Get ready for our next Streamer Arenas on at and at , 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 by FM Konstantin Kostin for winning our Streamer Arena September 2026! Congrats also to DarkOnTeams for taking 2nd place, to Online World Chess Lovers for 3rd place, and to BelarusianBeasts&Company for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,220 registered players!
The second edition of Ladder Legends by Lichess has started! Join us now on YouTube and Twitch.
What do grandmasters actually do with 45 minutes to think? Watch IM Emil Stefanov’s breakdown of our first Ladder Legends edition, featuring insights from the players, GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko and GM Volodymyr Vetoshko. The second edition of Ladder Legends by Lichess starts today, at . Tune in to our livestream on YouTube and Twitch.
Congratulations to GM Oleksandr Bortnyk for winning our Bullet Titled Arena September 2026, ahead of GM Brandon Jacobson, IM Robert Piliposyan, GM Artem Uskov, and IM @BrightFalcon!
GM Peng Li Min replaces GM Ivan Cheparinov to face GM Iván Salgado López in the second edition of Ladder Legends by Lichess! Tune in tomorrow, at , on YouTube and Twitch with our host IM Emil Stefanov.
Team Uzbekistan won the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad, and Team China won the 46th FIDE Women's Chess Olympiad! Congratulations to the teams and players! Check out our final recap for the 2026 Olympiad in Samarkand and watch our player interviews on YouTube.
The final round of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad is underway! Follow all the games in our broadcasts and check out our interviews with Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, Park Sunwoo, Roman Dehtiarov and more players on YouTube.
Our September 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, at ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at .
GM Daniel King is now live for Round 1 of Lichess4545 Season 50! Tune in on Twitch for Daniel King's live commentary.
The next edition of Ladder Legends by Lichess will be played between GM Ivan Cheparinov and GM Iván Salgado López! Mark your calendars for at and tune in to our livestream on YouTube and Twitch with our host IM Emil Stefanov.
Just two more rounds to go in the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad! Uzbekistan is still leading the Open, while China is now in sole 1st place of the Women's tournament. Check out our Rounds 7–9 Recap and watch our interviews on YouTube. Round 10 starts tomorrow, at .
Follow all the games of Round 9 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad now in our broadcasts and watch our player interviews with Vincent Keymer, Hans Niemann, Stavroula Tsolakidou, and more players on YouTube.
Round 8 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad has started! Follow all the games in our broadcasts and check out our interviews with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Oliwia Kiołbasa, Alice O'Gorman, Rachel Miller and more players on YouTube.
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 and discuss the changes in our feedback forum.
On the only rest day of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad, Uzbekistan is leading the Open, while China and Kazakhstan are in 1st place of the Women's tournament. Check out our Rounds 4–6 Recap and watch our interviews on YouTube. Round 7 starts tomorrow, at .
Follow Round 6 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad now in our broadcasts and watch our player interviews with Zhu Jiner, Frederik Svane, Eline Roebers, and more players on YouTube.
Round 5 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad has started! Follow all the games in our broadcasts and check out our interviews with Levon Aronian, Savitha Shri, Kong Xiangrui, and more players on YouTube.
Our 2026 Lichess Meetup in Prague takes place tomorrow, from ! Join us for a few hours of chess, snacks, and camaraderie at Juliš Hub 1933, Nové Město. Find more details in our full announcement.
After the first three rounds of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad, most of the top 10 seeds remain steady on 6/6 match points - except for England in the Open, and Georgia, Ukraine, and France in the Women's. Check out our Rounds 1–3 Recap and watch our player interviews on YouTube. Round 4 starts at .
Round 3 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad has just started! Follow all the games in our broadcasts and check out our interviews with Wei Yi, Carissa Yip & Alice Lee, Lorenzo Lodici, and more players on YouTube.
Team Poland won the 3rd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities! Congratulations to the gold medallists IM Marcin Molenda, IM Paweł Piekielny, IM Aleksander Czerwoński, Julia Salamon, and Andrzej Migala! Silver went to Team Cuba, while Team Uzbekistan 1 took bronze.
The next $1,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier will be held on at ! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.
Watch our Olympiad interviews with Faustino Oro, Awonder Liang, and more players on YouTube! Round 2 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad starts at . Follow all the games of the Open and Women's tournaments in our broadcasts.
The 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad starts tomorrow, at in Samarkand, Uzbekistan! Nearly 2,000 players from almost 400 teams will compete in the Open and Women's tournaments until . Read our Preview Blog, follow all the games in our broadcasts, and stay tuned for our on-site player interviews on YouTube.