15-year-old Anastasiia Hnatyshyn won the 2026 European Women's Chess Championship! Entering the tournament as the 76th seed with a 2207 rating, she finished with a 2580 performance to gain 214 Elo from the event and become the women's world No. 18.

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

Congrats @diegodon on winning the Lichess Game of the Month April 2026! Thank you for all your countless submissions!

More new features and improvements were added to Lichess last month! See what the developers and community contributors have been working on in our updated changelog and discuss the changes in our feedback forum.

Congratulations to team Online World Chess Lovers by @Gouravprithyani for winning the 4th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026 Qualifier with top scorers IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, GM Emin Ohanyan, IM Reza Mahdavi, FM Dinçer Taşdöğen, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,667 registered players!

The finals of the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Americas Online Qualifier are taking place on Lichess and have just started! Tune in for live commentary by former Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk on YouTube and watch all the games in our broadcast, featuring IM Leya Garifullina, IM Mai Narva, IM Teodora Injac and IM Tatev Abrahamyan, among others. Read the announcement for more information.

Congratulations to GM Ediz Gürel for winning our Bullet Titled Arena May 2026, ahead of GM Sergei Zhigalko, GM José Martínez Alcántara, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, and IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján!