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Lichess
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11 Apr 2023
Chess World Championship: Nepomniachtchi versus Ding – Games 1 and 2
A recap of the first two games of the ongoing World Championship with annotations by GM David Navara
6 Apr 2023
Preview: FIDE World Chess Championship 2023
Ahead of the 14 game match between Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi, Lichess previews what may be i…
1 Apr 2023
Life moves pretty fast (not really)
...if you don't play quickly, you could miss it.
27 Mar 2023
Lichess Voice Recognition Beta
We’re doing a public Beta for once!
26 Mar 2023
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Collapses into "Chaos" as Players Withdraw
GM Abdumalik, GM Paehtz withdraw hours before and during the event following alleged bad conditions,…
27 Feb 2023
Aronian Takes WR Masters
24 Feb 2023
Help Lichess Study Voice Recognition
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13 Feb 2023
Fundraiser for Earthquake Relief
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11 Jan 2023
5 Centimeters of Hair: Iranian Chess in 2023
2 Jan 2023
Titled Arena Announcement(s)
Announcing our schedule for upcoming Titled Arenas!
1 Jan 2023
Lichess End of Year Update 2022
Happy New Year!
4 Dec 2022
The November Titled Arena 960 does a 360 with Bortnyk first, Carlsen seventh
Fischer Random lives up to its name. Well, at least the random part.
1 Dec 2022
Advent Calendar of Lichess
Introducing a different Lichess contributor each day for the 25 days of advent.
29 Nov 2022
Women Candidates Pool B Kicks Off in Khiva, Uzbekistan
21 Nov 2022
Settlement Reached in Stockfish v ChessBase
8 Nov 2022
KontraJako narrowly wins TA Arena ahead of mutdpro, MatthewG-p4p
And why Sergei Zhigalko's epic near-comeback might have been the story of the tournament
5 Nov 2022
Lichess Recruits Full-Time Mobile Developer
In some our recent updates, we shared Lichess' future plans. With an eye on our future, we have exci…
28 Oct 2022
Taking Lichess to the Next Level
Our current setup and our future plans
27 Oct 2022
Lichess Variant Revolutions 2022
24-hour prize tournaments for every variant!
16 Oct 2022
Bortnyk victorious after NM ZugAddict somehow fails to win October TA
Dozens of followers distraught
7 Oct 2022
Lichess Qualifiers Send Nakamura and Abdusattorov to World Fischer Random Championship
306,296 games. 20,171,017 moves. 73,000+ entries to the Lichess qualifiers. Two winners — GM Hikaru …
29 Sept 2022
Charity? Non-profit? No profit?
A treatise on "business models"
27 Sept 2022
Nakamura Wins CCC and NACCL Qualifier, One Spot Still up for Grabs
One more qualifier left on October 1st
17 Sept 2022
FIDE World Fischer Random Championship - Knockout Stages
The best of Fischer Random Chess
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