World Chess Championship title!

Heading into the final round of the FIDE Candidates 2026, Javokhir Sindarov has emerged as the clear winner. Meanwhile, six players still have a chance to win the Women's Candidates, with Assaubayeva and Vaishali now tied for 1st place. ➡️ Read our Round 13 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

Javokhir Sindarov wins the FIDE Candidates 2026 🏆️ The 20-year-old Uzbek secured 1st place with one round to spare and will challenge the 19-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju in the youngest World Chess Championship Match of all time!

The penultimate round of the #2026candidates is about to start! ♟️ Follow all games live at: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...

Final rest day of the FIDE Candidates 2026! Sindarov needs just one draw in the next two games to become the next World Championship challenger. The Women's Candidates Tournament remains wide open, as Vaishali is tied for 1st place with Zhu. ➡️ Read our Round 12 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

Big interview coming up 👀 #FIDECandidates

The next $1,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier will be held on 20 April at 20:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/C... The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

Hikaru Nakamura's thoughts on Sindarov's performance in the #2026candidates!

Sindarov remains two points ahead of Giri in the FIDE Candidates after holding a tough game against Caruana, while Vaishali is now one point ahead of Anna Muzychuk & Zhu Jiner in the Women's Candidates, following her win against Goryachkina. ➡️ Read our Round 11 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

"Lichess is going to stay exactly the same. We're still going to stay a charity, free for everyone, open source." Watch our Director of Operations, Theo Wait, in an interview with Sagar Shah from ChessBase India about Lichess's cooperation with Take Take Take: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8nm...

Round 11 of the #2026candidates is about to start! ♟️ Follow all games live at: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...

The FIDE Candidates 2026 will continue today at 12:45 UTC! With just 4 games left to play, Javokhir Sindarov has once again extended his lead to 2 points, while in the Women's Candidates, Vaishali Rameshbabu is now in sole 1st place. ➡️ Read our Round 10 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

Giri defeated Caruana in the FIDE Candidates, inching closer to Sindarov, who is now 1.5 points ahead of Giri. Zhu Jiner and Vaishali are the joint leaders of the Women's Candidates after winning against Lagno and Divya Deshmukh, respectively. ➡️ Read our Round 9 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

Round 10 of the #2026candidates is about to start! What are your predictions for today's games? 🎉 Follow all games live at: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...

Matthias Blübaum remained undefeated in both games against FIDE Candidates leader Javokhir Sindarov, despite the Uzbek's historic performance! ➡️ Watch our full interview with Sindarov: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUtE...

We're a day late, but wish Irene Sukandar a very happy birthday! 🎂 🥳 Eric Rosen shared a beautiful and moving tribute to his wife. We wish both all the best and Irene a wonderful year ahead! www.youtube.com/watch?v=snEm...

Round 9 of the #2026candidates just started! 🎉♟️ Follow all games live at: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...

Join the Take Take Take Arena on Lichess for two hours of 3+0 Blitz with a prize pool of $3,000, starting today at 19:30 UTC! lichess.org/tournament/m...

Sindarov extended his lead in the FIDE Candidates to 2 points after he drew against Esipenko and Caruana lost to Nakamura. In the Women's Candidates, Anna Muzychuk lost to Divya Deshmukh and the tournament is wide-open with 5 players on 4.5/8. ➡️ Read our Round 8 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

While the candidates battle it out, Ding Liren returns this month! He joins Ju Wenjun and Yu Yangyi in the ongoing SCO team tournament, then plays for his home province Zhejiang in the Chinese Team Championship (Apr 19-27) - his first classical event since the 2024 World Championship.

The first half of the #2026candidates already had many interesting positions to offer! Can you find all the right moves? ♟️ 🎉

Round 8 of the 2026 #FIDECandidates is starting soon! Follow the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/-/...

The first half of the FIDE Candidates is over! Sindarov still leads Caruana by 1.5 points, but his winning streak ended with a draw against Giri. In the Women's tournament, Vaishali defeated Tan and is now only 0.5 points behind Anna Muzychuk. ➡️ Read our Round 7 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...